Category: cheek augmentation | facial feminization surgery

Facial Feminization Surgery – Middle Third Reshaping – II. Cheek Augmentation

Feminine cheeks typically have more fullness in the ‘apple’ cheek area which is on the front part of the cheekbone. (malar-submalar zone) This aesthetic female cheek roundness is historic although more contemporary trends for cheek augmentation are for a line of fullness that extends back along the zygomatic arch as well for more defined and Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Middle Third Reshaping – 1. Rhinoplasty

There are major gender differences in the shape of the nose despite that nose shapes comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. In achieving a more feminine-looking nose the key is the shape of the dorsum (bridge) and the tip. A straight or preferably slightly concave dorsum with a tip that is narrow Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – IV. Skull Reshaping

While the forehead has some prominent gender differences, the shape of the rest of the skull is less significant in that regard. But differences do exist and the general trend is that male head shapes are larger and broader while female head shapes are a little smaller and more round. The camouflage of hair can Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – III. Browlift Surgery

While the brow bone projection can be reduced and the forehead reshaped, the appearance of the upper face may still not be fully feminized in some patients. The arch of the eyebrows has an important feminizing influence and a brow lift with any type of forehead surgery can have a substantial gender enhancing effect. Lifting Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – II. Forehead Reduction

Frontal Hairline Advancement A long or high forehead based on the location of the frontal hairline creates a disproportionately large upper third of the face. While acceptable in males because of common hairline recession/loss, it is much less aesthetic in females. Shortening of the upper facial third by frontal hairline advancement (scalp advancement) is one Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Upper Third Reshaping – I. Brow Bone Reduction

Brow Bone Reduction (Central) Considered one of the cornerstones of FFS surgery is the shape of the upper third of the face. The elimination of protruding brows and altering the appearance of the forehead to a more convex shape with a straighter vertical angulation is a critical gender difference between men and women. Always done Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery – Introduction

Having a softer and more feminine face is the goal of facial feminization surgery. (FFS) While most commonly associated with the transgender patient, FFS is also used for the non-transgender female who feels their facial appearance is too masculine or has one facial feature that is considered excessively strong for their facial appearance. Facial feminization Read More…

Facial Feminization Surgery Successfully Allows Proper Gender Identification

Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a diverse number of facial procedures that have one purpose…to reshape the face so that it can more identified as female. While each of the facial reshaping procedures can be technically completed, what counts is whether their collective effects can enable transwomen to be identified as female by their facial Read More…

The Potential Role of Virtual Surgical Planning in Facial Feminization Surgery

Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is largely a bony reductive approach to reshaping the face. Reversing the male facial skeletal features focuses on the prominences of the forehead, brow bones, chin and jaw angles. The techniques to do so are well known and widely used. Such facial bone reshaping is largely an art form in that Read More…

Outcome Assessment of Comprehensive Facial Feminization Surgery

Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a well recognized collection of facial reshaping procedures that is largely reductive in nature. While most commonly associated with the male to female transgender patient, it also applies to non-transgender women who simply want to soften their facial features. It is a collection of mainly facial bony changes to reshape Read More…