Well, it’s been a little over six weeks since I had facial feminization surgery with Dr. Spiegel in Boston. I wouldn’t say I’m fully recovered yet, especially in places where scars are still clear. However, I’m feeling and looking way better than I was!
The recovery for the surgery was pretty rough. I took two and half weeks off from work and looked like a mess during that time. In the first few days I was so swollen I could barely see, drink, eat, or talk. Heck, it took two weeks to be able to start eating solid food again. The picture on the right was me three days after surgery.
I stayed overnight at the hospital after the surgery. My first night back at home ended up with me getting a slight infection, a fever of 103, and me needing to go to the ER. Fortunately, I had my dad and sister take turns spending time at my house to take care of me for the first week or so.
One of the good parts of how the FFS was done by Dr. Spiegel was that out of the ten incisions I had, seven of them were inside my mouth. Sure it made eating and talking a real pain for a few weeks, but all those scars won’t be all over my face. The worst of the incisions is about 14 inches long and extends from the top of one ear, goes across my hairline, and goes all the way to the top of my other ear. Also, my scalp will still be numb for about 6 to 8 months.
It’s striking to see the before and after pictures of the different angles of my face. You can see the differences the most in my nose, brow depth, chin, cheeks, and jawline. This may not be 100% how I end up looking since I’m still only six weeks post op. I did these before and after pictures with a relaxed face so you could more clearly see the details.
I have one other last bit of good news. My next next surgery, breast augmentation, got moved up three weeks by the doctor and I’ll be having it in just one month from today! Here’s hoping that recovery should be a bit easier than what I just went through. I’m really excited for it!
omg you look amazing, it makes me so happy to see that your becoming who you want to be 🙂
you look gorgeous! and so much happier too! keep doing you, from on t-girl to another
Sam is no longer a T-Girl. He detransitioned quite a while ago.
WOW! You are a beauty!
No Part 10?
Yes, there is no Part 10 because Sam has detransitioned.
ahh ok. thx for the answer
Sam announced he was de-transitioning about November 2017, The full text is here
on this site somewhere.
i’d like to hear more about your current state and if everything is fine
He detransitioned
It’s been a long time since there was an update. I think day 750 already passed. Do you think there’ll be an update for day 800?
SF. I have some great news to tell you. I’m coming out as TG.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYfhYTFwjXUWxz_qbnzW7iQ
You took your videos down?
I’m putting them on today.
The reason I temporarily took them down is because as I daily view my channel. I found out that there was an unidentifiable subscriber on my channel that couldn’t be identified. Don’t worry, it’s back up.
It was me. If you don’t want anyone to subscribe to you or watch them, why make them?
Sam. I was trying to convince myself that I am TG. I have been having lapses in my gender identity. I thought getting advice from someone who’s been there. I want to know what kind of choice I am making and I am struggling with that choice.
The surgery has made a massive difference. You have gone from a most definitely male (with mad staring eyes ) to a definitely female ( with kind caring eyes ). How much did it cost ? and when can we expect another informative update ?