Facial Feminization
Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) in Bangkok, Thailand
Facial feminization surgery (FFS) at YOUNIFY Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, reshapes the forehead, brow, nose, jaw, chin, and Adam's apple for softer facial proportions. Single elements start from THB 50,000; most patients stay in Bangkok for 10 to 14 days. Results vary by individual.
Surgery is performed by the clinic's two board-certified plastic surgeons, Dr. Phattrapohn Liangcheep and Dr. Thanachot Kamolveerat, at a JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital.
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At a glance
- Procedure
- Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS)
- Starting from (THB)
- FFS Forehead Combo (Forehead Lift + Glabella + Brow Bossing Reduction) from 400,000 · Forehead Reduction / Hairline Advancement from 148,000 · Mandible Angle Reduction (Incision Inside the Mouth) from 145,000 · Adam's apple reduction (tracheal shave) from 50,000
- Hospital stay
- Usually 1–2 nights
- Time in Bangkok
- 10–14 days
- Who operates
- Dr. Phattrapohn Liangcheep · Dr. Thanachot Kamolveerat
- Where
- JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital, Bangkok
- Last reviewed
- August 31, 2026
Start with the change you are looking for
Many people search for the procedures by everyday names. This table matches those names to the procedures in our price list.
| What you may search for | Procedure name in our plan | Starting from |
|---|---|---|
| Brow bone reduction, forehead contouring | Brow bossing reduction within the FFS Forehead Combo | THB 400,000 |
| Hairline lowering | Forehead reduction / hairline advancement | THB 148,000 |
| Tracheal shave | Adam's apple reduction (chondrolaryngoplasty) | THB 50,000 |
| Jaw feminization, jaw angle reduction | Mandible angle reduction | Price per the FFS price table |
| Chin feminization, chin reduction | Genioplasty / chin reduction | THB 160,000 |
| Feminizing rhinoplasty | Rhinoplasty within FFS | Price per the FFS price table |
Price list
| Procedure | Starting Thailand price (฿) |
|---|---|
| Upper third | |
| Forehead Reduction / Hairline Advancement | THB 148,000 |
| Forehead Lift | THB 159,000 |
| Forehead Implant | THB 119,000 |
| Eyebrow Lift | THB 69,000 |
| Forehead Lift + Glabella Correction | Confirmed in your written quotation after assessment. |
| Brow Bossing Reduction | Confirmed in your written quotation after assessment. |
| FFS Forehead Combo (Forehead Lift + Glabella + Brow Bossing Reduction)FFS Forehead Combo includes 2 nights in hospital and follow-up visits | THB 400,000 |
| Middle third | |
| Rhinoplasty | THB 65,000 |
| Open Rhinoplasty | THB 159,000 |
| Rhinoplasty and Alar Reduction | THB 90,000 |
| Zygoma (Cheekbone) Reduction | THB 180,000 |
| Cheek Augmentation | THB 80,000 |
| Fat Grafting over the Cheekbone | THB 50,000 |
| Lower third | |
| Genioplasty / Chin Adjustment (with contouring) | THB 160,000 |
| Chin Reduction | THB 160,000 |
| Jaw Augmentation - Stock Implant | THB 90,000 |
| Jaw Augmentation - Patient-Specific Implant | THB 139,000 |
| Jaw + Chin Augmentation (combined) | THB 179,000 |
| Lip Lift | THB 50,000 |
| Mandible Angle Reduction (Incision Inside the Mouth) | THB 145,000 |
| Adam's apple reduction (tracheal shave) | THB 50,000 |
| Neck Lift | THB 188,000 |
| Face & Neck Lift | THB 219,000 |
* Indicative prices for reference only. Final pricing depends on an individual assessment. Contact our team for a personalized quote.
Your final quote follows an individual medical assessment. You receive a written quotation before any deposit.
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Figures from the YOUNIFY surgical program.
01 · Assessment
Assessment starts with bone, not with photographs of other people
What determines your result is your own anatomy, not the reference image you arrive with.
Patients arrive with reference images, and those are useful for understanding what you are drawn to. They are not a plan. What determines your result is the thickness of the bone over your frontal sinus, the height and shape of your orbital rims, the position of your hairline, the width of your mandible at the angle, and how your soft tissue sits over all of it. Two patients who bring the same reference image often need different operations.
A CT scan of the facial skeleton is taken before a forehead plan is finalized. The thickness of the anterior wall of the frontal sinus decides whether the brow ridge can be contoured directly or whether the front wall needs to be set back. This is not a judgment that can be made from the outside of the face, and planning it from photographs alone is how under-correction happens.
Patients seeking a more masculine facial structure can read about facial masculinization surgery (FMS).
Imaging is a planning step. It shows what your anatomy allows, not a guaranteed outcome.
What facial feminization surgery actually changes
Facial feminization surgery is a set of bone and soft-tissue procedures that adjust the parts of the face where male and female skeletons differ most consistently. The differences are not subtle once you know where to look. The male frontal bone carries a ridge above the eyes and a flatter, more backward-sloping forehead. The female frontal bone is rounder and more vertical, and the brow sits higher and with more arch. The male mandible is wider at the angle and squarer at the chin. The female mandible tapers.
