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FACIAL FEMINIZATION SURGERY [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

... the set of surgical procedures ... designed to soften and modify facial features perceived as masculine, exaggerated, or nonharmonic and therefore decisive in the visual identification of facial gender.

OBS

[It includes] Adam's apple reduction, nose feminization, facial bone reduction, face lift, eyelid rejuvenation, and hair reconstruction.

Key term(s)
  • facial feminisation surgery
  • facial feminising surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
OBS

[Cet ensemble d'interventions comprend] la réduction de la pomme d'Adam, la féminisation du nez, la réduction des os du visage, le redrapage du visage et du cou (lifting facial), le rajeunissement des paupières et la reconstruction de la chevelure.

Spanish

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