Many patients recovering from gendering confirmation surgeries develop granulation tissue while healing from vaginoplasty. What is granulation tissue? Will it go away? What is an effective granulation tissue treatment to help? What is Granulation Tissue? Granulation tissue is new … [Read more...]
Transgender Surgery Vaginal Lining After MTF Sexual Reassignment Surgery
Transgender patients often ask what they can expect to feel and even see with a speculum after their Male to Female Genital Reconstruction Surgery. The answer: Pink, Moist, Slick. These are the magical changes of the vaginal lining following transgender surgery. The vaginal lining takes on natural … [Read more...]
Speaker for NCANA – NC Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Dr. MacPhee was asked to speak to the District 1&2 regional meeting of NCANA regarding working with Transgender patients, because they wanted to learn more about how to help patients of all identities. On 7/28/18 she gave her presentation, Compassionate Care for Transgender & Gender … [Read more...]
Defy Gravity – Bra Sizing
I regularly see patients wearing the wrong size bra. Unfortunately, this often means that they have inadequate support for their breasts, and so gravity is dragging them down! There are a lot of bra size calculators online, but this is not an exact science. Each bra brand is different. … [Read more...]
2015 Trends: Top 8 Predictions in Facial Plastic Surgery
As 2014 draws to a close, facial plastic surgeons are gleaning their crystal balls to predict what we will see more of and less of in 2015. And we will surely see more of nips and tucks. "We expect the interest in cosmetic procedures -- both surgical and non-surgical -- to continue to climb in … [Read more...]