Surgery does not add a set of features onto your face. It removes and reshapes what makes the underlying frame read as male, so that the face people see matches the person living in it.
Not every patient needs every procedure. Most patients need work in one or two of the three facial thirds, and the consultation exists to find out which.
For most patients the upper third carries the most recognition weight. The brow ridge and the forehead slope are read before anything else, often before the observer is conscious of reading anything. That is why a forehead-first plan is a common recommendation, and why some patients choose to stop there.
The three thirds
Facial feminization is planned across three horizontal thirds of the face rather than feature by feature.
| What sits there | What is usually addressed | |
|---|---|---|
| Upper third | Forehead, brow ridge, orbital rims, hairline, brow position | Brow bossing reduction, glabella correction, forehead lift, hairline position, brow lift |
| Middle third | Nose, cheeks, midface, eyelids | Nose reshaping, alarplasty, tip-plasty, cheek implant or reduction, cheek lipofilling, mid-facelift, upper and lower blepharoplasty |
| Lower third | Jaw, chin, neck, thyroid cartilage | Mandible angle reduction, V-shape genioplasty, chin implant, neck lift, Adam's apple reduction |
How we plan your result
Three decisions are taken with you before anything is scheduled.
Travelling for facial feminization
Who this is for
- Transgender women and transfeminine people seeking facial changes as part of gender-affirming care
- Non-binary people who want specific features softened without a full feminization plan
- Cisgender women whose brow ridge, jaw width, or chin projection reads heavier than they would like
- Patients who have had facial surgery elsewhere and want a second opinion on what remains
- You do not need to have completed any particular step of transition to be assessed here
02 · Procedures
Procedures performed at YOUNIFY
Grouped by facial third. Not every patient needs every group, and the consultation exists to decide which.
Upper third
The forehead slope and the bony ridge above the eyes are read before anything else on a face, which is why work here carries the most recognition weight. Forehead and brow contouring, the upper third procedures, take approximately four hours.
What sits there: Forehead, brow ridge, orbital rims, hairline, brow position.
Procedures: Brow bossing reduction reduces the bony ridge above the eyes, by contouring the outer surface, by contouring and filling, or by setting the front wall of the frontal sinus back and fixing it in its new position. Glabella correction softens the bony prominence between the brows so the transition from nose to forehead reads as a curve rather than a step. Forehead lift repositions the brow and the forehead soft tissue through the same access. Orbital rim contouring opens the upper eye socket border, which raises the apparent height of the eye. Hairline adjustment brings a tall hairline forward at the same time as the brow work.
Middle third
The middle third carries the nose, the cheekbones and the eyelids, and it is planned against the upper third rather than on its own.
What sits there: Nose, cheeks, midface, eyelids.
Procedures: Nose reshaping reduces a dorsal hump, narrows the bridge, and adjusts the angle between the nose and the upper lip. Tip-plasty refines the nasal tip alone, for patients whose bridge is already in proportion. Alarplasty narrows the base of the nose. A cheek implant adds projection over the cheekbone where the midface is flat, and cheek reduction reduces cheekbone width through an incision inside the mouth. Cheek lipofilling restores volume with your own fat rather than an implant. A mid-facelift repositions midface soft tissue upward. Upper blepharoplasty adjusts the upper eyelid fold and removes excess skin; lower blepharoplasty addresses lower eyelid fat and skin.
Lower third
The jaw and chin decide whether the face tapers, and the neck decides whether that taper is visible.
What sits there: Jaw, chin, neck, thyroid cartilage.
Procedures: Mandible angle reduction narrows the jaw angle through an incision inside the mouth, so there is no external scar on the jawline. V-shape genioplasty narrows and reshapes the chin as bone, rather than adding to it. A chin implant adds projection where the chin is short, as an alternative to moving the bone. A neck lift redefines the border between the jaw and the neck. Adam's apple reduction, or chondrolaryngoplasty, reduces the prominence of the thyroid cartilage in the front of the neck and has a dedicated page of its own.
04 · Your team
Performed by board-certified plastic surgeons
Your procedure is performed by a board-certified plastic surgeon in the operating room of a JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital. Which surgeon performs which part of your plan is confirmed with you in writing after your assessment, before any deposit is taken.
Dr. Phattrapohn Liangcheep
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Diploma of the Thai Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Dr. Thanachot Kamolveerat
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Diploma of the Thai Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Operating room standards and monitoring
Surgery is performed in the operating room of a JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital, with anesthesia care and continuous monitoring throughout.
JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital
Surgery takes place in a hospital operating room, not a clinic treatment room. Consultation and planning are led by the YOUNIFY Clinic team in Silom.
Specialist anaesthesia care
Anaesthesia is administered and monitored by a qualified anaesthesiologist for the duration of surgery.
Continuous monitoring
Vital signs are monitored continuously during the procedure and through initial recovery.
