Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS)
Procedures

Many techniques for facial feminization surgery are available, but not all surgeons use the same facial feminization surgery procedures. Many facial feminization surgery procedures are also commonly part of routine cosmetic surgery (e.g. face lift, neck lift), while some are specific to feminization (mandibular angle shaving, brow bossing reduction). Facial feminization surgery can include transforming the eye lids, nose, mouth, cheeks, forehead, jaw, chin, scalp and Adam’s apple.

Below is a list of some of the more popular facial feminization procedures:

· Brow lift
· Temporal lift
· Scalp advancement
· Frontal bossing reduction osteotomy
· Reduction osteotomy of the supra-orbital rims
· Nasal tip refinement
· Osteotomy of the bony pyramid
· Dorsum reduction
· Zygoma augmentation
· Submalar augmentation
· Sliding genioplasty
· Lateral lower mandibular shave
· Mandibular angle shave
· Submandibular liposuction
· Neck lift
· Face lift
· Platysma banding elimination
· Thyroid chondroplasty (see trachea shave)
· Otoplasty
· Blepharoplasty
· Lip lift