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Calcium hydroxylapatite

2026-09-14T09:56:23Z

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{{Short description|Radiesse-class filler; microspheres plus gel}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasolabial fold.jpg
| caption = Nasolabial fold (Commons). CaHA (Radiesse) is a semi-permanent filler, not HA.
| alt = Nasolabial fold
| name = Calcium hydroxylapatite
| also = CaHA, Radiesse
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Calcium hydroxylapatite''' ('''CaHA''') filler — Radiesse is the name people say — is microspheres in a carrier gel.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It gives immediate volume and some biostimulation. It is '''not''' HA. [[Hyaluronidase]] will not melt it. Dilute CaHA is sold as a skin-quality hyperdilute; neat CaHA is sold as a jawline stick.

Neat CaHA is used as a stiff jawline contour. Nodules are a complication class. [[Hyaluronidase]] will not reverse it. See [[jawline filler]] and [[surgical pitfalls]].

== This wiki's view ==
A stiffer, non-dissolvable contour than HA. That is a feature until you want undo. For a permanent angle, an implant consult over stacking CaHA.

== See also ==
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Sculptra]]
* [[Jawline filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

9D facelift

2026-09-14T09:56:22Z

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{{Short description|Marketed name: either a multi-barb PDO product or a branded surgical lift}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). “9D” is a branded integer — thread barb-count or one protocol, not a surgical type.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = 9D facelift
| also = 9D lift, 9D thread lift, 9D Butterfly Wing Lift
| field = Medicine
}}
'''9D facelift''' is a '''trade name''', not a CPT code. In 2026 it points at least two different operations. This page records both so a screenshot of “9D” is not assumed to be one hospital procedure.

== Use 1: barbed-thread marketing ==
Thread vendors number the '''rows of barbs''' around a filament: 4D, 6D, 8D, 9D. A patent family for “six-dimensional” and “eight-dimensional” barbed PDO/PCL sutures treats the integer as how many longitudinal rows of barbs cut or molded on the suture — more purchase points, not nine anatomical planes.<ref name="wo">{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021050757A1/en |title=Six-dimensional barbed surgical thread |website=Google Patents |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Clinics in Singapore and elsewhere sell a “9D Face Lift” as a non-surgical [[cog thread]] package: long barbed sutures for midface and jaw, explicitly not short [[mono thread]]s and not “liquid PDO.”<ref name="ads">{{cite web |url=https://www.a-d-s-clinic.com/aesthetic-services/thread-lift/ |title=9D Face Lift |website=A.D.S Clinic |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Some clinic copy (“9D Butterfly Wing Lift” and similar) claims nine depths from epidermis to SMAS. That numbering is marketing, not a dissection atlas.

A package labeled 9D still has a polymer, a barb geometry, a plane, a suture count, and a vector — or, in the surgical use below, a named lift. The integer is not the result.

== Use 2: branded surgical system ==
Separately, Shanghai surgeon Xiao Zhongye markets a “9D Facelift / 9D Structural Lift” as a '''layered surgical''' plan (SMAS, retaining ligaments, nasolabial and oral commissure release) and states it is '''not''' a thread lift and not a skin-only pull.<ref name="xiao">{{cite web |url=https://www.drxiao9d.com/blog/what-is-9d-facelift |title=What Is 9D Facelift? |website=drxiao9d.com |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> That is closer to a personal [[deep plane facelift]] / ligament-based protocol with a trademark than to PDO.

== This wiki's view ==
Ask which of the two uses you are being sold, then name the actual procedure: [[cog thread]], [[Silhouette Soft]], [[SMAS facelift]], [[deep plane facelift]], etc. See [[thread lift]] and [[facelift]].

== See also ==
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[Cog thread]]
* [[PDO thread]]
* [[Deep plane facelift]]
* [[Turkey medical tourism]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Vascular occlusion

2026-09-14T09:56:21Z

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{{Short description|Filler in a vessel; emergency, not a vibe}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasal bone.png
| caption = Nasal bones (Commons). Vascular occlusion from filler can blind; this page is harm, not a how-to.
| alt = Nasal bones
| name = Vascular occlusion
| also = VO, intravascular filler, filler blindness
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''vascular occlusion''' is filler (usually HA) in an artery or compressing one.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Skin blanches, livedo, pain out of proportion; worst case is tissue death or '''blindness''' (ophthalmic / retinal pathway — glabella, nose, pyriform, temple). This is why “liquid rhino” and amateur tear troughs are not softmaxxing.

