I am a few weeks post op with Dr. D and wanted to leave a little info for anyone else interested in FFS. My first recommendation is to get a hold of his book called "facial feminization surgery," even if you don't pursue his services you will be much more informed about what to look for. I did a lot more research on FFS compared to other procedures I am pursuing. I had consults with a local surgeon, Dr Lee in NYC, and Dr D. There just wasn't a comparison. My consult with Dr D was so informative, he is really an artist and has really sought to understand from a psychological and anthropological perspective what feminizing effects are needed. Everyone on his staff was professional, understanding and helpful. I had almost resigned myself to another surgeon due to cost and travel logistics, but I am so glad that I went with my "dream" choice for FFS. It is an intimidating procedure and recovery. You really want to trust your surgeon/team and he had a level of empathy that was really appealing to me. He is technically competent, extremely experienced, has an incredible resume and is still humble and human. Interactions with Dr D and his personality are very reminiscent of a college professor, and I preferred his consults over the other surgeons that I have met. I felt that he was very realistic about what to expect, what complications were, and what was achievable. He seemed to want you to make an informed choice, vice trying to hard sell you on the procedure or himself. The team provides excellent information throughout the process leading up to and recovering from the procedure. I personally would recommend him very strongly. I would recommend spending more time researching and more of your overall budget dedicated to FFS compared to the many aspects of our transition care, just because it is probably the most important as far as how you interact with the world. I felt a major decline in dysphoria (mine was severe and getting worse as I fully socially transitioned). I don't know if I will be "pretty" when all of the swelling goes down, but there is already such a huge difference between my before and after. My perception of Dr D's Aesthetic style is that he shoots for a very natural look, which I personally prefer to the more "hollywood" or "had work done" aesthetics that other people and surgeons prefer; looking natural was a priority to me. I may post photos later in recovery, Im haven't made up my mind how much I want people to be able to see the old vs new me; since it so often changes how people in your life perceive your femininity.
I cannot even begin to describe the extent that Dr. Deschamps-Braly has changed my life. I'll let the photos do the talking, but finding him saved my life. As trans woman who lived a closeted existence as a stereotypically masculine guy for the better part of three decades, I never thought it would be possible to be the woman that I am today. I could not have done it without this incredible surgeon who is as compassionate as he is talented. Updated on 19 Aug 2020: I wanted to provide an update, as I had gotten some email notifications regarding my previous post! What I Had Done --------------------------- Surgeon: Dr. Jordan Deschamps-Braly (San Francisco, CA, USA) Date of Operation: April 14th, 2017 Cost: ~$50,0000 USD Procedures Performed: - Scalp advancement - Forehead contouring and reconstruction (Type III) - Rhinoplasty - Chin reduction - Sliding genioplasty - Mandible contouring - Masseter muscle reduction - Trachea shave NOTE: I also had a hair transplant done 8 months later with a different surgeon, as Dr. Deschamps-Braly suggested I would have better success with the transplanted hair surviving if I waited until my scalp had fully healed from FFS. About the Photos ---------------------------- The “before” photos are all taken within a couple of months of one another in the winter of 2017 with an iPhone 7 Plus. I am not wearing any makeup. There are applied filters that I am unable to remove. I had been on HRT for roughly 11 months and had done ~6 sessions of laser hair removal on my face. I was still presenting male in public. The “after” photos were taken this past week (August 2020) with an iPhone 11 Plus. I am wearing some color corrector under my eyes, mascara, and a lip tint. There aren’t any filters and no post-processing has been applied. I have been on HRT for almost 4 years now (4 mg Estradiol x 2/day, 100 mg Progesterone 100 mg x 1/day – I’m not taking spironolactone anymore). I have done roughly 12 - 15 laser hair removal treatments on my face, and I imagine I’ll have to continue to do so periodically. I had FFS and I had feminizing hair transplants done 8 months after. I get botox treatments every 4 - 6 months and hyaluronic acid fillers once a year. My Thoughts --------------------- With regard to choosing a surgeon, to be frank, facial surgery is no fucking joke – both from a technical standpoint on the surgeon’s end and