I have no experience with the other two but FacialTeam does their coronal incision which tends to raise the hairline slightly, so that is probably why they often recommend hair transplants. It seems to be a little bit expensive, but if you can afford it it seems to come out well.

I had everything they recommended to you plus jaw shaving but no hair transplants and it was about 30k euro (33k dollars?). They are very friendly and professional and staying there is more like a nice vacation. Personally, I regret so much going with them because they were far too conservative. The results are very natural like they are known for (noone can tell I have gotten anything done!), but it is too subtle for a hyper ugly like me :( Also, even though it is early to tell my nose is very bad and I have read similar exepiences nose wise about FT on here.

Are you talking about Spiegel in Boston? I personally think that Spiegel’s work is clocky. I wish he showed a lot of his work online. Although he usually works on many faces...I wish I could’ve seen a lot more. I saw one you tuber who looks great then another and she only looks great with makeup :/ honestly I want to look great without makeup :/ so what do u think. Also when u say conservative do u mean that u r afraid that they’re not gonna do the most work on u just subtle work? U want ur face to be like done up, like amazing done, correct? The point of FFS is to relieve dysphoria so I am not 100% on Spiegel or any other who doesn’t show as much work...I personally am going to Dr. Otaké in CT...he doesn’t have before and after but my friend has gone to the surgeon who Otaké studied under, which performs many of these surgeries and her Face is so flawless so I have to basically pray that he does a great job because there aren’t any photos but I’m just going on the work that my friend has had from her surgeon in which he has studied under. Anyways, I’ll be doing subtle work because I’m very scared to make that full 100% choice so I’m gonna do brow lift, HYA Fillers on face and lips for symmetry and hair line lowering on the edges. So it’s very subtle oh and my nose...I’m so fkn scared so I am glad he’s understanding slow and steady before I make a full decision on something permanent... later on I’ll see to it for my forehead shave if needed and permanent fat transfer to where the HYA filler would be if I agree to the amount of filler. Mind u, I am feminine and I am a makeup artist, so I have studied my face for years and I know I’d rather have a slow and steady start to this cuz I have seen that full on FFS and it freakin scared me to see the mistakes I see on these girls faces. I pray that anyone that goes through this journey in 2020 loved their results.

I live in Boston so spiegel was the easy choice for me. I think he is too conservative and I like that facial team is a bit more aggressive, but spiegel does do good forehead work and has a great reputation. I think I will try to politely steer him towards being more aggressive for me when I see him for pre-op consult.

I personally felt better about the doctors who booked the hospital for the procedure than those who operate out of a clinic

speigal doesnt even do his own surgeries anymore, its 100% a fraud that will give zero results, go anywhere but speigal

I didn't consult with Spiegel but I did with two of his students (Mardirossian and Keojampa), as well as Facial Team. I chose Mardirossian. I did a write up on my consults (see my post history). I'm happy with my results.

After a fair amount of research, I went with Spiegel for FFS in Boston. It has been several years, so things may have changed. I met a trans woman at Goldrush in Denver who is beautiful, so after some discussion she told me she had gone to Spiegel for some work. I wasn't interested in radical procedures for fear of complications rather was looking for some tweaks to allow for me to pass better. The first surgery included scalp advance, nose, lip shortening, mandible shaping, and eyes (lift). The surgery was fine but aftercare was horrible. About a year later, I wasn't satisfied and had a facelift and cheekpockets removed. After all this, I felt my chin was still too blocky and had a 3rd surgery to correct that. I am almost 60 now, so age becomes a factor. But I mostly pass without makeup but my skin is pretty blotchy, so I wear makeup most of the time. I wish that I only had to have one FFS surgery, so not sure I would use Spiegel again if I had it to do over. But, I do look okay and I have no post surgery issues. He did a great job on my nose, lip shortening, and mandible shaping. Not real happy with the chin - while it is more rounded there are pockets on either side of it that make me look older. I wouldn't do scalp advance again (for me) it wasn't that useful. I have had hair transplants that have eliminated the typical receding hairline to the left and right. These were way more effective compared to scalp advance. Best to you.

In a covid world, proximity needs to be weighed upon much more heavily than before. They are both among the best in skill. Go to whichever is closer to you.