It's taken me a while to write this review, because I'm still going through the healing process.
The reason why I decided on these procedures is the fact I had a slight protruding browbone that made my face look masculine (plus my doc recommended them). I am in fact female, but this would be a great review for females with an unwanted browbone and males who are in transition and older woman in need of a browlift/forehead lift.
This had bothered me for about 5 years, when I noticed people questioning my gender at work. I had no idea that this would lead to me feeling: sad, depressed, ugly, and different. So I tried to wear side bangs and cover up my forehead, but it was too much of a challenge.
I came to a point in my life where I was fed up with people treating me differently/thinking I was something I wasn't, because you should never assume anyone's gender these days. I am a happy person, but this had changed me. I decided to look up surgeons who focused on facial feminization and the most common was a doctor out in Boston, but he was too far and expensive. His technique also seemed too invasive for my liking, but it was popular with mixed reviews. I passed and kept looking for alternative doctors.
I decided to move to Los Angeles to start over and focus on improving myself: school, job, growth, love, and appearance were priorities. I have grown, found love, and working on my appearance. School is on hold until I'm able to find a job that will help with cost.
By moving out here I looked up local surgeons and Dr. Mayer kept coming up with great reviews. His free consult got me in the door. I went into his office and we chatted about why I wanted the surgery. He then sat me in front of a trifold mirror to briefly explain what he would do. He was forward and didn't spend too much time explaining the whole procedure, just the basics. I think I would've liked to know more, but I didn't feel comfortable asking. I was also focusing on my nose and chin at the time, so too much to talk about during a consult, but I was sold. I didn't go to other doctors.
Then I came back to revisit and decided not to get the nose done, just the chin and forehead. It was expensive, but I was able to pay for it (which I will be continually paying for a while). But during the follow-up, it wasn't as thorough as I would've liked. I just trusted the doctors opinion, he has done thousands of foreheads. But the chin was something I should have talked more about, I didn't even choose my sizers until the day of surgery, when I was nervous and not right minded.
To speed things up, it was the day of surgery and Dr. Mayer marked my forehead. I asked him about shaving my browbone down after looking at my xrays and he basically said don't worry about it. I was a little worried, but ready, ready to leave my old forehead behind.
The reason why I decided on these procedures is the fact I had a slight protruding browbone that made my face look masculine (plus my doc recommended them). I am in fact female, but this would be a great review for females with an unwanted browbone and males who are in transition and older woman in need of a browlift/forehead lift.
This had bothered me for about 5 years, when I noticed people questioning my gender at work. I had no idea that this would lead to me feeling: sad, depressed, ugly, and different. So I tried to wear side bangs and cover up my forehead, but it was too much of a challenge.
I came to a point in my life where I was fed up with people treating me differently/thinking I was something I wasn't, because you should never assume anyone's gender these days. I am a happy person, but this had changed me. I decided to look up surgeons who focused on facial feminization and the most common was a doctor out in Boston, but he was too far and expensive. His technique also seemed too invasive for my liking, but it was popular with mixed reviews. I passed and kept looking for alternative doctors.
I decided to move to Los Angeles to start over and focus on improving myself: school, job, growth, love, and appearance were priorities. I have grown, found love, and working on my appearance. School is on hold until I'm able to find a job that will help with cost.
By moving out here I looked up local surgeons and Dr. Mayer kept coming up with great reviews. His free consult got me in the door. I went into his office and we chatted about why I wanted the surgery. He then sat me in front of a trifold mirror to briefly explain what he would do. He was forward and didn't spend too much time explaining the whole procedure, just the basics. I think I would've liked to know more, but I didn't feel comfortable asking. I was also focusing on my nose and chin at the time, so too much to talk about during a consult, but I was sold. I didn't go to other doctors.
Then I came back to revisit and decided not to get the nose done, just the chin and forehead. It was expensive, but I was able to pay for it (which I will be continually paying for a while). But during the follow-up, it wasn't as thorough as I would've liked. I just trusted the doctors opinion, he has done thousands of foreheads. But the chin was something I should have talked more about, I didn't even choose my sizers until the day of surgery, when I was nervous and not right minded.
To speed things up, it was the day of surgery and Dr. Mayer marked my forehead. I asked him about shaving my browbone down after looking at my xrays and he basically said don't worry about it. I was a little worried, but ready, ready to leave my old forehead behind.
