Why You Still Feel Like an Imposter After Having Facial Surgery!

Dr. Z shares specifically for individuals who identify as trans feminine why imposter syndrome tends to specifically increase after getting facial feminization surgery, known as FFS for short. This is a very common phenomenon. She has now worked with so many individuals who have gone through facial feminization surgery and has witnessed firsthand for how many of them the imposter syndrome would just skyrocket after FFS. She's helped a lot of people work through the imposter syndrome feelings.

She thinks it's one of those phenomena that people are not very aware of in the sense that when we think about facial feminization, without a doubt it's a game-changing surgery for a lot of trans fem individuals, especially those who do care about passing. It is a game-changer because we live in a world where the world judges us based on our external appearance. When it comes to gender, the world still genders us based on our external gender markers that we all socially and culturally have learned to agree on. For that reason, our face is something that is front and center when we encounter other individuals out there.

Watch this video as Dr. Z addresses why imposter feelings tend to drastically increase following FFS and what's really happening.