Materials and MethodsĪll procedures performed in this report involving human patients were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Thus, herein we present 5 cases of facial feminization in transgender women, illustrating the use of minimally invasive facial remodeling procedures for male-to-female transitioning patients. 3 Nevertheless, applicable literature in the field is still lacking. 5 Health care providers should be familiar with the needs of the transgender patient population. 5 Moreover, for those patients who are not suitable for surgery, MIP may remain the only option. 4 Especially for patients who are unsure about proceeding with definitive surgery, injectables can serve as a reversible surrogate for what patients can potentially expect from a definite facial surgery. There is minimal need for psychological assessment, pre-medication, or other delays that would routinely be needed before surgery. Minimally invasive procedures (MIP) play an important role in the transition process for many reasons: MIP provide fast, reversible, and impactful results, with lower risks and downtime, whilst results with hormonal therapy, for example, may take 2 years to fully develop. According to literature data, transgender women often prefer to modify their faces, prior to body alterations 3.
2 In order to recognize themselves as women, transgender women go through a transition process, which includes hormonal therapy, psychological support, and physical alterations that can be accomplished by surgery or minimally invasive procedures.
1 Trans beauty imposes a unique aesthetic task, since transgender women may seek feminization, but the aesthetic goal may not be achievement of femininity or masculinity itself, but rather acquiring feminine or masculine attributes that best align with the patient’s self-affirmation. A transgender individual is someone who does not identify with his or her biological sex.
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