Response is clinic protocol: stop, [[hyaluronidase]] flooding if HA, aspirin per protocol, not a warm compress TikTok. This wiki describes the risk so the word means something. It is not a first-aid manual.

== Emergency ==
Hyaluronidase, not a forum wait-and-see. Unlicensed [[liquid rhino]] without reversal on hand is the polemic. See [[hyaluronidase]].

== See also ==
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Hyaluronidase]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Male rhinoplasty]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Turkey medical tourism

2026-09-14T09:56:21Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Earth Western Hemisphere.jpg
| caption = Earth (Commons). High-volume Istanbul packages are a looksmaxxing pipeline — good and bad outcomes at industrial scale.
| alt = Earth, western hemisphere
| name = Turkey medical tourism
| also = Istanbul packages, hair-mill tourism
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Turkey medical tourism''' is the industrial pipeline of cosmetic work — especially [[hair transplant]], [[male rhinoplasty]], and bundled "male transformation" packages — centered on Istanbul.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Volume is the point: hundreds of thousands of aesthetic procedures a year nationally. Price is a fraction of US lists. Quality is a distribution, not a brand.

Looksmaxxing uses Turkey for hair and often for rhino. Jaw custom implants and orthognathic work more often stay in the US/EU named-surgeon circuit because CAD/CT follow-up is harder as a five-day package.

== Pitfalls specific to the pipeline ==
* Broker WhatsApp, not a surgeon name, until the airport.
* Technician-heavy hair mills (the doctor appears for photos).
* No revision when you are back in Ohio.
* "Alpha male" bundles (gyno + etch + jaw filler + veneers) sold to people who needed one thing.

Named public surgeons exist. Name ≠ package. Verify board status, who holds the knife, and what happens if it fails.

=== Named rhino (not a mill) ===
* [[Abdulkadir Goksel]] — high-volume facial plastic
* [[Nazim Cerkes]] — revision / structural
* [[Barış Çakır]] — preservation / sculpture
* [[Süleyman Taş]] — closed atraumatic; large male-rhino catalogue

=== Named hair (not a mill) ===
* [[Koray Erdoğan]] / [[ASMED]] — Sequential FUE, KEEP, KE-Bot
* [[Kaan Pekiner]] — Ankara boutique, surgeon-does-the-steps

Jaw custom implants and aesthetic [[bimaxillary osteotomy|orthognathic]] work more often stay on the named US/EU list ([[Barry Eppley]], [[Federico Hernández Alfaro]]) because CAD/CT follow-up is harder as a five-day package.

== See also ==
* [[Hair transplant]]
* [[Male rhinoplasty]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Gynecomastia surgery]]
* [[List of surgeons in looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:History]]

Thread lift

2026-09-14T09:56:20Z

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{{Short description|Absorbable sutures used to hitch and biostimulate facial tissue}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). A thread lift hitches; it is not a facelift.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Thread lift
| also = PDO lift, lunchtime lift, suture lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''thread lift''' places sutures under the skin to hitch tissue and, with absorbable polymers, to provoke collagen along the track.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Korea industrialized modern [[PDO thread]] work; clinics in Turkey and Southeast Asia often market it as a “non-surgical facelift.” Duration is usually months to about two years, not a decade. It is not equivalent to a [[deep plane facelift]] (skin excision and ligament release).

Aptos / Sulamanidze started non-absorbable barbed polypropylene in the late 1990s. The current default is absorbable: [[PDO thread|PDO]], [[PLLA thread|PLLA]], [[PCL thread|PCL]], and blends. Shape is a separate axis from polymer.

