Personally, I'm thinking about it, but haven't decided yet. Just like with my Glasses.
My Boyfriend thinks I'm pretty, but I can't see it. So for now I'm undecided on my face.

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Quote from: Melissa on January 14, 2007, 07:32:51 PM
I forgot to mention a few more things.  First of all it appears you have a nose that would pass for female just fine, the distance between your upper lip and nose is very small and also in a more typical female range, you don't appear to have a brow ridge and your forehead looks more typically female in shape (rounded rather than flat and sloping).  Oh yeah, the size and shape of your jaw is also more typically female.

Melissa

Hi guys,

Is this moderator still here?

What lovely comments she gave me during a time when I was so low.

yes. She's still around. Not as often as she was before though. try pming her.

yes i would it would be the bigest thing that i could think of to kill my male self and lord knows he needs to die.

Yes plz! The female version of this testosterone grown face would be just fine with me. But if I am unrecognizable to former aqcauintences it's all the better LOL, cuz I know stuff about them and could really freak them out. Then there are the ones I don't ever want to talk to again...yay.

One of the replies from way back when this post first started hit on a good point. Why would FFS that dramatically changes the face be any different than losing 100lbs, in which you look totally different not just in the face but everywhere else as well? In my opinion, for myself, I've never really liked how I looked anyways, so why would I want to keep that just so that I can "still be me?" In my eyes, it's my mind, my personality...it's me...that makes me who I am, and not how I look. The changes I make to my outer appearance are merely to more easily blend in as who I am and be accepted as so.

How I see it, you're never going to look the same your whole life anyways, so what's a dramatic change now going to hurt? As you age, how you look changes drastically over the years. People who see you more often don't notice it as much, while people who don't see you as much notice it more. After the FFS people will soon become accustomed to it and they'll forget what you looked like before, while still knowing you. Others who you don't see often probably wouldn't recognize the old you either anyways.

That's my take on it for me personally, and since everyone is different and has their own opinions on what suits them then there's always a different road for someone else. Me...I'll be happy after January rolls around and I can feel more confident that I look like me, while continuing to be comfortable in the knowledge that I still am me no matter what I look like.

I look absolutely nothing like I used to. I had facial bone reconstruction, which was a long and arduous affair. The aim was to actually sculpt my face into another one. The actual plastic surgery came later, then micro cosmetic surgery. It took a long time to complete and then heal.

My siblings still can't quite come to grips with it...

I am 99.9% happy with the results. My chin is still not what I had in mind. I have been told by my surgeons, that they will not do anything else to me. I guess they are right. My family agrees...Hmmm, collusion?
I sorta ran into a cousin the other day in a grocery store. She was ahead of me in line...I didn't say a word to her. She happened to look at me, as she was unloading her cart, and I smiled at her. She had absolutely no idea of who I was! Anonymity can be wonderful.

Enough time and money can accomplish miracles, if you have the wherewithal for it...

Quote from: SarahR on December 15, 2008, 01:58:51 AM
One of the replies from way back when this post first started hit on a good point. Why would FFS that dramatically changes the face be any different than losing 100lbs, in which you look totally different not just in the face but everywhere else as well? In my opinion, for myself, I've never really liked how I looked anyways, so why would I want to keep that just so that I can "still be me?" In my eyes, it's my mind, my personality...it's me...that makes me who I am, and not how I look. The changes I make to my outer appearance are merely to more easily blend in as who I am and be accepted as so.

How I see it, you're never going to look the same your whole life anyways, so what's a dramatic change now going to hurt? As you age, how you look changes drastically over the years. People who see you more often don't notice it as much, while people who don't see you as much notice it more. After the FFS people will soon become accustomed to it and they'll forget what you looked like before, while still knowing you. Others who you don't see often probably wouldn't recognize the old you either anyways.

That's my take on it for me personally, and since everyone is different and has their own opinions on what suits them then there's always a different road for someone else. Me...I'll be happy after January rolls around and I can feel more confident that I look like me, while continuing to be comfortable in the knowledge that I still am me no matter what I look like.

Sarah is impressive with her insights and her self-assuredness. Bravo girl...

I want to be unrecognizable to my past.

I use to look like chuck Norris now i look totally different. I actually walked by my own brother on the street and he didn't know me and talked to friends about that person who i use to be and they didn't know it was me. YES I LOVE LOOKING TOTALLY DIFFERENT..

