Gender Affirming Surgery of the Face and Neck

Rahul Seth, MDAssociate Professor Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA P. Daniel Knott, MD Professor Director, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA Drs. Knott and Seth are full time faculty at the University of California San Francisco in the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. Their journey into facial feminization surgery (or facial gender confirming surgery) stems from the unique environment that San Francisco offers where uniqueness and individuality is celebrated without judgment. Both Drs. Knott and Seth obtained their training at Cleveland Clinic and University of California Los Angeles. They perform aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, and neck. Their in-depth experience in surgery of the face has lent them to perform facial gender confirming surgery.  Drs. Knott and Seth co-direct a coveted fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Their fellow gains extensive experience in facial gendering conforming surgery, facial aesthetic surgery, rhinoplasty, facial trauma, facial nerve reanimation, head and neck free flap microvascular surgery, and local and regional flap facial reconstruction.  Along with teaching fellows and residents on a daily basis, they are involved in numerous research activities at any given moment and regularly publish research articles in peer-reviewed journals. They also regularly contribute to textbooks with writing chapters.  Unique to facial gender confirming surgery, Drs. Knott and Seth find this transforming surgery to be exceedingly powerful because it allows a patient to be comfortable with who they are and to express themselves in a way that the rest of take for granted. Ultimately, it enables the patient to become the productive and content person they strive to become.

• 1.Foundational knowledge for providing affirmative care to trans and gender diverse patients.- 2.Gender identity, self-discrepancy, and other drivers of gender-affirming surgery.- 3.Barriers to access for transgender healthcare.- 4.Medical necessity of gender-affirming facial and voice surgery.-5. Standards of Care and Preoperative Considerations in Transgender Health.- 6.Gender-affirming hormone therapy.- 7.What’s in a Face? Sources of Variation in Human Facial Attractiveness.- 8.Sex Defining Characteristics of the Face:Part 1.- 9.Sex-Related Characteristics of the Face: Part 2.-10.Feminization of the Forehead and Brow.- 11.Hair Restoration in the Gender-Affirming Patient.- 12.Aging and Transgender Facial Surgery: Feminization of the aging face and cheeks.- 13.Feminizing Mandibuloplasty.- 14.Feminizing Rhinoplasty.- 15.Lip Lift and Lip Augmentation.- 16.Chondrolaryngoplasty.- 17.Facial Masculinization Surgery.- 18.Neurotoxins, Fillers, and Depilation.- 19.Gender Affirming Voice and Communication Therapy.- 20.Voice Feminization Surgery.- 21.Gender-Affirming Surgery of the Chest.- 22.Genital Surgery for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals.