Facial masculinization surgery is a group of operations that make the face read as more typically male. It can include forehead and brow augmentation, a stronger nose, a wider and squarer jaw, a larger chin and a more prominent Adam's apple. Most people have two or three of these, not all of them.
It changes bone and soft tissue contours in a lasting way. It does not change skin texture, beard growth or the hairline pattern, which depend on hormones, and the result is limited by your existing bone structure.
What Facial Masculinization Surgery involves
Planning starts with photographs and usually a CT scan of the facial bones, so that implants can be chosen or custom made. Under general anaesthesia the surgeon works through hidden incisions: inside the mouth for jaw angle and chin implants or a sliding chin advancement, in the hairline or an eyebrow crease for forehead augmentation with implant material or bone cement, and inside the nostrils or across the columella for rhinoplasty with cartilage grafts. The thyroid cartilage can be built up with a rib or implant graft through a small neck crease incision. Implants are fixed with small titanium screws so they do not move. Fat transfer is sometimes added to fill the lower face. Incisions are closed with dissolving stitches inside the mouth and fine sutures on the skin.
Who is a good candidate for Facial Masculinization Surgery?
It is mainly chosen by transgender men and non-binary people, and by some cisgender men who want a stronger facial frame.
- You have been on testosterone for at least a year, if you plan to take it, so its effect on the face has settled
- You can name the specific features that bother you
- You are in good general health and do not smoke, or can stop for several weeks
- You accept that implants may one day need revision
It is usually not the right choice if:
- People expecting surgery to produce beard growth or a receding hairline
- Anyone with untreated dental or gum infection, which raises the infection risk of implants placed through the mouth
- Those with unstable mental health or without realistic expectations of what bone work can change
- Smokers unwilling to stop, because healing of intra-oral wounds suffers
الخيارات التقنية
- Jaw angle implants: Silicone, porous polyethylene or custom PEEK implants that widen and square the back of the jaw. Used when the lower face is narrow.
- Chin augmentation: An implant or a sliding genioplasty that moves your own bone forward and can widen it. Bone advancement is preferred for larger changes.
- Forehead and brow augmentation: Bone cement or a custom implant builds a heavier brow ridge. Used less often, as testosterone does not alter this bone.
- Masculinizing rhinoplasty: Grafts raise and widen the bridge and straighten the profile.
- Adam's apple augmentation: A carved cartilage graft or implant over the thyroid cartilage. The least common component.
ماذا يحدث خلال علاجك
Surgery takes 2 to 6 hours depending on how many areas are treated and is done under general anaesthesia. You wake with a compression dressing around the jaw, swelling and a tight feeling in the lower face. Most people stay one or two nights. Pain is usually moderate and controlled with tablets; numbness of the lower lip and chin is common at first.
الإعداد لرحلتك
Plan for 10 to 14 days in Istanbul. Your surgeon reviews photographs and your medical history before you book, and you meet in person the day before surgery for examination, marking and consent with a professional interpreter.
- Stop smoking and nicotine at least four weeks before and after surgery; it is the single biggest avoidable cause of wound problems
- Tell the team about every medicine and supplement you take; blood thinners, some herbal products and hormone treatment may need to be paused on your doctor's advice
- Arrange for someone to travel with you or to be reachable, and keep the first days at home free of work and lifting
- Book a changeable return flight; your surgeon confirms when you are fit to fly
التعافي والنتائج
Swelling peaks around day 3 and most of it settles over 2 to 3 weeks, though the jawline keeps refining for 3 to 6 months. You eat soft food and use an antiseptic mouth rinse for about 2 weeks if incisions are inside the mouth. Desk work is realistic after 10 to 14 days. Avoid contact sport and heavy lifting for 6 weeks. Numbness fades over weeks to months.
- Back to everyday activity: 2 to 3 weeks
- When results show: Clear at 6 weeks, final at 6 months
- How long they last: Long lasting; implants may need revision
سياسة السلامة والمخاطر والتنقيح
These are real operations on bone and around important nerves, and implants bring their own long-term risks.
- Infection around an implant, which can mean removing it
- Lasting numbness of the lower lip or chin from stretching of the mental nerve
- Asymmetry or an implant edge that can be felt or seen
- Implant shift if fixation fails
- Weakness of the lower lip from marginal mandibular nerve irritation, usually temporary
- Dissatisfaction with the degree of change and need for revision
Every written proposal arranged through Clinic-Y states what the clinic covers if a correction is needed. Ask for it before you book, not after.
Cost of Facial Masculinization Surgery in Türkiye
Clinic-Y does not publish a single price for Facial Masculinization Surgery, because the honest figure depends on your case. What moves it:
- How many areas are operated on in one session
- Standard implants versus custom implants made from your CT scan
- Whether bone work such as sliding genioplasty is needed
- Length of hospital stay and operating time
Send your photographs or reports and you receive written, all-inclusive proposals from suitable teams, side by side. Reviewing your case is free.
الأسئلة المتكررة
Do I need to be on testosterone first?
No, but if you plan to take it, surgeons usually advise waiting about a year, because testosterone thickens skin and redistributes facial fat and may reduce how much surgery you want.
Are custom implants worth it?
They fit your bone more precisely and help with asymmetry. For modest, symmetrical changes, standard implants often do the job. Ask to see the plan on your own scan.
Will there be visible scars?
Jaw and chin work is usually done through the mouth. Forehead, nose and neck incisions are placed in the hairline or natural creases and usually fade well.