== Shapes ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Shape
! Job
|-
| [[Mono thread]]
| Smooth filament. Collagen, not a hitch. Mesh, “skin quality.”
|-
| [[Screw thread]] (spiral / tornado)
| Coiled mono. A bit of volume in a crease.
|-
| [[Cog thread]] (barbed)
| Barbs catch tissue. Actual lift if the vector and plane are honest.
|-
| Molded / press-molded cog ([[MINT lift]] and kin)
| Barbs formed, not cut. Marketing claims more grip.
|-
| 4D / 6D / 8D / [[9D facelift|9D]] barbs
| How many rows of barbs around the filament. A geometry name, not nine surgical planes.
|-
| Mesh / scaffold (TESSLIFT and kin)
| Sheet or mesh of PDO for more surface area.
|-
| Cone ([[Silhouette Soft]])
| PLLA/PLGA cones on a suture; bidirectional cinch.
|}

Free-floating vs anchored, needle vs cannula, vertical vs oblique vectors — those choices matter more than the brand on the pouch. Short barbed PDO placed vertically in the malar/submalar area is a published Korean pattern for Asian skeletal descent; temple-directed oblique cogs are the other common drawing.

DIY kits and unlicensed needles belong with [[bonesmashing]]: dangerous and not a method. See [[surgical pitfalls]].

== This wiki's view ==
Cogs and cones are a '''hitch''' for mild–moderate descent ([[nasolabial fold]], early [[jowl]]) when someone is not a facelift candidate or not ready for one. Monos and screws are collagen/texture, not a lift. Real laxity with extra skin is still a [[facelift]] / [[neck lift]] problem. Threads are not a [[custom jawline implant]].

== See also ==
* [[9D facelift]]
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Facelift]]
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[List of soft-tissue procedures]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Temple filler

2026-09-14T09:56:19Z

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{{Short description|Volume in the temporal hollow; vascular danger zone}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Temporal bone.png
| caption = Temporal bone (Commons). Temple filler is volume in a hollow above the zygomatic arch.
| alt = Temporal bone
| name = Temple filler
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Temple filler''' fills the hollow above the [[zygomatic arch]] / temporal fossa so the upper face does not cave beside a wide zygoma.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Superficial temporal vessels make it a [[vascular occlusion]] neighborhood. A temple hollow can also just be low [[body fat]] plus a wide arch.

== This wiki's view ==
Volume if the hollow is the complaint after fat is already low. Specialist site because of vessels — not a beginner syringe.

== See also ==
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Zygomatic arch]]
* [[Vascular occlusion]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Tear trough filler

2026-09-14T09:56:18Z

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{{Short description|HA in the lid–cheek junction; high-skill, high-Tyndall}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Tear trough charcoal.jpg
| caption = Charcoal study of the tear trough (Astra, 2026). Filler here is a Tyndall and vascular risk zone.
| alt = Tear-trough charcoal study
| name = Tear trough filler
| also = under-eye filler, IOM filler (slang)
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Tear trough filler''' places a thin HA in or near the [[tear trough]].<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It can reduce a shadow from a hollow. Complications include Tyndall (blue), bags, and migration. Scene slang “IOM filler” means this, not an [[infraorbital implant]]. Negative [[orbital vector]] and true fat bags are why some oculoplastic surgeons prefer fat-reposition [[blepharoplasty]] to a syringe.

== This wiki's view ==
A specialist site, not a default. Hollow from bone/rim is closer to implant or bleph than to gel. Do not treat it like a nasolabial crease-fill.

== See also ==
* [[Tear trough]]
* [[Hyaluronic acid filler]]
* [[Lower blepharoplasty]]
* [[Infraorbital implant]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

SMAS facelift

2026-09-14T09:56:17Z

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{{Short description|Facelift that plicates or excises SMAS}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). A SMAS facelift plicates or excises SMAS; deep plane goes under it.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = SMAS facelift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''SMAS facelift''' works the superficial musculoaponeurotic system — plication, imbrication, or SMAS-ectomy — then redrapes skin.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is the parent of most “real” lifts. [[Deep plane facelift]] is the more aggressive ligament-release child. If a clinic says SMAS and shows a thread, they are lying.

== Versus skin-only ==
Skin-only skips the plane. See [[SMAS]] and [[deep plane facelift]].

