How Can I Best Feminize My Body?

Q: Dr. Eppley, The goal is to feminize the body of course.  I will let the doctor tell me how to go about doing that.  Once I have his recommendation I can decide how to proceed.  As of now, I am leaning towards fat transfer to hips/butt/thigh rather than hip/butt implants.  That is a flip from my original thinking.  I think I would rather have a softer body than the firmness that comes with implants.  Of course a combination of implants and fat transfer is possible but the cost of surgery starts biting at some point.  Rib remodeling and clavicle reduction are also something to consider.

Anyway, that’s the laundry list.  I look forward to hearing back.  I will reiterate that I don’t mind making the flight to see the doctor if he believes that it would be helpful.

A:Thank you for sending all of your pictures. My initial reaction is I think your perception of the proper approach, liposuction and fat grafting to the hip and buttocks, would be how to proceed first. While it is always unknown as to how much fat is going to survive in the hip and buttocks. But what is more assured is the reductive effects from the donor sites, abdomen flanks and back, which s going to help with body contouring.

Do this procedure first and then see what you think. The fat harvesting in particular is really necessary before you consider any structural body contouring as that as always the rate limiting step in their effectiveness. Structural body contouring procedures are often combined with liposuction anyway so you might as well get that done before considering any other procedures.

Dr. Barry Eppley

Plastic Surgeon