With greater media exposure, the power of social media, and transgender celebrities such as Caitlyn Jenner sharing her experiences, attitudes towards the transgender community around the world are changing, and I as an aesthetic practitioner am, slowly, seeing the effects. Although it’s still not a daily or even weekly occurrence, transgender patients are seeking non-invasive body contouring aesthetic treatments that can help their physical appearance match the way they view themselves.
In many cases, patients who present to clinic have already had their sex reassignment surgery or are on a waiting list to have one. There are a number of sex reassignment surgeries that patients will encounter while transitioning. Feminisation surgeries can include vaginoplasty, augmentation mammoplasty, orchiectomy, facial feminisation surgery, reduction thyroid chondroplasty (tracheal shave) and voice…