== See also ==
* [[Facelift]]
* [[Deep plane facelift]]
* [[Mini facelift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Sliding genioplasty

2026-09-14T09:56:17Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Gray176.png
| caption = Mandible, Gray (Commons). A sliding genioplasty cuts chin bone and plates it; it is not an implant.
| alt = Mandible, Gray
| name = Sliding genioplasty
| also = osseous genioplasty, bony genio
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''sliding genioplasty''' cuts the chin bone (mandibular symphysis) and slides it forward, back, up, or down, then plates it.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Unlike a chin implant, it moves ''your bone''. Looksmaxxing likes it for a recessed chin that an implant would make look stuck-on. Hollywood Reporter quotes Dr. [[Sean Alemi]] calling it the more aggressive "Gaston chin."

It does not widen the jaw angles. People who wanted a full "model jaw" often still need angles or a [[custom jawline implant]]. Combining genio with angle implants is common; combining everything in one sitting is how swelling and nerve injury stack.

Risks: mental-nerve numbness, step-off, malunion, ugly if over-advanced. Maxillofacial or plastic surgeon, not a filler mill.

== Limits ==
It does not widen the angles. Nerve numbness and step-off are why this is OMS/plastic, not a filler mill. See [[pogonion]] and [[custom jawline implant]].

== See also ==
* [[Chin]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Facial masculinization surgery]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Surgical pitfalls

2026-09-14T09:56:16Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg
| caption = Facial skeleton (Commons). This page is a map of how looksmaxxing surgery goes wrong — not a shopping list.
| alt = Frontal skull
| name = Surgical pitfalls
| also = botched, revision cascade
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Surgical pitfalls''' in looksmaxxing-era male work are patterned.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> This page lists recurring failure modes.

== Recurring failures ==
* '''Wish-list surgery.''' Canthal tilt + wraparound jaw + LeFort + rhino + buccal in one trip. Swelling hides disaster until it does not.
* '''Wrong order.''' Rhino on a recessed mandible; buccal fat before a cut that would have hollowed the face anyway.
* '''Stock implants for a 3D problem.''' Chin implant only; gaps at the body; "discontinuous jaw."
* '''Lid incisions for midface implants.''' [[Infraorbital implant]] → lower-lid retraction → more surgery.
* '''Cannot-remove implants.''' Bone overgrowth around a wraparound (described in long public patient logs after [[Michael Yaremchuk]]-style jaws). Plan for the next decade, not the next selfie.
* '''Mill tourism.''' High-volume [[Turkey medical tourism]] and similar: some excellent named surgeons, many broker-driven packages with no revision path when you are home.
* '''Surgeon shopping by Instagram.''' Filters, borrowed B&As, no board certification, no hospital privileges.
* '''Hardmax as a treatment for [[blackpill]].''' A plate does not settle a verdict.

== Soft-tissue failures (same pattern) ==
Overfilled jaws ([[jawline filler]]), Tyndall troughs, [[vascular occlusion]] from liquid rhino, threads billed as a [[deep plane facelift]], a [[9D facelift]] with no polymer or plane named.

Looksmax.org and similar boards circulate a small English-language circuit ([[Barry Eppley]], Yaremchuk, later Ort, various rhinos and hair docs). Circulation is not a ranking of skill. Read revision diaries as well as hero B&As.

== This wiki's view ==
Wish-list stacking and Instagram-only surgeon choice are how the list above happens. Named procedure, hospital privileges, a plan for removal or revision. Liquid rhino and unlicensed gel are in the dangerous-and-useless class with [[bonesmashing]].

== See also ==
* [[Facial masculinization surgery]]
* [[Hardmaxxing]]
* [[Cosmetic surgery]]
* [[Turkey medical tourism]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

PDO thread

2026-09-14T09:56:15Z

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{{Short description|Polydioxanone suture used for aesthetic lifting}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). PDO threads hitch skin; they are not a SMAS dissection.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = PDO thread
| also = polydioxanone thread
| field = Medicine
}}
'''PDO''' (polydioxanone) is the workhorse absorbable polymer in modern [[thread lift]]s.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is an old surgical suture. Aesthetic PDO hydrolyzes over roughly 6–8 months; collagen talk continues after the filament is gone. Korea is where the cog/mono/screw catalogue was industrialized (MINT, Lead Fine Lift, Princess PDO, and a long OEM list). Shapes are separate pages: [[mono thread]], [[cog thread]], [[screw thread]].

