Facial Reconstruction

The mission of the UCLA Gender Health Program is to provide healthcare for the transgender or gender-diverse community that is sensitive to everyone’s individual needs.

For patients seeking Facial Reconstruction (including Facial Feminization Surgery or Facial Masculinization Surgery), our UCLA craniofacial plastic and reconstructive surgeons offer the following services:

• Forehead Reconstruction, including setback of forehead, brow bone or shaving down of brow bone, scalp advancement and hairline reconstruction
• Malar / Cheek Augmentation
• Mandibular Angle Reduction / Chin Reduction
• Mandibular and Chin Augmentation
• Zygomatic Arch Reduction / Cheekbone Reduction
• Facelift
• Necklift
• Browlift
• Blepharoplasty / Eyelid Surgery
• Rhinoplasty / Nose Surgery
• Otoplasty / Ear Surgery
• Lip augmentation, Lip lift
• Tracheal Shave (Adam’s Apple Reduction)
• Adam’s Apple Augmentation

Our expert surgeons can meet with you to discuss which procedures would best help you achieve your goals.

• Care Coordinator: At the UCLA Gender Health Program, we understand the unique challenges that gender-diverse patients face when searching for health care. Providing personalized care involves collaboration between specialty physicians, which is why we have a Care Coordinator as the first point of contact. Our dedicated Care Coordinator provides our gender-diverse patients with assistance in navigating the UCLA Health system, specifically including:
  • Providing information about UCLA’s Gender Health Program.
  • Taking an initial intake assessment in order to understand each person’s health care needs and goals.
  • Ensuring patients are established with a primary care provider.
  • Ensuring patients are established with a primary care provider.
  • Coordinating referrals for gender-affirming surgeries.
  • Identifying appropriate providers and coordinating referrals for other supportive services.