I believe, no I KNOW I have a very awkward masculine face! It's also oblong and thin so i think that makes it even worse! I've sent my pics to DMD and he even said my face would be a challenge, which I kinda already figured, but I think he could possibly make it look somewhat more feminine? I'm just stressed and think my face will have limitations others won't. For anyone who has had FFS and maybe thought the same, were you actually happy with you result in the end?

Quote from: clawdeenwolf on November 12, 2016, 07:20:07 PM
I believe, no I KNOW I have a very awkward masculine face! It's also oblong and thin so i think that makes it even worse! I've sent my pics to DMD and he even said my face would be a challenge, which I kinda already figured,

Oh, this is my biggest fear too. i'm waiting until i've been on HRT for a year before i approach a FFS doc for their opinion, but i'm terribly afraid of the response and the outcome. Most of the pre-,post pictures i've seen show incremental changes on women who were already passable. the FFS nudged them over the peak so that they were totally passable. With me, i'm afraid it will move me from obviously not passable to not passable.

Just taking it a day at a time and hoping WW III hasn't happened by then.

Laura

Being worried is good. Being not worried and jumping into an FFS is a problem. I've read a lot of regret stories from people who went ahead with FFS way too quick.

It took me 8 years to finally went ahead with my FFS. Even before being wheeled into the operating theater, a nurse said she didn't even know I was trans. Not very nice to hear when you're going under... but at the same time, the only thing FFS can do is make things better. Better than they were. I think everyone can benefit from FFS, but not without a couple of years of careful evaluation. It's a huge event, and recovery is slow. All these years, you can save a lot of money. Just put away something each month, and don't look at it. After a few years you suddenly have some means. Time passes quickly anyway, before you know it you're where you want to be.

My goal was to pass for 99% of the time. Before FFS, I could pass for about 70%, I think. Even if I accomplish 90% I feel it was worth it. I did not want to be beautiful or hot, I just wanted the face I would have had when this condition of ours wasn't present...

Quote from: 2cherry on November 13, 2016, 06:12:51 AM
Being worried is good. Being not worried and jumping into an FFS is a problem. I've read a lot of regret stories from people who went ahead with FFS way too quick.

It took me 8 years to finally went ahead with my FFS. Even before being wheeled into the operating theater, a nurse said she didn't even know I was trans. Not very nice to hear when you're going under... but at the same time, the only thing FFS can do is make things better. Better than they were. I think everyone can benefit from FFS, but not without a couple of years of careful evaluation. It's a huge event, and recovery is slow. All these years, you can save a lot of money. Just put away something each month, and don't look at it. After a few years you suddenly have some means. Time passes quickly anyway, before you know it you're where you want to be.

My goal was to pass for 99% of the time. Before FFS, I could pass for about 70%, I think. Even if I accomplish 90% I feel it was worth it. I did not want to be beautiful or hot, I just wanted the face I would have had when this condition of ours wasn't present...

I second this. I waited these last 7 years. I got vaginoplasty, BA, hair transplants even.....FFS has mostly been the icing on the cake for me, I feel like. But I know I got lucky....at least in the lower face department and HRT did help a lot over the years.

That being said, I have seen some girls get FFS first and early. To each their own and for some that might work out better. I have a gf who did the opposite of me. She had FFS before I had SRS and this year she had SRS and I had FFS. Go figure. She said her main regret about her FFS was doing too much at once. The recovery was hell. But she is still happy with the results.

Quote from: clawdeenwolf on November 12, 2016, 07:20:07 PM
I believe, no I KNOW I have a very awkward masculine face! It's also oblong and thin so i think that makes it even worse! I've sent my pics to DMD and he even said my face would be a challenge, which I kinda already figured, but I think he could possibly make it look somewhat more feminine? I'm just stressed and think my face will have limitations others won't. For anyone who has had FFS and maybe thought the same,
were you actually happy with you result in the end?

Join the club ....I sent away some photos to virtual fffs .....luckily I get the chance to send some new ones as the last ones weren't quite right which im glad as I was fearful at what I would get back....now I need to send the new ones  but I get depressed because I know how masculine my face is and I dont know if I can confront the reality of what I will get back
...signs however getting virtual ffs would be a good place tto start then you will have
Something tangible to work from

I had all 3 done at one GA with 3 surgeons. I also had a facelift some 8 years before.

The ffs is a long surgery. But the recovery is uncomfortable but not painful as the nerves get detached and will take 3 plus months to gain sensation around the stitching area.

There are many ffs procedured and I will give you a summary of them for me.
1. Full neck and face lift, include eyes and eyebags
2. Brow shaving and lowering hairline.
3. Narrowed my nostrils and tip of nose
4. Upper Lip injected with fat

I had considered other procedures:

1. Complete new nose with implant
2. Cheek implants
3. Chin shaving

You may also want hair implants.

It depends if you wish to still see some of the old you. But it definitly, if done well will make you look feminine.