I had FFS with Dimaggio and like I postee in a FB group I wanted to do so here to prevent other girls from making the same terrible mistake I made.

Since then I've been feeling extremely dysphoric about the outcome and that brings me deep severe depresion. Is just too much money and suffering for just minimal results, which is what I got, so I feel like instead of FFS I had Facial Androgynious Surgery.

At the moment I saw me I knew I had done a enormous mistake choosing him and I can't do anything else but to cry...
I underwent tracheal shave, forehead reconstruction 3, orbital rims, brow lift, corner lip lift, rhinoplasty and chin reduction with bone graft.
Now my nose looks too wide and nostrils are assymetric.

But the most disatisfaction comes from my chin, I had chin shave for vertical chin macrogenia (my chin grew too vertical) and even when I sene him my xrays weeks before my surgery, it wasn't until the last day before surgery that Dimaggio told me I had a recessed chin so he would took part of my chin to do a bone graft and fix it with titanium screws (by the way, he does submental approach so there's a visible scar but didn't expected to be so big and uneven, like in zigzag).

I suggested that a sliding genioplasty would be a better approach for my case but he refused and at the end, even when I was scared of the outcome, I agree since it was already payed. But now my chin looks ood, squarer than before and not as tapered as I wish.

He don't ask never for CT scan, not even for tracheal shave which later I knew is unsafe to do tracheal without CT. He only ask for xrays for face and torax.
At the end, I wouldn't recommend Dimaggio to any girl, he's good at forehead supposedly even so my orbital work is no good. Chin work is so subtle you can't recognise there was work, he can't even do sliding genioplasty even when is needed, like me, and he's really bad with sutures, leaving obvious scars.

I hope this help to other girls, he can only do good forehead, chin and nose are terrible, and don't expect he listens to your wishes because he will tell you he knows what he has to do, so he will do whatever he wants at the end.

Wish luck to all the girls who will do FFS, just try to stay in USA, EU. It's safer and better results by far without having to travel so long.

I have some pics uploaded

https://m.imgur.com/a/2T4ZsXJ
https://imgur.com/a/XIqjMDH
https://imgur.com/a/QeGgMz1
https://imgur.com/a/Jkfg2Yj
https://imgur.com/a/0EAnJNT

Actually, with all the procedures you had done, yours is not a bad result at all. You could benefit with a few revisions.

With a revision on the rhinoplasty to make your nose more symmetrical and minimizing the scar under the chin, I would call your surgery very nice.

Revisions are more common than surgeons would like us to know. The biggest factor is patient expectations. Did the last surgery get you to where you need to be? If not, then maybe just a little nip here and there is all you need.

All surgeries have variable results, even with the best surgeons. It is really an educated guess on how much to take off or put back on. Experienced surgeons usually get it right the first time, but not always. There is nothing wrong with asking for a revision with the areas you are not satisfied with.

Well, I expected my nose to be symmetrical and not so wide, I told him what I wanted but he did what he wanted. I wanted open rhinoplasty which givew better results but now I think the less he touched me the better. His sutures are terrible and he left me a lot on hairline and where he did corner lip lift (six stitches left only on nostrisl).
Besides his submental approach is terrible my scar is horrible and the difference between my chin before and after is minimal.
I have to say that at the beginning I was only willing to do forehead with him, so my mistake to add procedures with that surgeon. Don't recommend at all, once you pay he's an arrogant.

I'm sorry to hear about your negative experience and especially how down you've been feeling since. I don't have experience with surgery yet but I've contemplated it a lot since puberty. For transgender people I guess that comes with the territory unfortunately... As mentioned already sometimes revision surgeries do help and are worth looking into if one is disatisfied.
How long has it been since your surgery and how long have you been on hrt?
These are two things to consider before scheduling a revision (in my opinion). But going to consultations with different surgeons can always be something to do.

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Don't get me wrong but your results are amazing. The scar under your chin is a not a beautiful one but judging by the color you have had the surgery recently so give it time, most likely it will fade away with time. Your chin and nose and beautiful as they are but expect the residual swelling to subside in the following months and to get more beautiful results, but they are beautiful as they are already. You sound like having a postoperative depression (I always get those after GA). Don't worry it will subside and you will see your results from the bright side I don't think you have made a mistake by choosing Dr MDM.

Allison S:
My FFS was in May bur I'm recovering really fast. I've been on HRT since Marcha 2017so I thougt it was a prudent time to schedule my surgery. Surely I'll redo my chin and nose and once I have all bone work, put fat transfer to cheeks and permalilp to lips. Then I have to do my journey to align my body with my gender. Such hard work to be a trans after teens.

