1. His reputation. Brownstein is known all over the country for his work with FTM patients. In fact, when I first began my coming out process, I lived in Western Massachusetts. I attended a few meetings of a local FTM group and found that a majority of them had traveled all the way to San Francisco to have their surgery, even though there are a number of competent surgeons closer to New England.

2. His results. Many of the guys I met prior to my surgery were more than happy to show off their "new" chests. By far, I was most impressed with Brownstein's results. I have not encountered a single patient of his who is unhappy with their results. Of course, this doesn't mean that *no one* is unhappy, I just haven't met any yet (and, trust me, I've asked to see a lot of chests!). Plus, he did Loren Cameron's chest *wink*.

3. His attitude. Brownstein is a laid-back guy, and easy to work with. He takes time to answer questions, and spent quite a bit of time speaking with my parents and my partner(who were with me for the surgery). It's also pretty cool that his dog Frank (the wonder weiner dog) goes everywhere except the operating room with him :)

I will be having revisions done with Brownstein once I get in better shape. This will mainly be to correct the "tags" under my arms (at the end of the incision line). I would like to stress that most of the revision work that needs to be done is due to the fact that I was overweight at the time of surgery. Brownstein did warn me about this, but I was too impatient to have the surgery! So if you are considering Brownstein, but don't like the idea of going back for minor revisions, get in shape first!!!