#IAMME Campaign

Aesthetic Medicine Magazine spoke to Dr Vincent Wong about becoming the world’s first LGBTQ+ ambassador, the new #IAMME campaign, and treating LGBTQ+ patients. 

Dr Wong explained the challenges, barriers and fears for patients who come to his clinic from the LGBTQ+ community. 

“Sadly, there are many people from the LGBTQ+ community who fear that they may be botched by practitioners who have a phobia against the community. From the conversations I have had, this seems to be one of the biggest barriers.

Others are worried that the practitioner may not fully understand their needs and how they feel, which in turn creates an awkwardness that inhibits good rapport.

I believe those that identify themselves as non-binary would face the biggest challenge as they may want to keep both feminine and masculine features and this can be quite difficult to explain to the practitioner. “

“I’m 25 now and I started transitioning when I was 19. When I first started transitioning, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I was literally walking around looking like a man in a wig. I didn’t have a clue on how to be or how to portray myself as a woman. All I knew is how I felt on the inside, but didn’t know how to project that. My journey into things like aesthetics medical science, finding Dr Vincent Wong, makeup, fashion, modelling, all that kind of stuff, has helped me in becoming the woman that I am today. And, if anything, we’re stronger because we have to go through so much to be the women that we are. So I try and be vocal about that in the work that I do.”