Facial masculinization includes procedures that alter the face to feature more classically masculine characteristics, such as hair/beard, a pronounced brow, a stronger chin, a more pronounced Adam’s apple, and others. For the transsexual man, facial feminization greatly enhances the socialization process as a man.
COMPARE CLASSICAL
MASCULINE AND FEMININE FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Note, most people have a combination of male and female features.
Classically Masculine Features
- High, curved hairline with “widows peaks”
- High obtuse/angled forehead
- Low, straight, heavy brows
- Frontal bone bossae
- Prominent supraorbital rims
- Small deep set eyes
- Strong, long, prominent nose
- Acute nasolabial angle
- Long upper lip
- Narrow lip vermilion
- Square straight teeth
- Prominent chin
- Prominent thyroid cartilage
- Adam’s Apple
- Facial hair
- Wide or narrow zygoma (cheek bone) and mandible (jaw)
Classically Feminine Features
- Low straight hairline
- Short flat forehead
- High, arched tapered brows
- Absence of frontal bone bossae
- Large eyes, not deep set
- Short upper lip with well defined philtrum complex
- Full everted vermilion
- Non-projecting thyroid cartilages
- Wide or narrow cheek and jaw bones
- Soft, narrow, delicate, non-prominent nose with raised tip
Non-Surgical Options
- Hormones
- Restylane
- Juvederm
- Artefil
- Hair removal
- Laser
- Electrolysis
- Cosmetics
- Hair styling or wig
Surgical Options
- Hair transplantation
- Chin augmentation or reduction
- Mandible contouring
- Rhytidoplasty
- Blepharoplasty
- Rhinoplasty