an emotional one on ours. I met with a number of surgeons before I decided on DB, and I didn’t feel confident with them for the following reasons: 1) their aesthetics didn’t seem refined, which was likely the result of 2) not having performed enough surgeries to really hone their technique and style, and 3) I didn’t feel like they were personally invested in me. Additionally, 4) they didn’t have the necessary craniofacial training to be as aggressive as I was hoping with the bone structure in my face, and 5) they weren’t up for the demanding task of doing it all in one shot – for context, my surgery ended up being 12 hours long. Lastly, everyone has their own experience, but I can’t say enough good things about DB as a doctor. When I walked into his office, back in 2017, I was still presenting male, doing my best guy voice, and despite all of that, he took my request to have FFS as part of my transition with seriousness and respect. I can't think of another time in my life that I felt so hopeful – like I had met someone who actually understood what I was trying to do and could help me get there. Most importantly, though, beyond his aesthetic sense and technical qualifications, I could tell he really cared; nothing demonstrated this more so than when I came to after the anesthesia had worn off, and he was the first person I saw. I have had surgeries before in my life – unrelated to my transition – and this was the only time my surgeon was there to wake me up. That, to me, speaks volumes – that someone would stick around and wait after having been on their feet for 12 hours straight instead of delegating a task to someone else. FFS was, and is, the most impactful, transformative, and essential step I have taken in my transition. I was 29 when I started my transition, and it was tough to come to terms with the arduous path that lay before me as a result of avoiding the truth about my gender identity for so many years. Now, at 33, I can say that I still wake up every morning, look in the mirror, and am truly baffled that this is my life and not a dream. I am so grateful that I took the plunge, did the research, scraped together the money, and made this all happen – despite the hardships and challenges, both personal and financial, that resulted from those choices.
Dr. Deschamps-Braly is the most amazing doctor. He is friendly, kind, and he really has an eye for aesthetics. I could not be happier with his work. He did my revision rhinoplasty and primary sliding genioplasty. Many people asked me if I had lost weight or changed my hair after, they weren't sure what I had done. Nonetheless, they all said I looked really great. I look like me, just an improved me. I trust him completely. Unlike many other doctors I consulted with, he didn't try to coerce or pressure me into procedures that are unnecessary or had nothing to do with my primary concerns. I think this highlights what a sound and ethical doctor he truly is. You can't go wrong with him. To whomever this concerns, I wish you the best of luck on your journey and you are in safe hands with Dr. Deschamps-Braly.
it took me a long time to really get serious about my transition. parts of me was unsure if I had what was needed to go through this process. Lots of people have said that I was too manly so that kinda held me back. Over the year I done little things to my appearance to try my best to feminize myself. From rhinoplasty to new teeth! Illegal silicone! You name it. I tried it! Over I guess the last 6 years or so I became interested in FFS. I took my time to research surgeons. Did consultations with a few! Did EXACTLY What you are doing RIGHT NOW and listened to what other girls had to say... again, YOU NAME IT! I RESEARCHED IT! I was told by a dear friend in 2010 to find Dr. Ousterhout before he retired! I did! I also found out he was Kinda Pricey! At the time I didn't have that kind of money nor credit. BUT I continued to compare Dr. O's girls to everyone else and he just REALLY seemed to have mastered FFS! I mean HE WAS THE CREATOR/MASTER and its very clear why. A friend of mine told me Dr. O retired and some how I got an email about it! The email also mentioned that Dr. Jordan Deschamps-Braly would be taking over. NOW HERE IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR! I reached out to Dr. D(Dr. Jordan I call him both so excuse me!) about a year or more ago. I talked to a really nice lady who set everything up! I booked the appointment for my consultation which was several months away! Booked all of my travel! Went to SanFran! My HEART WAS STOLEN AND LEFT THERE!!!!! I am the type of woman who operates solely off of ENERGY! I have to FEEL something for you in oder to continue to do business with you! As I said earlier I've had some work done in the past and I PROMISED MYSELF that from now on I would ONLY treat myself to THE BEST!!!! I watched an interview on YouTube with Dr. Jordan... I knew then "He is going to