Best options for oblong face/jaw? (How to feminize face?) (photos)

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Hi there, I have always been extremely insecure about the lower half of my face - I feel it looks masculine and hideous. In particular, I feel that my upper lip/nostril area is very long, flat, pig-like, and shapeless, and my chin is wide and long. I feel that the change that would make the biggest impact would be to reshape my jaw, but is this recommended? Would another procedure make more of a difference? I am desperate to fix my face. (Photos attached) Thank you in advance!

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

Facial feminization for the prominent chin and long upper lip?  Your goals can be achieved with a contouring and reduction of your chin. Have done this for more than 35 years with excellent results. Make sure you do not have the angle of your mandible contoured because it will make the upper two thirds of your head look too large.  Your upper lip can be lifted to shorten the white through a sub nasal lip lift. Make sure you see your surgeons work so that you do not end up with unattractive scars.

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD (retired) · Answer

Hi, from the photos your cheeks are flat anteriorly (in
the front), the chin is weak and the nasal tip is a bit wide.  These combine to create an elongated, oval shaped face.  When the chin is weak this creates an imbalance making the nose appear
larger, the mid face top heavy and the lower face appear shorter which
de-emphasizes the shape and fullness of the lips.  Chin augmentation,
using a chin implant, will add projection to the chin creating harmony and
balance to the lower face. I have found placing a silastic chin implant through
a small, curved, incisions under the chin to be very safe, quick, highly
effective and far less invasive than a sliding genioplasty that requires bone
cuts with placement of screws and metal plates. Following the beauty principles
outlined in my book on face and body beauty, women look the most feminine,
youthful and attractive with heart shaped faces. Heart shaped faces have cheeks
that are full and round in the front. Cheek augmentation using a dermal filler
(I prefer Restylane Lyft) or with cheek implants for a permanent enhancement
will create full, round cheeks anteriorly that will feminize the entire face.   Rhinoplasty,or more specifically a Tip-plasty without a full Rhinoplastym, can thin and slightly upward roate the nasal tip making it more refined, feminine and naturally attractive.  The photos that you modified with Photo Shop created an improvement by loosely following these principles.Hope this helps.

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