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Update: FFS surgeon Douglas Ousterhout no longer planning to retire

   

I had previously reported that FFS surgeon Douglas Ousterhout was in the planning stages of a 2011 retirement. Those plans have now changed. Dr. Ousterhout notes:

Mira just brought to my attention that I was going to retire and you added it to your web-site.  That was a nasty rumor that was started by me.  Well, I got smart.  [My wife] Nancy probably couldn’t stand me around the house that much.  So, I am NOT going to retire.  I repeat, I am NOT going to retire.  At least not in the foreseeable future.  Could you please eliminate all rumors.

Be sure to check out Facial Feminization Surgery: A Guide for the Transgendered Woman, his excellent 185-page overview of available procedures, with many illustrations and images. I highly recommend it for anyone considering these procedures, as it is the definitive consumer guide. It includes an introduction by Donna Rose, who, like me, had life-changing results from these procedures. Both of us are among the many patients who consented to having our results included in the book.

Chapters include:

- Overview
- Preparing for FFS
- Scalp advancement
- Forehead feminization
- Temporal fossa augmentation
- Cheek contouring
- Nose reshaping
- Lip reshaping
- Chin reshaping
- Lower jaw tapering -angle reduction
- Thyroid cartilage reduction
- Lower jaw (mandibular) surgery
- Upper jaw (Maxillary) surgery
- Other facial procedures (ten other procedures that can feminize the face)
- Also includes resource lists, glossary, and list of relevant medical publications

As I have said since I had FFS in 1996, it is the best investment I have ever made, period. I strongly urge everyone planning a transition to consider the benefits and potential issues of FFS.

Related reading:
- Facial Feminization Surgery: A Guide for the Transgendered Woman
- Facial Feminization Procedures


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Posted by Andrea James on 01/26 at 11:18 PM

I’m disappointed to hear that Dr. Ousterhout has changed his mind about retiring soon.  He performed FFS on me a couple of years ago and left my lower lip partially paralyzed.  It has taken me months to come to terms with the less than desirable results of the surgery.  The fact that he was retiring soon gave me a bit of peace knowing his retirement would prevent it from happening to someone else.  Now I’m afraid for the next patient who has to suffer with poor results due to his declining surgical skills as he grows older.  It sort of reminds me of the elderly people who continue to drive even thought their eye sight and reflexes are diminished.  They won’t admit to themselves that they should not be driving until they are involved in a car accident and their license is taken away.

Posted by  on  01/29  at  09:02 AM
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