operate on me!!!" The Experience! I went to SanFran a few days early for all of my pre-op stuff! If you go MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THE FINE PRINT! READ EVERYTHING! I didn't, which caused me to be unaware of A LOT of things. Like I needed to have my teeth cleaned prior! GOOD THING Dr. D's staff reminded me! SO JUST READ IT ALL!!! Day of surgery I was ALONE! I took a uber to the hospital! Dr. D showed up looking like he had JUST showered! I got EXCITED! (I'm sorry I forgot to mention he is REALLY CUTE!!!!) A few more people came and did what they had to do and before you know it I was off to surgery! I woke up! Had to rest for a few hours! Once it was time to leave Dr. D's staff arranged a car service to take me back to my hotel! Surgery is a personal journey... For ME this was by far the best surgical experience I've EVER HAD! I mean they REALLY go all out! Sent flowers to my room and all!!!! Dr. Jordan is a GENIUS! He is very well educated... it runs in his family! He was fortunate enough to work alongside THE MASTER Dr. O and even to this day he STILL has Dr; Ousterhout's name on his door! That speaks to what kinda man he is! SMART & Considerate! Maybe this review has become more of a love note! BUT I AM SO HAPPY that I was able to be one of "Dr. Deschamps-Barly's Girls" EVERYONE on his staff is SIMPLY AMAZING!!!! I CANNOT WAIT TO CONTINUE My Journey with Dr. D!!! HE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!! and NO I am not showing photos here because that is not really how he works! When I was looking into him I could only find like 2 girls online who'd posted photos! One I found on her personal social media account. FIND ME! HE DID AN AMAZING JOB!!! I FINALLY FEEL BEAUTIFUL!!!! when he's done I will be the ultimate GODDESS!!!! Thank You Dr. Jordan!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! SO MUCH!!!! For giving me a NEW LIFE!!!! "AWWWWW $h!T B!TCHHH" (my last words before I passed out!) Updated on 31 Jul 2018: When we I wrote my initial post about my experience with Dr. Braly and his staff I was just a few weeks out of surgery. Keep in mind that over the years I have had more than a few procedures done to my face and body. Now its been about 11 months and I can really see what took place with my latest surgery which was done last September. I will still say that Dr. Braly is a very warm and kind man! His staff is a reflection of him... overall great people! HOWEVER!!!! I do have a few concerns. I would hate for someone to invest SO MUCH into themselves based upon my review then end up in the same situation that I have currently found myself in. So, when I contacted the office to schedule my consultation they were VERY organized with getting me in. I do think that their consultation process is set up in a way that they are able to gauge is you can really afford to have the surgery done or not. whatever I get it!! After surgery, I looked almost exactly how I want to look every day! I told him "Next time I would like more fat in my cheeks." My concern then was "if I look so perfect not, what am I going to look like when the swelling goes down!??!" Answer: a lot like how I did before I went to Dr. Braly. I could tell he was taken aback when I asked for my cheek fat. My cheeks were kinda full after he completed the fat transfer. well, I knew that at least 30% of that was going to go down because that is just how fat transfers go. A few weeks after my lip stitches dissolved I noticed that my bottom lip was WAY TOO HIGH! So high that you cannot see my bottom teeth! its almost looks like I have no teeth in the bottom now. Not to mention having my lip up so high messes with my speaking. it's weird. So I contacted Dr. Braly and they told it was still kinda early to judge... give it more time. I did! As more time passed I noticed that I have A LOT of extra skin around my chin and jaw. It appears that where he shaved the bone now there is extra skin. I REALLY wish that I would have known I needed a lower facelift at the same time as getting the bones shaved. I believe that the fat transferred to my face would have been more successful if my face was not sagging with extra skin. Sometimes I don't think these doctors realize how much goes into getting these surgeries done! Not the 30K that you have to pay but the time off of work! The time away from home! Trips back and forth to SanFran for a 15-minute consult. The time it takes for you to adjust to your new self! In my heart, I believe that my lip was pulled up too high because when my bones were shaved there was a lot of skin and he was trying to conceal it. WELLLLLL if he or someone from his office would have been there when I woke up that could have told me everything that took place... that part was really annoying to me! YES, I went and had my surgery done ALONE! when I woke up there was no one in sight! I did have nice flowers at my hotel when I returned but I could have used