Quote from: Sarah7 on October 04, 2011, 05:23:42 PM
A trach shave also requires a scar, usually placed in the fold between your neck and jaw. Though I suppose technically that's neck surgery, not facial surgery. 
Yeah. I got one of those too, but I didn't consider it strictly part of FFS. Either way, if it's done right, after a year of healing, it shouldn't raise any eyebrows unless you're looking closely at it. A little scar, sure, but nothing enormous.
Quote from: wendy on October 04, 2011, 06:20:31 PM
I have a reasonable body for my age group but I do have male pattern baldness, a heavy bridged male nose and a normal male voice. A wig, makeup and tasteful clothes and I pass for an age appropriate female... as long as I do not talk. Therefore a $40 wig allows me to pass better than $30K in facial surgery. Eventually I will have hair advanced, nose feminized and deviated septum fixed, brow bossing removed, and a face lift. Surgeon told me I will look like a "pretty boy".
I tend to be unrealistic but one day I want to pass without a wig, without makeup and in boy clothes. Surgeon told me I can pass for male without much effort after FFS.
By providing the female norm in facial anatomy, FFS doesn't induce a magical change to female. In fact, the androgynous face it creates simply means that other people will look for other cues – like breasts, hips, hair, voice, and clothing – to determine whether you're female.
That said, while, because of the pixie cut I'm currently wearing and my glasses, which mysteriously have some sort of feminizing effect, I normally pass for female even in guys' clothing. Still, with proper binding and no glasses, I can pull off passing as male. It's actually not too difficult, even as an otherwise highly passable female, as long as you have a male or sufficiently androgynous voice.
