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Abdominoplasty Prices
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Question: I'm looking into facial feminization options.
I'm passable but want to eliminate some "rough edges"
(nose, brow bossing, and chin/lower jaw tapering),
I hear Dr. Ousterhaut is the best in the
world at this, but he is VERY expensive.
Does anyone have experience with Doctors
who are on a par with Ousterhaut, but cost less
money?
My therapist recommends Dr. Reardon in NY.
Does anyone know of his work? I found his
website but it concentrates on F2Ms. I want
someone who is very experienced in this.
I'll likely wind up going to Ousterhaut and try to
get a bank loan or charge it on plastic
(then figure out later how to pay it back!)
Dr. Sheila Kirk's TSMC center in Philadelphia also does
facial feminization for ts clients but I don't really
have any personal recommendations
from people who went there yet.
Answer: I have been trying to learn all of the essential facial surgery info. and to
figure out the best strategies for getting the procedures I want accomplished for
some time now. I saw Ousterhout for a consult a couple of months ago. I had
heard he was expensive but people writing about him usually just say he's
expensive w/o actually giving examples of actual prices (I've read Andrea James'
web site thoroughly). For me, he was going to charge $27,500 for forehead, chin,
nose, tracheal shave (only $1,500 of that amount), and slight cuts to the rear of
the lower jaw bone on each side. No cheekbone, lip, or jaw contouring (my jaw is
very narrow) -- $27,000!! I have an extremely good health insurance plan, which
has allowed me to see a lot of physicians in the time that has passed since my
trip to San Francisco: endocrinologists, ear/nose/throat, oral/maxillofacial
surgeons, etc. I explained my plans to all of them and mentioned that I had seen
Dr. O. In one way or another, every one of them said "he's the guy", at least
with regard to forehead (and perhaps the jaw). However, it seems to me that there
must be many good plastic surgeons for nose work, and let's face it, most of the
nose jobs they perform are on women.
Basically, everything written in the thread above matches my conclusions so far.
My current plans then are that I will try to get as much done by carefully
selected, experienced surgeons, who are genuinely interested in MtF
transformations, and to get my forehead and scalp reduction done by Dr. O (and
perhaps the jaw cuts). I'll probably save a lot of money, hopefully giving up
very little on results. When I think of all the other things that I want done --
mammoplasty, abdominoplasty, SRS, maybe rib excision, cheekbone work, lips, etc.
-- the costs seem overwhelming.
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