someone letting me know how things went. Dr. Braly is very smart and good at what he does! I know my case is more difficult since I started this process so late. Only a year after surgery and I am having to go to another surgeon to get more work done to deal with the same area that I have already addressed. not sure about what is to come with my bottom lip! I guess eventually I will need to try and have it repositioned as well. I am kinda torn here because I feel like if I had 60K up front rather than doing half of it now and half later maybe he would have gotten me right!? IDK!!!! starting to feel like some of these doctors who "specialize" in FFS look at us as a cash cow and they are trying to do as many girls as possible!!! That is fine too but NEVER do anyone half AS$!!! HE NEVER mentioned making my lip higher! He NEVER told me I would have over an? inch and a half of extra skin under my neck. HAD I known all of these details I could have made a more informed decision. I promise to upload some photos and such next week.... Not being mean but I wanted to share!!!! Updated on 8 Feb 2019: Last night I had to figure out how to update my actual rating. Today I decided I would offer once final update on my experience with Dr. D ONLY BECAUSE this work is So Expensive! I would really hate not to speak my truth and someone else go experience the same issues. As I said before they treat you like a REAL QUEEN during the process. Almost immediately after surgery, you become a distant memory. I went to Dr. D to have my chin and jaw contoured and to have fat transfered into my face. When I woke up I felt just fine. A few weeks after surgery I looked AMAZING! About 6-8 months after that was when I started asking myself WTF did I just spend ALL OF THAT MONEY ON!!! You could not see the definition of the work Dr. D did taking my chin and jaw down because he's left a tremendous amout of skin behind. In an effort to disquise some of that skin he lifted my bottom lip which still to this day 16 months later is too high and covers completely my bottom teeth. It weird to talk! It weird to smile! SO I DONT! Getting a revison or any type of feedback on what can be done requires you to make a special trip BACK to SanFran Just for him to LOOK AT IT!!! No mind you he just cut your entire head open and he needs you to come back so that he can see IF he can fix the mistake that HE made. OH OK!!! I was totally and completely over the whole ordeal so I went to another surgeon!!! Have a face and necklift to get rid of all of the extra skin and tissue that Dr. D left me with. That surgery just too place in December! Great experice but I am nervous about writing a review YET because I would hate for 6 months to go by and the surgery settle into something that I do not like. I think that Dr. D is an AMAZING MAN! Sexy! HANDSOME! All that! but he needs to TAKE HIS TIME and STOP TRYING TO DO SO MANY GIRLS IN ONE DAY!!! Like really focus on the artistry!!!! If you see extra skin FIX IT THE RIGHT WAY!!! A Lower LipLift is NOT the answer! when you file that chin and jaw down you MUST do it in conjunction with a neck and face lift! PERIOD! ESPECIALLY if you are removing SEVERAL millimeters of bone! I MEAN that is simple math! If you take away from here you gotta take away from there to create balance and harmony! Now if this was a 15K situation I might have let it go by now! It was FAR MORE!!! I did speak to Dr. D's Office prior to my last surgery and after. We did intend to stay in touch so that he could possibly repair my bottom lip. At this point I am going to pass on that and complete my Facial Fem elsewhere. Updated on 8 Feb 2019: Here are the photos that I have been holding on to for the last year! Hope this is helpful to everyone who needs to SEE exactly how it went! I am very disappointed and feel like I wasted a ton of do rae me fah so la tee do! it's? all good! I believe that the universe will bless me to someday be BEAUTIFUL!!! If you need your face fixed LOOK AROUND!!!! They are ALL going to talk a good game! Remember the most expensive is not always the best! Updated on 17 May 2020: So! After all has healed and settled I will say that having surgery with Dr. Jordan was worth it. I was and still am sad about my bottom lip situation but that’s kinda what happens when you have surgery, the human body heals different with every person. I will say I wish Dr. D would have suggested the facelift. My can and jaw look amazing! And it’s all his doing. I’m grateful to have had the experience but do plan to look elsewhere moving forward. After many years of studying these doctors I’ve kinda got an idea of what each one is good at. Dr. Jordan does wonders with girls who are young or already naturally beautiful. I needed a lot of aggressive work and should have been honest with myself about that fact to begin with. If you afford to do he entire FFS I’d say try him out. If not maybe go to someone who’s not as bu$y.
