Voice Feminization

The price of voice feminization includes your preoperative assessment, the operation, the anesthetic, full medical care and aftercare. The neck (anterior) approach also includes a medical report for your speech therapist, and the Wendler glottoplasty includes a camera check of your vocal cords. Speech therapy is not included.

It's for trans women whose voice is still deep, and for anyone, including cis women, who would like a higher pitch and a softer tone.

Surgery through the neck leaves a small scar in a natural crease of the neck. It fades over time but doesn't disappear. A Wendler glottoplasty is done through the mouth and leaves no scar.

No. After surgery through the neck, your voice may lose some of its feminization over time. A Wendler glottoplasty shortens the vocal cords themselves, so the result is permanent.

Yes. After a Wendler glottoplasty, speech therapy is essential, and Dr. Jesús Lago recommends it after neck surgery too. Your therapist helps you make your new voice your own and avoid straining it. Therapy sessions are not included in the price.

Allow five to seven days of voice rest after neck surgery, and seven to ten days of complete voice rest after a Wendler glottoplasty. You then start using your voice again gradually.

After several weeks. You can judge the final result once healing is complete and your voice has adapted. With either technique, your voice changes from the day of surgery.

Yes, through the same incision. Dr. Jesús Lago has combined the two procedures several times through the neck. There's no particular order or waiting time to respect between them. However, they can't be combined when the Adam's apple is reduced through the mouth.

Yes, temporarily. After neck surgery, you may notice hoarseness or a voice that breaks during the first few weeks. After a Wendler glottoplasty, swelling often makes your voice deeper at first. This is normal.