What would help my face to appear more feminine? (Photos)

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I look a lot like my dad, and there are certain features I inherited that I personally feel make my face look more masculine than I’d like. My goal isn’t to completely change my face or look like another person I just want to soften my features and have an overall more feminine appearance. My face is naturally more on the long side, so I’d appreciate suggestions that would help balance that One thing I notice is my lips. I know they aren’t necessarily thin, but the overall width and size of my mouth feels small compared with the rest of my face. At rest, my lips also seem slightly uneven or shifted toward one side. I really wish my mouth were a little wider and my lips somewhat bigger because I feel like the smaller mouth emphasizes the length of my face. What can actually be done for this? My eyes and brows are another major insecurity. My eyes don't look symmetrical to me .. the opening seems different between them, my brows also appear to sit differently. What could potentially correct or improve this? Would I ook better with high brows or low brows Overall, I’d really appreciate help figuring out where I should actually start if my goal is a softer, more feminine and balanced appearance. Brutal honesty is welcome. I’d rather hear what would genuinely make a difference, what you think I should leave alone, and what might actually make things worse. I attached a photo taken with flash, no makeup, and no hair styling specifically so those things wouldn't distract

Kerem Sami Kaya, MD · Answer

Hello,
First of all, we completely understand your concerns and, more importantly, your expectations. It is very clear that your goal is not to completely change your identity or make your face look like someone else, but rather to soften some of the stronger features and create a more feminine and balanced overall appearance while maintaining your natural character.
Regarding your eyes, from the photograph, some of the asymmetry and the difference in the eye opening appear to be related to the position and shape of the lower eyelids. For this reason, I would consider lower eyelid surgery (lower blepharoplasty) as one of the procedures that could potentially improve the balance and symmetry of the eye area.
For the eyebrows, I think an endoscopic brow lift could be helpful. Rather than simply making the eyebrows very high, the aim would be to create a more balanced and feminine brow position while taking your existing asymmetry into consideration. In your case, I would not recommend deciding on “high” or “low” brows without assessing the overall facial proportions.
I would also consider rhinoplasty as part of the overall plan. In the photograph, the nasal tip area appears somewhat prominent and asymmetrical, and refining and balancing the nasal tip could have a meaningful effect on the overall proportions and softness of the face. This does not necessarily mean making the nose very small or changing your identity; rather, the goal would be to create better harmony with your other facial features.
Regarding your lips and mouth, I would want to assess this more carefully before recommending a specific procedure. The apparent width of the mouth and the slight deviation you mentioned can sometimes be influenced by the surrounding facial structures and overall proportions, so I would prefer not to suggest simply increasing lip volume without understanding the underlying balance.
I also cannot properly evaluate your chin and midface from this photograph alone. A profile photograph would be particularly helpful for assessing the projection and proportions of the chin, midface and lower face, especially because your concern about facial length may be influenced by these areas as well.
So, based on what I can see at this stage, I would initially consider lower eyelid surgery + endoscopic brow lift + rhinoplasty, with a more detailed assessment of the lips, midface and chin once I can see additional views.
I would rather be honest about what I think would genuinely make a difference rather than recommend procedures simply for the sake of changing features. The final plan would therefore depend on a complete assessment of your facial proportions from the front, oblique and profile views. Kind regards

Lexie Wang, MD · Answer

this is difficult with only having one picture to assess BUT some things you could consider:

1) in general, a lower brow or straighter brow is more masculinizing of a feature. A "feminine" eyebrow typically is a little bit higher than the orbital rim where the bone is. Yours seems to be just at it on the left, potentially a little higher on the right. you could consider brow manipulation to try to achieve your goal. The easiest would be to go to a realy good brow stylist and see what they can do in terms of manipuulation of your shape, plus it is probably going to be the cheapest and most simplest option. Next would be considering neurotoxin injection to try to cheat and give you a lfiting effect. Last would be to consider a surgical lift.

2) your eyes are fine. And everyone has degrees of asymmetry.

3) the lips also appear fine. I don't think they look overly small compared to the rest of the face esp with the width and in regards to the "shifting" -- everyone has one side that is dominant.  you could consider lip filler if you wanted to try to make your lips a bit bigger because that could be more of what you're looking for, but personally I think your lips look fine

all in all, I don't really see much that is glaring here

Zoran Potparic, MD · Answer

Based on this single photo I would suggest rhinoplasty as a procedure of choice. Augmentation of the lips with filler, conservative, would improve that aspect. In person consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon or recommended. Good luck.

Luis A. Mejia, MD · Answer

Thank for your question, using hair to frame, filler to address mouth symmetry, and Botox/shaping to improve brow balance, you can make substantial progress toward a softer, more balanced, and feminine appearance without resorting to aggressive or surgical options. for more information contact us, Good luck on your journey.
Dr. Luis Mejia

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