Highly skilled and talented face artist aka. I have been slightly obsessed with my tear trough indents and dark circles. I have tried several different products at other doctors to eliminate the circles. It has worked but I developed a faint little pouch that was driving me insane. Anyhoo, he was recommended to me by my beautiful and awesome esthetician. The office and staff are very friendly and accommodating. Dr D-B, himself has a lovely demeanor and very professional combined with a truly artistic eye. He patiently assessed my face and concerns and recommended hyaluronic acid. Ahhhhhhh the pouch disappeared!! Lift story short. He is awesome. Highly recommend!
My chin has always been slightly long; not crazy or distractingly so, but enough to annoy me. After several years I finally decided to jump in and have surgery, and found a maxillofacial surgeon who does many chin reduction surgeries. Although I never thought about my profile, during my consultation my doctor showed how advancing my chin forward very slightly (in addition to reducing the height) would improve my profile, and I agreed. He was very thorough and answered all my questions, went through all the possible risks/complications/side effects, and had me do an extensive set of facial X-rays (as well as a routine blood test) so he could see exactly what was possible. Chin reduction surgery involves disrupting nerves and detaching and reattaching facial muscles, so it is really important to choose a doctor who specializes in chin surgery. My surgery was performed under general anesthesia and took less than 90 minutes. He went through an incision inside my mouth at the base of my lower teeth (so no visible scars), and cut and removed a 7mm-tall wedge from my chin. (Originally we thought he'd only be able to remove about 5mm, to avoid damaging the nerves, but once he made the incision he saw my nerves were quite short, so he was able to remove more.) He also advanced my chin very slightly forward, about 2-3mm, and I think shaved around the edges so as to maintain my tapered chin shape. I woke up groggy but in little to no pain, and with a bandage covering my chin and jaw and a compression garment around my head like a giant headband. I went home after a couple of hours and really had very little pain. My doctor doesn't prescribe hydrocodone because it is so dangerously addictive, but the painkillers he gave me were just fine. For the first 5 days I was on a strict liquid diet (to avoid an infection from food particles getting into the incisions), but I found it to be no problem, as general anesthesia seems to depress the appetite for days. My bandages came off after 5 days and I have to say, my chin length looked pretty unchanged because of the swelling. Additionally, my jaw was boxy-looking and square, as if I had suddenly developed jowls! All around my chin and lower lip was quite puffy and swollen, even underneath the chin in the neck area. Additionally, my bottom teeth were numb and my lower lip & chin were very stiff so I couldn't smile, talk, or laugh normally. The doctor had explained all of these side effects to me before surgery, but still part of me was worried, especially about the square, jowly look. I am now about 6 weeks post-op. It took about 4 weeks for the squareness and jowls to go away, but they did. At about 3-4 weeks post-op I developed a stabbing pain & tenderness on the right side of my jawline after talking or chewing for a while, but this has subsided now. A little tenderness remains but not much. The tightness in my lower lip and chin has greatly subsided, so I can smile almost normally (not quite at 100% yet). I have most feeling back in my chin and lower lip, but my lower front 4 teeth are still numb. One weird side-effect starting at about 2-3 weeks was my lower lip felt like it was mildly burning, as though I had hot sauce on my lip, and I was constantly applying lip balm to alleviate the feeling. It didn't hurt, it was just annoying, but it seems to have subsided now. As for how it looks -- at 6 weeks post-op, my chin looks slightly more prominent (in a good way) from the 3/4 profile (which is not reflected in the below photos). It also looks shorter, but it is still swollen and will be until I am at least 6 months post-op. My doctor removed 7mm so I know it is significantly shorter than it was, but because of the swelling I won't see the final result for another 4 months at least. I think that with chin reductions, the changes are so gradual and therefore less noticeable off the bat. When the bandages first come off you look very similar to how