Dr Bart van de Ven and Dr Daniel Simon are two maxillofacial surgeons that specialized in facial feminization surgery.
In November 2006 Dr Bart van de Ven visited Dr Ousterhout in San Francisco and Dr Kabaker (specialist in hair restorative surgery) in Oakland. Dr van de Ven and Dr Noorman van der Dussen form Antwerp went to Kenya twice for cleft lip and palate operations and performed many FFS-surgeries together in Antwerp.
Dr Daniel Simon has worked as a trainee and concluded a fellowship in Antwerp in the group of Dr Noorman van der Dussen . There he performed several FFS operations with Dr Noorman van der Dussen. In Agave Clinic now the expertise of Dr Bart van de Ven and Dr Daniel Simon come together.
We are pleased we can offer you the following procedures:
brow ridge contouring
browlift/foreheadlift
scalp advancement
chinplasty
jaw contouring
adam apple shaving
liplift
malar augmentation
rhinoplasty
facelift
necklift
submental liposuction
otoplasty
Mostly we perform a combination of procedures during FFS. The complete intervention normally lasts between 4 and 8 hours depending on its extensiveness. We advice our patients to stay in the hospital 1 or nor 2 nights postoperative.
The most likely risks of an FFS procedure (as in all esthetic surgery) are more psychological than physical. Sometimes people rely on FFS as a solution for problems that surgery cannot solve and become depressed. It’s very important to have realistic expectations.
After such a procedure it’s normal that the patient feels she looks horrible and is afraid never to look normal again. As the swelling and bruising fade away and the face gets more female contours the anxiety should go.
Physical complications that might occur are: unsatisfactory cosmetic results, asymmetry and permanent numbness of certain areas of the face. If the patient is really not happy with the result and we think we can improve the patient satisfaction we’re always willing to do a second surgery without charging fees (see general conditions)
If you are interested in breastaugmentation surgery, abdominoplasty or liposculpture we can invite our plastic surgeon to see you. Sometimes these procedures can be performed together with the FFS. We also have good contacts with a hairtransplantation centre in Marbella.
