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Body feminization options with Las Vegas cosmetic surgeon Dr. Samir Pancholi

Achieving a feminine body shape that more closely aligns with your gender identity is possible. Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Samir Pancholi is one of Las Vegas’s most sought after body contouring specialists and can help you achieve your goals with advanced transgender body contouring techniques.

How can I get a more feminine body shape?

While diet, exercise, and hormone therapy can help a person develop more feminine features, these steps are not always fully effective. If your figure is not as feminine as you like, Dr. Pancholi can perform liposuction with or without fat injections to help you achieve a more female-like form. By carefully sculpting fat from specific points on the waist, hips, thighs, and torso, he can:

  • Narrow the waist to create the appearance of wider hips
  • Sculpt the upper torso to create a more slender appearance
  • Remove fat from the lower back, waist and thighs to accentuate the buttocks
  • Inject fat into the buttocks to create a fuller, rounder backside (similar to a Brazilian butt lift)
  • Restore a more feminine balance to your proportions
  • Sculpt a more slender, feminine shape to the thighs, knees or ankles

How does MTF body surgery work?

Creating a more female form requires careful sculpting and great skill from the cosmetic surgeon. As both a highly experienced cosmetic surgeon and sculpting artist, Dr. Pancholi is considered an expert in body contouring. He typically uses VASER Liposelection for body feminization, as this ultrasound-assisted technology allows him to sculpt in great detail with less impact on the patient’s tissues. Additionally, VASER separates and removes fat more gently and cleanly than other liposuction techniques, resulting in higher quality fat to use for fat injections.

For patients, the VASER procedure results in less downtime and a significantly more comfortable recovery. Read more about VASER Liposelection »

  • Enhanced Feminine Silhouette: Body contouring can create curves and contours that are typically considered more feminine, such as a narrower waist, fuller hips, and enhanced buttocks.
  • Alignment with Gender Identity: For transgender women and transfeminine individuals, achieving a body shape that aligns with their gender identity can be profoundly affirming and improve overall quality of life.
  • Increased Self-Confidence: Many individuals experience a significant boost in self-esteem and comfort in their own skin after their physical appearance is aligned with their gender identity.
  • Improved Proportions: Body contouring can balance the proportions of the body to fit a more traditionally feminine aesthetic.
  • Expansion of Wardrobe Options: The procedure can make it easier and more enjoyable to wear a wider range of clothing, including styles that may have been avoided before due to body shape concerns.
  • Customizable Procedures: Body contouring can be tailored to meet individual needs and goals, with various techniques used to target specific areas for enhancement.
  • Reduced Gender Dysphoria: For many transgender women, feminizing body contouring can significantly reduce feelings of gender dysphoria.
  • Anesthesia: Medications used to prevent pain during surgery, which can be either general (inducing unconsciousness) or local (numbing a specific area).
  • Body Contouring: A range of surgical procedures aimed at reshaping the body’s contours. In MTF body contouring, this typically involves enhancing feminine features.
  • Body Feminization: Surgical procedures specifically designed to feminize the body’s appearance, often part of the transition process for transgender women.
  • Breast Augmentation: A surgical procedure to increase breast size and shape, often a key part of MTF body contouring.
  • Fat Grafting: A procedure where fat is removed from one part of the body (usually through liposuction) and injected into another area to enhance volume and shape, commonly used in MTF body contouring.
  • Feminization: The process of altering a transgender woman’s physical appearance to align more closely with female gender norms.
  • Gender-Affirming Procedures: Surgical interventions that help align an individual’s physical characteristics with their gender identity, such as MTF body contouring for transgender women.
  • Hormone Therapy: The use of hormones, typically estrogen, to develop female secondary sex characteristics in transgender women, which can complement body contouring procedures.
  • Liposuction: A surgical technique used to remove fat from specific areas of the body, often used in MTF body contouring to reshape and contour the body.
  • MTF Body Contouring: Surgical procedures that enhance the feminine appearance of transgender women, including procedures like breast augmentation, fat grafting, and liposuction.
  • Recovery Time: The period required for healing after body contouring surgery, during which activities may be restricted.
  • Silhouette: The overall body shape or outline, which MTF body contouring aims to feminize.
  • Skin Elasticity: The ability of the skin to stretch and return to its original shape, an important consideration in body contouring procedures.
  • Transgender: An umbrella term for individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth, including transgender women who may seek MTF body contouring.
  • Transgender Woman: An individual who was assigned male at birth but identifies as a woman.

Am I ready for male to female body contouring surgery?

The best candidates for MTF body contouring are at least 18 years old, in good overall health, and fully committed to their transformation. It’s also important to have realistic expectations. While Dr. Pancholi is highly skilled and can make dramatic improvements with liposuction, your natural anatomy will factor into the final result. For example, if you have very broad shoulders and narrow hips, liposuction alone will not be able to create a dramatic “hourglass” shape. If additional procedures will better achieve your goals, Dr. Pancholi will discuss this with you.

Tell Dr. Pancholi if you are currently taking hormones or plan to in the future. Although being on hormones is not required to undergo MTF body contouring, many patients experience changes to their figure as a result of hormone therapy. You and Dr. Pancholi may decide it’s best to wait until you are sure what effect hormones will have before moving forward.

Finally, it is essential to disclose all hormones and other medications you are taking. You may need to stop hormone therapy for several weeks before and after surgery to ensure your safety and avoid complications.

Schedule a consultation with Dr. Pancholi in Las Vegas

Dr. Pancholi and the staff at Cosmetic Surgery of Las Vegas welcome all patients to our practice. If you would like to learn more about your procedure options, please call 702-363-0240 or contact us online to schedule a private consultation with Dr. Pancholi.

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