you looked before surgery because of the swelling. So it's such a gradual change -- which is actually good because (1) you won't be shocked when the bandages come off and (2) nobody will be like, "Wow, did you have work done?" My greatest fear in having this surgery was that I would come out looking like a different person. That is not the case: I still look like me, only a bit better. I'll continue to update as I recover and the swelling abates. Updated on 19 Dec 2016: I'm almost 9 weeks post-op. The recovery is going smoothly, and I am glad I decided to have this surgery. The tenderness along my right jawline is all gone (unless I press really hard), I have all feeling back in my lower lip and chin, and probably about half of the feeling in my lower front gum. My lower front 4 teeth are still quite numb, but some feeling has definitely come back and I understand it takes 6-9 months for the tooth numbness to fully resolve. My lower lip and lower gum line (where the incision was made) still feel slightly tight when I smile, but that too is improving slowly but surely. I've attached a photo I just took today. Please feel free to message me or comment with any questions. Updated on 20 Dec 2016: Updated on 2 Mar 2017:
I was a young woman who felt self conscious and was bullied for looking masculine. Devastating results. I had a beautiful jawline that was just slightly recessed. He shaved it down to a narrow v which looks incredibly unnatural. My brow was overly protruded but he made it uncannily flat. I later learned that some level of brow protrusion is natural unless you are of Asian decent. Finally my nose was botched. Shaved down to almost nothing and it shrunk over time and the nostrils retreated so I looked like Voldemort. The lip lift scarred very noticeably. I have since had a revision on my nose that cost almost as much as the initial surgery. The surgeon who revised it, a world renowned expert, agreed I was botched. I was insecure about what I looked like, but I only really needed small changes, like improving my deviated septum and maybe lowering my hairline etc. I didn’t need half of the things he did. I now have to live with a face that doesn’t look right and doesn’t look like me. I feel really depressed over it.
This guy botched my foreheadit looks worse than before. There is a ridge that remains and also a strange verticle deep line that is very visible. My nose was not sound structurally and it looked crooked. I have had to have it redone. Unfortunately you can’t redo the forehead. You only get one shot at that and he messed that up for me. Plus now I am 80k poorer. Believe the. Believe comments. Also he is creepy in person.
The following is my true experience and the opinions expressed here are my own. "You pay for my time, not my results."- Dr.D. After my surgery with Dr. D I nearly died before falling into a coma. At 24 years old,I feel my life is destroyed. On his website Dr.D claims to have performed the 1st successful full-facial masculinization procedure on me, an FtM. I feel he's lying since he caused facial deformity and I feel he needlessly experimented on me. I now have a medical diagnosis of facial deformity, nasal deformity and obstructed airway, I am left in chronic pain due to nerve damage. My jaw and alveolar nerve have been damaged beyond repair, which has left me with severe, constant pain in the lower half of my face, including my lower lip, chin, jaw, lower gums, which causes difficulty eating, smiling, talking, etc. He has now abandoned me despite my numerous attempts to mediate a solution and get basic continuance of care. I need to be on nerve medication 24/7 for severe nerve damage. In late 2017 during my consultation, we discussed the material he planned to use in order to augment my face/jawline. He said that I would need to trust him entirely and so I did. Typical jaw augmentation should have a 1-2% complication risk. He assured me that this would yield the best results. I had no idea of the nightmare that was to follow under his care. After the surgery I suffered from adrenal gland failure and was asphyxiating, luckily a family member was staying with me in the hospital at the time and she alerted the staff, saving my life. My adrenal glands were tested on 12/15/17 and function perfectly. I remained in a coma for 4 days after the onset of adrenal gland failure. The abnormal EEG recording "gives evidence for a very severe, diffuse, continuous disturbance of cerebral activity. No clear focal or epileptiform features are seen." I fear that this suggests brain damage occured. Several surgeries were