Sterile instrument protocol
Instruments and implants are handled under a documented sterile protocol.
The treatment process
First contact
Message us on WhatsApp or LINE with photographs taken straight on and in profile, in even light, with hair back from the forehead.
Video consultation
A surgeon reviews the photographs with you, explains which thirds carry the most weight in your case, and describes what each procedure would and would not change.
Imaging and confirmation
A CT scan is arranged. The plan is confirmed in writing, with a written quotation, before any deposit is taken.
Pre-operative assessment
On arrival in Bangkok, laboratory work and anesthetic review. Patients on hormone therapy should tell the team, because some regimens are paused before surgery.
Before your operation
You will be asked not to eat or drink anything, including water, for eight hours before your operation.
Surgery
Under general anesthesia in the operating room of a JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospital.
Overnight stay
Usually 1–2 nights, with nursing observation.
Review before you fly
Sutures, dressings, and a final review with your surgeon before you leave Bangkok.
Follow-up after you are home
Remote review at intervals agreed before you leave.
What recovery looks like
Your surgical care with YOUNIFY
From the surgeon who operates to the nurses who follow up, with a private recovery suite at the partner hospital.
Sources
- WPATH Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons: Facial Feminization Surgery
- Uhlman K et al. Outcomes in Facial Feminization Surgery: A Systematic Review. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
- Facial Feminization Surgery: A Systematic Review of Perioperative Surgical Planning and Outcomes (2022)
Common questions
How long does facial feminization surgery take?
Between two and eight hours, depending on how many of the three facial thirds are included. Forehead work alone is commonly around four hours. A plan covering all three thirds is longer, and where operating time would become very long the surgical team may recommend two sessions.
Will there be a visible scar?
The access for forehead and brow work is placed within the hair, so it is covered by hair once healed. Mandible angle reduction and cheek reduction are performed through incisions inside the mouth, which leaves no external scar. Nose and eyelid work uses the incisions standard to those procedures. Your surgeon will show you on your own photographs where each incision falls.
How much of the change is visible immediately?
Very little, and this surprises people. Swelling hides the result for several weeks. Most patients see the shape emerging at six to eight weeks and judge the result at six to twelve months.
Do I need a CT scan?
For forehead work, yes. The thickness of the bone over the frontal sinus decides which technique is appropriate, and that cannot be assessed from the outside of the face.
Can facial feminization be done in one operation?
Often, yes. Whether it should be depends on total operating time and on whether one area needs to settle before another is judged. Your surgeon will tell you which applies to your plan and why.
Do I need to be on hormone therapy first?
Hormone therapy is not a requirement for surgical assessment here. Tell the team what you are taking, because some regimens are paused around surgery.
Will surgery change my voice?
Facial feminization surgery does not change the voice. Adam's apple reduction works on the thyroid cartilage in the neck, and although it is a cartilage procedure rather than a vocal cord procedure, the surgical technique deliberately protects the point where the vocal cords attach. Voice modification is a separate field and is not performed at YOUNIFY.
What documents do I need as an international patient?
A passport, and your medical history including current medication. Requirements for gender-affirming care differ by country, and where your home country requires documentation for reimbursement or legal purposes we will tell you what we can and cannot issue.
How is the final price of my facial feminization plan decided?
The price table on this page shows a starting price for each individual procedure to help you budget. It is not the price of your plan, because no two plans contain the same procedures. Procedures listed without a figure are quoted individually. After your consultation and imaging you receive a written quotation covering the procedures in your plan, the anesthetic, the operating room, the overnight stay, and your follow-up, before any deposit is taken.
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Where are the incisions for each area of facial feminization, and how are they hidden?
Incisions are placed where they are least visible. For the forehead and brow, the incision sits within the hair or along the hairline; a hairline incision allows the hairline to be moved forward at the same time, and your surgeon explains that trade-off with you. Nose surgery is performed mostly through incisions inside the nostrils, sometimes with a small incision across the skin between them. The cheeks, jaw, and chin are reached from inside the mouth, and Adam's apple reduction uses a short incision in a natural neck crease. Scars mature over many months, and your surgeon shows you where each will sit before you decide.
Do I need a letter from a psychologist or other mental health professional before facial feminization surgery?
A letter is not required. Your surgeon assesses whether surgery is suitable for you during your consultation, based on your health, your medical history, and the goals you discuss together. If you already have a letter or an assessment from your own clinician, you are welcome to send it with your photographs and medical history before you travel, so that it can be reviewed together with your plan. It is helpful, but it is not a condition for surgery.
* This information is for general education. Results and treatment plans depend on an individual medical assessment. Every procedure carries risk. Please consult a doctor before deciding.
Related procedures
Considering facial feminization surgery?
Send us photographs and we will tell you what a surgeon would actually recommend, including where surgery would not help you. Consultations are by video before you travel.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Noppachai Siranart · Last reviewed
Surgery is performed by the clinic's two board-certified plastic surgeons at JCI- or AACI-accredited partner private hospitals in Bangkok.
Individual results may vary. Please consult a doctor before treatment.