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The truth about facial feminisation surgery

Massive lashes and a high brow arch that Hollywood legends themselves would envy, with long flowing platinum blonde hair and a diva pink lip still didn’t fulfil a design brief I had in my mind. The mirror would often comment, “That’s not quite it sis”, “It’s not giving, only donating” and “She hasn’t ate, she nibbled”.

The free spirit of the London nightclub scene allowed me to ask myself the questions: just who am I and what do want from

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