The controversial transgender influencer who was invited to Biden’s White House has posted a video showing off his bruised and scarred face after he underwent facial feminization surgery.
Dylan Mulvaney could be seen in a TikTok video posted on December 21 with bandages around his head and gauze covering his face as he told his 9.9million followers he was feeling well following the controversial surgery.
As part of the plastic surgery, transgender women get their facial bones sliced off and sanded down to make themselves appear more feminine.
Mulvaney, 26, has been hailed as a transgender icon who gained a massive following after sitting down with President Joe Biden in October.
Mulvaney first posted on December 16 that he was undergoing facial feminization surgery that day, sharing videos of his waking up excited and being dropped off at a medical center.
He later replied to a video posted by another transgender TikToker who said he is proud of Mulvaney for undergoing the surgery.
‘You are a light for this community,’ TikToker Mercury told Mulvaney. ‘You showcase the trans community in its most authentic form.’
Then, after one of Mulvaney’s thousands of followers asked for an update, he shared a video from his hospital bed on December 21 with his head completely bandaged and his cheeks, nose and chin covered in gauzes.
Stitches could also be seen above his upper lip, and Mulvaney appeared to have bruises around his lips and under his eyes.
‘Miss you all already,’ Mulvaney said, hoarsely, in the video, ‘and I’m doing well so thank you for supporting me.
‘I love you so much, thank you, love ya!’ he concluded.
But in the comments of another video posted on Saturday, Mulvaney said his face was still swollen from the massive procedure.
Still, his face did seem smoother in the video, with his brows lifted higher up on his face and a less defined jawline than in his previous videos.
As part of facial feminization surgery, transgender women can get their facial bones sawed down and even removed to achieve a more feminine look.
It can include a range of different surgeries, including reconstructing the forehead by removing the bony ridge above a patient’s eyes and reshaping the hairline (which may include shaving down or grinding the bony ridge or cutting a piece of existing bone and replacing it with a bon graft).
Other procedures involve the cutting and reformatting of the scalp to lower the hairline, raising the brows and a nose job to reduce the width and shape of a patient’s nose.
Additionally, jaw surgery may be completed to make a patient’s jaw line less pronounced, and surgeons may elect to shave the patient’s trachea to reduce the size of an Adam’s apple.
Surgeons ay also recommend a procedure to remove a small amount of fat from one part of the body and use it to add volume and smooth out hollowed areas.
All together, the surgeries can cost $20,000 to $50,000.
