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I recently found out about a procedure called Thyroplasty Type III, a type of surgery that relaxes the vocal chords, giving the patient a deeper, raspier voice. I'm not gonna lie, it sounds pretty appealing.
Lifting weights and building muscle to gain confidence and respect seems to be a common way of self-improvement, so why not this?
On one hand, it seems to be a rational choice. Deeper voiced men seem to earn more money and seem to be more sexually desirable.
On the other hand, I'm worried I might be getting too deep into 'looksmaxxing' territory and getting a surgery that shows little actual benefit. Plastic surgery for men also carries a significant stigma, which makes me even more hesistant. It's a shame though, cause cosmetic surgery seems to be one of the few purchases where the pleasure of purchase isn't ruined by the hedonic treadmil.
Most studies seem to show the surgery as being effective for transgender men or cis men with high-pitched voice disorders. There don't seem to be many studies on normal-to-high voiced cis-men however. I've found anecdotal evidence of it working well for them as well, but also evidence of people claiming to have been ripped off.
Someone did an AMA a few months back with a before and after.
TheMotte freaks out at tattoos but is ok with this??
It looks like the motte mostly doesn't even know what to say to this guy.
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