Reborn: thank you I really appeeciate you see me good looking now. You are so kind girl

I agree the results look very good.  I think you look perfectly natural, not made up.  May wasn't that long ago so give it time to settle a bit. There is probably some gentle swelling that needs to settle down.   The flesh looks healed but the underlying work is still coming together.   By six months I would expect you would be more comfortable.  I don't know what your expectations were but don't be alarmed as you do look very feminine.   
Judi 

Hi Tsuki,

Asymmetric nostrils are not uncommon and do even up with time.  Mine did. The scar under your chin is healing nicely and will fade. It takes a good year to see the final results of FFS. I know it's hard to be patient, but I think you're going to be okay.

With kindness,

Terri

 
Please be aware that we do not allow bashing of people here.

Dr DiMaggio does have a right to reply to comments on the Forum.

I would also caution that you probably need 12-18 months to recover from such surgery.

From the pictures that you posted I think the outcome has been very good. You are very pretty and feminine looking.

Cindy: that police uniform is intimidating. I'm only reviewing my experience and I will update pics. Is not only results I complaint but his arrogance and bad manners to me.

Maybebaby56: well I!ll redo my nose to make it morefemininenand symmmetric. Maybe co2 laser resufracing can do somethng on my. Chin i wil redo and surely bimaxylarynosteotomybto shorten my face.

JudiBlueEyes: thanks Judy I try to keep calm.but is so muxh money you want to look perfect. Looking for 6 months to arrive.n

Quote from: TsukiMoon on June 28, 2018, 05:31:56 PM
Cindy: that police uniform is intimidating. I'm only reviewing my experience and I will update pics. Is not only results I complaint but his arrogance and bad manners to me.

Maybebaby56: well I!ll redo my nose to make it morefemininenand symmmetric. Maybe co2 laser resufracing can do somethng on my. Chin i wil redo and surely bimaxylarynosteotomybto shorten my face.

JudiBlueEyes: thanks Judy I try to keep calm.but is so muxh money you want to look perfect. Looking for 6 months to arrive.n

I don't think that's nearly as intimidating as DiMaggio's lawyers are going to be. You should really think twice about posting something like this in public.

It's quite possible to give a surgical review of even a bad outcome without resorting to insulting language. As they say, you catch more flies with sugar than vinegar. I  have experience with surgical issues that didn't go quite as planned. I didn't feel the need to attack anyone.

We all have 24 hours to edit our posts. May I kindly suggest you think about doing that, to protect your own interests?

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: TsukiMoon on June 28, 2018, 05:31:56 PM
Cindy: that police uniform is intimidating. I'm only reviewing my experience and I will update pics. Is not only results I complaint but his arrogance and bad manners to me.

Maybebaby56: well I!ll redo my nose to make it morefemininenand symmmetric. Maybe co2 laser resufracing can do somethng on my. Chin i wil redo and surely bimaxylarynosteotomybto shorten my face.

JudiBlueEyes: thanks Judy I try to keep calm.but is so muxh money you want to look perfect. Looking for 6 months to arrive.n

As I understood you had your surgery in May. Your nose and your chin will change the shape in the next year. No need to rush. I am certain you will be happy with the final results. I disagree with the moderators, you are right to express your point of view of the results as long as you post pictures for the others to judge. The only problem is that everybody will disagree with you as you are 100% feminine and beautiful woman. In case you want to shorten your face vertical chin reduction can help you achieve that result. I don't think Le Fort osteotomy would be a good choice in your case. I wouldn't touch your nose as it is beautiful. For the lips and the cheeks I think you are right, you will look more beautiful with those done.

A tracheal shave shouldn't require a CAT scan. Mine ran about $600 (long time ago) and at the time, a CAT scan would have run about $1,000. I used a reconstructive plastic surgeon and he was stated at the start he couldn't remove everything with affecting my voice. Yes, my larynx shows but what can be removed, has been removed.

I had a consult with him.  He wanted to mess with my forehead.  Type III. The whole shebang.

I said I don't need it.

His response was basically that I did.

I walked away. 

Janes Grove: You did the right decision, you have to have confience in your surgeon and for me Dimaggio tried to sell me procedures till the last day. That should be a warning, in fact I didn't opted to do chin till the end since I wasn't sure he could address my issue, and he couldn't.
Did you have FFS with other surgeon at the end?

Yes. I went to Dr. Terrence Murphy in Denver, a local doctor.  He was pretty chill and didn't make a big deal when I told him what I wanted.  And he agreed with me that forehead work was not necessary.
At 59, my surgical goals were quite modest.  Just to not get misgendered anymore.  I knew being a pretty girl was out of the question.   By that metric the experience was a success.