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Rather than travel abroad for expensive surgery or taking risks with self-administered work, the transgender community can turn to Dr. Sherman Leis, a world-renowned surgeon and the founder of The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery.

From nose reshaping (or rhinoplasty) to Botox, cosmetic surgery may still be stereotyped as a women’s pursuit, but the number of men hoping to turn back the clock and perhaps boost their self-confidence a bit is on a steady uptick.

Even though Claudia Aderotimi was not transgender, the 20-year-old’s tragic death inside a Philadelphia hotel room last month underscores the dangers so-called underground cosmetic procedures pose to trans women and others who undergo them.