Biomaterial Database

Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: Facial Feminization Surgery and Facial Masculinization Surgery. 2018

Jordan C Deschamps-Braly

Deschamps-Braly Clinic of Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery, 450 Sutter Street, Suite 1520, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. Electronic address: jdbraly@deschamps-braly.com.

Facial feminization surgery was pioneered in the 1980s to provide options for trans women who were having difficulty with their outward appearance. This process presented a novel application of craniofacial surgery at the time. This text outlines the basic differences between male and female facial morphology, as well as the procedures we use to feminize the face.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D005260	Female		Females
D005262	Feminization	Development of female secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS in the MALE. It is due to the effects of estrogenic metabolites of precursors from endogenous or exogenous sources, such as ADRENAL GLANDS or therapeutic drugs.	Feminizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014189	Transsexualism	Expression of a GENDER IDENTITY inconsistent with, or not culturally-associated with the gender assigned to an individual at birth, combined with the desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify.	Gender Fluidity,Transexualism,Transgenderism,Fluidity, Gender,Gender Fluidities,Transexualisms
D057830	Sex Reassignment Surgery	Surgical procedure(s) by which a person's physical appearance and functional abilities are changed to align with their identified gender.	Gender-Affirming Surgery,Gender Change Surgery,Gender Confirmation Surgery,Gender Reassignment Surgery,Sex Change Surgery,Confirmation Surgery, Gender,Gender Affirming Surgery,Gender Change Surgeries,Gender Confirmation Surgeries,Gender Reassignment Surgeries,Gender-Affirming Surgeries,Sex Change Surgeries,Sex Reassignment Surgeries,Surgeries, Gender-Affirming,Surgery, Gender-Affirming