Dermal Fillers for Gender Affirmation
Gender affirmation is an empowering tool for anyone wanting to align their physical appearance with their authentic gender identity. Whether you’re transgender, nonbinary, or simply want to enhance your pre-existing features, gender affirmation is for everyone!
There are infinite ways to affirm your gender: clothes, changing your name, or using dermal fillers, just to name a few. While there are many options to explore, dermal fillers have recently become a more common and valuable tool for those desiring non-surgical facial transformations. Fillers come in many varieties and can be used just about anywhere on the face. If you’re considering getting filler for self affirmation or a confidence boost, here’s everything you need to know.
Dermal Fillers: What are They?
Dermal fillers are injectable formulas that provide temporary volume and typically have a hyaluronic acid base. They are primarily used to restore volume, enhance contours, and lessen the appearance of wrinkles. For example, Kylie Jenner is known for her plump, glamorous lips, which she has accredited to Juvéderm.
Nurse injectors can create customized treatment plans that emphasize or soften feminine or masculine features, depending on each guests’ gender journey. Gender affirming surgeries can be pricey and risky, and oftentimes they’re not covered by insurance. Filler is temporary, accessible, and noninvasive. As an added bonus, hyaluronic acid fillers provide immediate results, so you can walk out of the office feeling AND looking like your authentic self!
Facial Transformation for Masculine features
Jawline and Chin Augmentation: Dermal fillers can be used to augment the jawline and chin, enhancing their prominence and providing a more masculine appearance. Injecting JUVÉDERM VOLUX along the jawline or in the chin creates a square and angular shape, accentuating traditionally masculine features. This mimics the “Superhero Jaw”, seen on celebrities like Henry Cavill and Brad Pitt.
Cheek Enhancement: High, defined cheekbones are often associated with a more masculine facial structure. Fillers can be strategically injected into the cheeks to add volume and create a more chiseled and angular appearance. JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC is typically used to add natural looking, subtle volume to the cheekbone area, perfect for crafting a masculine silhouette.
Nasal Bridge Augmentation: For those seeking a stronger and more prominent nasal bridge, dermal fillers can provide a non-surgical alternative. By injecting fillers along the bridge of the nose, the profile can be altered, resulting in a more masculine contour.
In general, traditional masculine features are strong and chiseled. A masculine profile is most recognizable and easily achieved by altering the jawline, cheekbones, and nose. For a feminine silhouette, however, filler is mostly focused on the lips, cheekbones, browbones, and overall flawless skin.
Facial Transformation for Feminization
Lip Enhancement: Lip filler is one of the most common cosmetic treatments on the market. While a cisgender woman getting lip filler may not seem like gender affirmation, it is! Enhancing any traditional feminine feature, even if you aren’t transgender or already have that feature, that doesn’t make it any less affirming. Affirmation is all about helping you feel comfortable in your skin and identity.
Dermal fillers can help create fuller, more defined lips, which are often associated with femininity. By adding volume to the lips and reshaping their contours, fillers can achieve a softer, more feminine pout! There are multiple options to choose from for lip filler depending on the desired shape and fullness. The most common Juvéderm fillers for lips are JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC and JUVÉDERM ULTRA® PLUS.
Cheek Augmentation: Cheek filler is also a staple in creating a more feminine face frame, albeit in a different way than a masculine one. To achieve a more rounded and youthful appearance, dermal fillers, like JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC, can be injected into the cheeks. This technique adds volume, enhancing the cheekbones and contributing to a more feminine facial structure. Feminine gender affirmation with cheek filler is done by creating a more rounded look opposed to a sharp contour.
Softening Facial Lines: Dermal fillers can also be used to soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, providing a smoother and more youthful complexion. This helps to achieve a softer and more feminine aesthetic. JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC is ideal for lessening the appearance of wrinkles, as well as restoring an overall youthful glow back into the skin!
Balancing Masculine and Feminine Features
It’s not always about being 100% traditionally feminine or masculine. One of the greatest benefits to dermal fillers is that treatment plans are completely customizable, so you can pick and choose which areas you’d like enhanced (and how much)! Some people prefer a mix of the two styles, maybe opting for feminine lips and a stronger jawline. Your expert nurse practitioner can even give you a balance of masculine and feminine aesthetics in the same area! The Urban You offers fillers for gender affirmation, and we’d love to help you leave our office feeling confident and authentic to yourself.
This guest chose to balance masculine and feminine silhouettes in the cheekbone area. →
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Before Your Appointment
Wellness Consultation: The first step in your wellness journey at The Urban You is scheduling a Wellness Consultation with one of our expert injectors. At your Wellness Consultation, you’ll discuss your desired outcome, pricing, what a treatment plan will look like, and any other questions or concerns you may have. Our health care providers will also fill you in on our membership program and any exclusive promotions happening at the time of your treatment. Right now, any guests new to filler can save $150 on each syringe! To read more about our membership program and how it can benefit you on your gender affirmation journey, click HERE!
Emotional Well-being and Support: Undergoing gender-affirming treatments can be an emotional journey. Gender affirmation is a mental journey just as much as it is physically, so it’s important to have a strong support system in place. This can include friends, family, and even your nurse injector.
Maintenance and Longevity: Dermal fillers are not permanent solutions, and their effects will gradually fade over time. Most Juvéderm fillers last anywhere from 10-18 months. To sustain the results from your initial appointment, create a treatment plan with your nurse injector at your Wellness Consultation!
Dermal fillers are a fantastic non-surgical, customizable approach to facial transformation. Fillers are flexible and can be used to either sharpen or soften just about any facial feature, allowing guests to express their authentic selves. If you’re feeling ready to take the first step on your wellness journey, or if you’d like to speak directly with a nurse injector, book a Wellness Consultation at The Urban You, Michigan’s #1 Medical Spa!
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