Daily Journal: facial feminization surgery

the first lipstick

I think of my lips a lot. Having a lip lift has been at the top of my surgery list for a long long time and it's the one thing I'm most excited about seeing for the first time when all is done.

I haven't ever really wanted to do lip injections to this point, just to change the shape of them a bit, raise them a little. I want them to sit differently on my face and I want to make cute kissy faces to absolutely everyone who will look at me.

My Anya Taylor-Joy lips to be I call them. I think about mornings in front of the mirror with red lipstick finishing my ready for work look. I picture packing my favorite red into my purse before we head out to a restaurant. I picture touching up my lip in the bathroom on a night out with friends.

I think about my lips a lot. How kissable they are. How they've healed wounds as a parent. The tears that have fallen over them.

I'm so excited to cover them with lipstick for the first time again.