PS: I had a bimandibular setback and a sliding genioplasty and a hairline advancement and a number 1 upper and a rhinoeplasty , brow ridge ground down and a facelift neck lift and lower eyelid lift. I also had all my teeth capped and had 1500 hair transplants

People i have known my whole life don't know its me and i can talk to them about that other person without them knowing its me.


DOES THIS FACE LOOK LIKE CHUCK NORRIS AT ALL ====> http://web.archive.org/web/20070503033734/http://hometown.aol.com/danielegrl/myhomepage/news.html

If just even having a new female face would make me happy.
But alas, it is not so.

Hey Amanda,
I'm curious as to your thoughts on the subject of FFS now that you've had some time and distance to ponder. Do share Also, hope everything's going well for you these days!

Funny, when I started this thread eons ago FFS wasn't even on the radar for me.  But when the time came to do it I really didn't want a different face, just a feminized version of what I had.  Now that I've had it, and was very conservative with the procedures I chose, I'm pretty happy with the results.

To answer the original question;
No. I like my face the way it is.

Quote from: Julie Marie on December 16, 2006, 06:10:10 PM
Something has come to my attention through reading the accounts of others who have had FFS.  It can completely change your face, almost to the point you are no longer recognizable by those who knew you previously. 

Is that something you'd want?

That scares me.  I would never want the old me erased completely, just feminized.  I know some doctors are pretty aggressive and those doctors I will avoid.

What's your feelings?  Feminize your face or have a completely different face?

Julie

I may have already posted this before... but I have never heard any such thing.  My understanding is that even after "the works" people look like the same person as before, just softer.  In fact people who have had the works who were later seen by people who hadn't seen them since before surgery have been asked such questions as, "Did you change your hair?"  "You look different... I can't put my finger on it but something about you seems different, what is it?"

[Perhaps if they hadn't seen you since before transition, hormones, changing gender presentation, growing hair, boobs, etc and surgery, then by comparison someone would probably look a lot different but just surgery alone, no.  Maybe in movies from the seventies or television programs like Hawaii five o]

I'm not so sure. FFS can be quite dramatic in some cases:


I see almost nothing of the before person in the after shot.

I agree, FFS can be extremely dramatic depending on the surgeon you go with and the extent to which you have done. For instance, the works with Dr. O on most people, especially those who are very into the male range and needing a lot of contouring and shaping would most likely have the most dramatic change possible, and the old person would not be visible whatsoever in the new person. Just from my personal experience knowing people who have had the works with Dr. O I can say that there is definitely a chance that the before and after will be two different people, physically at least.

3 Days Sarah

Here's a before and after, I don't know how dramatic it is but I see a lot of resemblance. I seem to look a little different every month but I don't notice it unless I put pictures next to each other spanning a whole month. It seems pretty subtle.

Old me circa 2006:



Another old one from 2007:



and then this is me now, post FFS w/Dr. O. in 7/08 (almost 6 months):





and then the profile:

old:



new:



Like I said, I think FFS is an extremely personal choice. There is no right or wrong answer. What's right for one person is definitely not right for other people. I really feel good about my decision and my timing, but that's just me Meghan

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3 Days Sarah

2 days now, lol. You're looking good Meghan. I love your new nails, too

Quote from: Kate on December 16, 2006, 06:23:47 PM

Quote from: Julie Marie on December 16, 2006, 06:10:10 PM
What's your feelings?  Feminize your face or have a completely different face?

I'd prefer to be unambiguously female - whatever it takes - even if that means people don't recognize me anymore. I don't want to be feminized. I need to be *female*. In fact, having people not recognize me would seem like a sign I'd succeeded. No more male me.

I mean heck, as insane as it sounds, I don't recognize me NOW. Know what I mean? Having a completely new, female face WOULD be me - even if it's drastically different than what it is now.

So even if the overall effect is dramatic, I'd still think of it as simply making my face into the female version it was meant to be. Had I been born xx, my brow overhang wouldn't be so pronounced, my chin wouldn't be quite so square, my cheeks wouldn't be so flat... and so on. I see FFS as picking up where HRT leaves off, correcting the things chemicals can't reach. It's ONLY addressing the things xx chromosomes would have given me.

Less than a year after starting HRT, and I barely recognize myself. Its freaking amazing. I feel like a fairy...

Quote from: Kara-Xen on January 06, 2009, 03:40:18 AM
I feel like a fairy...

Likewise; I feel all fey and elvish. It's rather nifty.
'Changeling' would be accurate, I guess.