attempted to close the wound, but the wound in the mouth never healed and the implant later became so infected that it turned into an abscess that leaked out of the bottom of my chin and it needed to be removed. This left a large indent in my jaw and under my chin. He then put in hydroxyapatite directly after, even though in a letter from his assistant, Zhanna, she explains that, "Putting any extra material, including HA, will create more soft tissue tension and incision will fail to heal again." This also had to be removed. After atleast 5 surgeries I lost confidence in his ability. He planned to use external wires to hold my jaw in place and then try to clean the infection again. I decided to seek care elsewhere. I felt that external wires would have left my face even more scarred and disfigured and I felt that any new material introduced to the area, including these wires, would have also become infected. Nearly a year and half with the infection and on antibiotics daily, some of which required a PICCline, I developed chronic tachycardia. It was suggested by my cardiologist that the permanent tachycardia can be the result of a long and severe infection. I called his assistant, Robin, explaining that I'm still in severe pain and suffered deformity and would like to see Dr. D, she responded by saying that Dr. D refused to see me and then hung up on me while I continued to cry from the pain. I was diagnosed with acquired facial deformity on 7/15/18 at UCSF. In 2015 Dr. D also recommended a forehead implant which was confirmed by two other doctors to have needed removal since I became a migraine sufferer afterwards. There is a large, bald scar all across my hairline, even though Dr. D distinctly told me there would be no visible scar. I'm afraid that the muscle was injured and so now one of my eyes droops badly. I'm being seen at UCSF for the injury to the eye. I'll be needing additional surgery to remove the calcium lump that has formed in my forehead. The rhinoplasty that Dr. D in 2015 and the revision that he did in 2017 warped my once-refined nose into a horrible, bulbous, crooked lump which looks nothing like a nose. I was diagnosed with acquired nasal deformity on 7/15/18 by UCSF and I also am diagnosed to have nasal collapse and airway obstruction. All of this caused by Dr D. Dr. D refuses to help me get the referrals I need to nerve repair specialists so that my treatment may be covered. My surgeries with him and the resulting damages have cost upwards $100,000, which I offered to forgive if he donated $40,000, the initial sum I gave him for my 3rd surgery (a revision for two previous surgeries with him costing about $30,000 each), to a children's charity, but he refused. He remains the most noisome and grossly incompetent person I have ever met. I wish so much that I had never met him, I am so sad about what I feel is the loss of my future due to him. Having surgery with Dr. Deschamps-Braly was the worst decision of my entire life, don't let it be yours. In my opinion, it may be the last thing you ever do. He has also recently threatened me and my family with lawsuit for my requesting of my medical records and for my review of him. I fear he is doing this to threaten my anonymity and I fear this could potentially endanger my life since I am transgender. Updated on 20 Jul 2020: I would get off the phone with his secretary, Robin, daily, begging and crying for them to release my medical records so that I could seek nerve repair, which is time sensitive, for my debilitating nerve damage. After only recently getting these documents, I was informed by the nerve repair clinic that "As it is over 3 years following your injury and you have undergone previous surgery, the chance for recovery is close to zero and unfortunately we are not able to assist you.". I cannot guess what else this doctor is other than pure evil in my opinion. He took my pain and made it a game for himself. It's not a game to me. I'm in so much pain and I cannot bear it. The facial deformity is already awful, but this nerve pain will end me. What a horrible thing to do to someone, he's a real monster.
It is possible to reshape the forehead regardless of sex or gender. generally this involves craniofacial surgery. we have reshaped the foreheads of a number of genetic females with very good results. You should seek out a consultation with someone who has experience in this area as it is very specific and only performed by a small handful of surgeons.
It is possible. Varies by surgeon and location.A prominent cartilage is often characteristic of masculine features.
