Facial Feminization Surgery
A Road Map for Gender Transitioning
Are You Considering Facial Feminization Surgery?
For many transgender women, having their facial features refined has been an important step in their transition, with many considering it the most essential part of their transformation.
If you are transfeminine with a prominent chin, heavy brow, or strong lower jaw that you feel detracts from your femininity, perhaps you would like your appearance to more closely match the way you feel inside.
Plastic surgeons Jordan Deschamps-Braly, M.D. and Douglas K. Ousterhout, M.D., are preeminent surgeons in the field of plastic surgery known as facial feminization surgery (FFS). They specialize in feminizing the craniofacial structure of transgender women. In Facial Feminization, Drs. Deschamps-Braly and Ousterhout discuss the many types of FFS procedures they perform:
Scalp advancement
Chin feminization
Forehead feminization
Lower jaw tapering
Temple augmentation
Thyroid cartilage reduction
Cheek contouring
Lower jaw repositioning
Nose reshaping
Upper jaw repositioning
Upper lip reshaping
Hair transplantation
This comprehensive book contains more than two hundred before- and-after photos of FFS patients.
Jordan Dechamps-Braly, M.D., is a plastic surgeon in San Francisco. He specializes is male-to-female facial feminization (FFS) surgery. His co-author, Douglas Ousterhout, M.D., practiced plastic surgery for thirty-five years; he was one of the first plastic surgeons to develop FFS surgeries.
