Voice Aesthetics

Duration of Surgery

1 Hour

1 Night

1 Gece

Back To Work

1 Week

Anesthesia

General Anesthesia

Our voice is our most important instrument in our communication. It is also one of the most important factors that play a role in determining our position in society. The voice needs to be compatible with gender, age and physical appearance. Otherwise, it can create problems in the perception of the individual in the society.

Who usually requests Voice Aesthetics?

Many of the people; they want to change the tones of voice that are not suitable for their gender, status or physical characteristics with aesthetic interventions. In particular, individuals who have changed sex, women with hormonal problems or who have undergone hormone therapy in the previous period, and women whose voices have become thicker due to smoking from a young age; They want to thin their voices in order to overcome their social or psychological problems. In addition, people who want to be announcers, presenters and voice actors among professional groups, politicians, administrator candidates and faculty members often demand sound aesthetics.

Is it possible to thin or thicken our voice?

Various surgical interventions are applied to change our voice towards the perception of thinness and thickness. The aim of these surgical interventions, which are done endoscopically through the mouth or through a small incision in the neck, is to change the frequency of our vocal cords by adjusting the length, mass and tension, just like the strings of an instrument. In this way, it is possible to thin, thicken and adjust the timbre of our voice.

How is our voice thinned or thickened?

Several different surgical techniques can be used to refine the voice. The most well-known of these is the Type 4 thyroplasty procedure. In this surgical technique, which is performed under local anesthesia in order to hear the patient’s voice during the operation and to be sure that sufficient thinning is achieved in the voice, it is aimed to lengthen the vocal cords and thus to thin the voice by bringing the 2 large cartilages in the larynx closer to each other with a small incision made in the anterior lower part of the neck. Simultaneously, it is also possible to shave the protruding Adam’s apple in the anterior part of the neck, especially for patients with a demand for gender reassignment.

Oral surgical interventions for voice attenuation have the advantage of naturally not leaving incision marks on the skin. These techniques are also more easily tolerated by patients as they are performed under general anesthesia. For this purpose, two techniques that have become more popular and frequently applied today are Wendler glottoplasty and laser thinning (LAVA). In Wendler glottoplasty, it is aimed to increase the tension of the vocal cords and to thin the voice by sewing the anterior 1/3 parts of the vocal cords to each other. It is a very successful technique and is one of the most preferred surgical procedures for this purpose today. In LAVA, on the other hand, it is aimed to thin the voice by reducing the mass of the vocal cord with the help of laser.

Voice thickening is a surgical intervention in which changes and arrangements are made in the vocal cords, in other words, in the vocal folds, in order to reduce the voice frequency and make the voice thicker. Different surgical techniques can be applied:

Thyroplasty Type 3 (Isshiki Thyroplasty Type III – Relaxation)

It is one of the commonly used techniques. With the help of a small incision made in the lower anterior part of the neck, the vocal fold edges are loosened and the voice pitch / pitch is reduced. In this way, the sound becomes thicker. It is mostly applied under local anesthesia and sufficient thickening is made by ensuring that the patient can hear the configuration of the voice during the operation.

Voice thickening surgeries are mostly painless and a week of voice rest is generally recommended after the operation. It takes 3-5 months for the sound to fully settle.

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Voice Aesthetics