Dr. Gerhard Sol Mundinger

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u/Kristen_MichelleXO
Tue May 3 13:48:02 2022 UTC
(24 comments)

I have a consultation with Dr. Mundinger at the Crane Center in Austin, TX for FFS this September and was wondering if anyone had experience with him? It looks like he worked out of New Orleans, LA before going to the Crane Center. I unfortunately can’t find much of his work online which is a bit unsettling.

His bio online states, “During his time in academic practice, he sought additional training in Facial Femnization Surgery with FacialTeam in Marbella, Spain.” So he must be good, right?

I freaked out last night and booked consultations with Justine Lee, Jeffrey Spiegel, Harrison Lee, Toby Mayer, and Bryan Rolfes. I’m just looking for someone to take insurance or at least help with claims and I know a lot of these don’t offer that.

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u/[deleted]
Tue May 3 13:58:54 2022 UTC
(3 children)

I personally would not recommend Dr. Mundinger. I had a horrible experience with him in a consult regarding BA and decided to look else where. It was also at that very consult that he took a look at my face and gave some recommendations I didn’t agree with. He showed me some more photos of his work in his office and his FFS work is very inconsistent as well as his stitch work is not so great. I think the main problem I see with him is that he lacks aesthetic eye for really harmonizing the face, which is very important to me. Also, he was just not a very pleasant person to work with, extremely blunt and didn’t get the feeling that he really cared about my concerns.

You want to choose someone who does more FFS procedures than anything. Bryan Rolfes and Justine Lee (both take insurance) are amazing and would highly recommend as they mostly do FFS and have a great eye for aesthetics and their aftercare is way better than what you would get at Crane Center (at least in the Austin Location).

Also, the “FacialTeam training” is more of a “I spent the weekend at Marbella doing some shadowing of the FacialTeam surgeons” but that doesn’t really mean much so take that with a grain of salt. I know cause I consulted Dr. Satterwhite who went through the same program as Mundinger.

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OP
Tue May 3 14:32:24 2022 UTC
(0 children)

Thank you so much this is a lot of insight! I’ve heard he’s kind of blunt and an ass but that doesn’t really bother me. The only upside to using them is that they’re close to home. I’m only a few hours from Austin. My face gives me so much dysphoria though and I don’t know what I’d do if I had shotty work and fixated on that. Hopefully I’ll hear from Dr. Justine Lee and Rolfes soon before I lose my mind and just choose someone.

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Tue May 3 16:53:42 2022 UTC
(0 children)

thank you for this 🙏🏻

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Community manager at Facial Team
Fri May 13 10:05:52 2022 UTC
(0 children)

Hello, Lilia here, Facialteam's community manager.

I can confirm that Facialteam Training Workshops are normally 1-day seminars based around expert speakers on FFS techniques and theory. Observerships consist of observing surgeries in the OR for a limited time, normally 1-2 days.

The third and most intensive type of professional development offered by Facialteam is the FFS Training Program , a week-long event which includes the above as well as a 1-day cadaver lab for practice sessions.

In all cases, the trainings indeed have value as continuing education, but due to limited time are not comprehensive, so cannot replace years of experience.

Hope that helps!

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u/Neither_Act_1007
Tue May 3 16:45:52 2022 UTC
(3 children)

You can cancel Spiegel out.

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OP
Tue May 3 17:42:26 2022 UTC
(2 children)

How come? No insurance?

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Tue May 3 19:41:13 2022 UTC
(1 child)

His surgical results are horrible! He’s been apparently accused of switching with his surgical fellow to do all of the surgery instead of him behind the patients back or without consent. Also, his attitude is not so great!

He’s apparently become the “Kathy Rumer” of FFS to a certain extent.

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OP
Tue May 3 19:54:29 2022 UTC
(0 children)

😮that’s horrible.

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u/Red-Ryka
Sun Sep 17 22:32:55 2023 UTC
(7 children)

I had a FFS with him 6 months ago. I'm actually pleased overall with my results.

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OP
Sun Sep 17 22:33:37 2023 UTC
(6 children)

I decided to go with Justine Lee but it’s not until 2025 😫

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Sun Sep 17 22:37:59 2023 UTC
(5 children)

Sorry to hear about the wait. I had to wait about 7 months. I had a good experience at least. I was concerned with some of the healing after a month but it looks much better now. I can't even tell I had surgery anymore barely at all.

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OP
Sun Sep 17 22:38:50 2023 UTC
(4 children)

Do you mind sharing your results?

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Mon Sep 18 04:30:20 2023 UTC
(0 children)

Sure, just give me a day or two to upload my pictures somewhere to show. Admittedly, I've never actually posted pictures on Reddit before so I'm not really sure yet how to go about that.

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Mon Sep 18 23:19:28 2023 UTC
(2 children)

Maybe I'm crazy, but where is the post images options on the reddit app? I legit don't see it.

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OP
Mon Sep 18 23:30:30 2023 UTC
(1 child)

I’m not sure. On the bottom when you make a post I think?

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Wed Sep 20 19:47:57 2023 UTC
(0 children)

So at least for me I cannot post pictures on comments to threads, which is unfortunate. However, it does appear that I can post pictures in new threads so I will plan to eventually post about my FFS with Dr. Mundinger in the near future in a separate thread

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u/aWomanLostAtSea
Tue May 3 16:57:47 2022 UTC
(1 child)

Ive never seen FFS results from the crane center lol and I live in Austin. Had to get my FFS elsewhere

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OP
Tue May 3 17:42:34 2022 UTC
(0 children)

😬

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u/Kristen_MichelleXO
OP
Tue May 3 17:44:27 2022 UTC
(3 children)

I heard from Rolfes office today but they won’t even book me for a consultation until I’ve been on HRT for a year. I was trying to be proactive and book my consultation now since I know it takes forever to even get one with them and I’d rather get it done sooner than later.

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Tue May 3 18:30:51 2022 UTC
(0 children)

Rolfes has amazing results for sure

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Wed May 11 01:38:22 2022 UTC
(1 child)

That doesn't seem right. I booked a consult with them before a year (10 months), I just told them I wouldn't be getting surgery until after I hit a year and they seemed fine with that

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OP
Wed May 11 03:02:09 2022 UTC
(0 children)

“Hi Kristen,

So Dr. Rolfes will want you to wait and consult with him once you have been on hormones for at least 12 months or more.

A lot of insurance policies will require that as well and Dr. Rolfes does not operate on any patient until they have been on those hormones for at least a year.”

I was thinking the same thing like he isn’t cutting on me but 🤷‍♀️

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u/StarfishColonizer
Wed May 4 02:53:14 2022 UTC
(1 child)

Check out Kuperstock in Virginia. He does really nice work and takes insurance...

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OP
Wed May 4 15:27:48 2022 UTC
(0 children)

Thank you I’ll check them out!