== Marketing ==
A “thread lift” is a shorter hitch. See [[thread lift]] and [[facelift]].

== See also ==
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[PLLA thread]]
* [[PCL thread]]
* [[MINT lift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Neuromodulator

2026-09-14T09:56:15Z

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{{Short description|Botulinum toxin; movement, masseter, DAO — not volume}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Gray381.png
| caption = Masseter, Gray (Commons). Botulinum toxin weakens muscle — masseter slim, DAO, glabella — it does not add volume.
| alt = Masseter, Gray 1918
| name = Neuromodulator
| also = Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Bocouture
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''neuromodulator''' (botulinum toxin A: Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) weakens a muscle.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It does not add volume. Uses in this scene: masseter (slims a wide mandibular angle — opposite of building a jaw), DAO (mouth corners / [[marionette lines]]), frontalis and glabella (lines vs brow drop), trapezius (not a face). It is not a [[facelift]].

== This wiki's view ==
A tool for '''movement''', not for descent. Heavy freeze across the upper face reads as costume on a male brow. DAO can be a small adjunct to marionette work; it does not hitch a [[jowl]].

== See also ==
* [[Marionette lines]]
* [[Jawline]]
* [[Facial filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Neck lift

2026-09-14T09:56:14Z

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{{Short description|Platysma and submental work; the tell if a facelift skips it}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Platysma.png
| caption = Platysma (Commons). A neck lift works platysma and submental tissue; skipping it is a common tell.
| alt = Platysma muscle
| name = Neck lift
| also = platysmaplasty, submental lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''neck lift''' addresses platysma bands, submental fat, and loose neck skin.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Isolated liposuction can be enough on a young, fatty neck; bands and real laxity need platysma work. [[Mewing]] is not a neck lift.

== This wiki's view ==
Plan the neck with the jaw. A clean gonion on a loose neck still reads as a loose neck. Cut [[body fat]] before you decide the leftover is surgical.

== See also ==
* [[Facelift]]
* [[Jowl]]
* [[Neck]]
* [[Body fat]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Nasolabial filler

2026-09-14T09:56:14Z

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{{Short description|Filler in or beside the nasolabial crease}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasolabial fold.jpg
| caption = Nasolabial fold (Commons). Filler in the fold is a common mill shot with a known vascular map.
| alt = Nasolabial fold
| name = Nasolabial fold filler
| also = smile-line filler
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Nasolabial fold filler''' is [[hyaluronic acid filler]] (sometimes other gels) placed in the crease or the pyriform aperture next to it.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is often combined with [[cheek filler]]. The fold itself is described on [[nasolabial fold]].

Overfill in the crease can read as a bulge beside the nose, especially if the cheek is still descended onto the line.

== This wiki's view ==
Same call as the fold page: if the crease is from descent, prefer a midface hitch ([[cog thread]], surgical lift) over filling the crease alone. Filler here is camouflage or a small pyriform adjunct, not the first tool this encyclopedia would pick for a hanging cheek.

== See also ==
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Cheek filler]]
* [[Facial filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Mini facelift

2026-09-14T09:56:13Z

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{{Short description|Short-scar lift for mild descent; MACS and cousins}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Mini / MACS lifts use a shorter scar and less release.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Mini facelift
| also = S-lift, MACS lift, short-scar lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''mini facelift''' (S-lift, MACS — minimal access cranial suspension) uses a shorter scar and less ligament release.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is used for mild [[jowl]] in still-elastic skin. It does not treat a heavy neck as a full [[neck lift]] would, and it does not move a [[maxilla]].

== This wiki's view ==
A named short-scar lift for mild descent — not a substitute for LeFort, and not a substitute for platysma work.

== See also ==
* [[Facelift]]
* [[SMAS facelift]]
* [[Neck lift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Midface lift

2026-09-14T09:56:12Z

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{{Short description|Surgical reposition of the cheek; fold and tear-trough neighbor}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg
| caption = Facial skeleton (Commons). A midface lift is cheek/fold vector, not a full lower facelift.
| alt = Frontal skull
| name = Midface lift
| also = cheek lift, SOOF lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''midface lift''' repositions descended malar/SOOF tissue — the volume that slid onto the [[nasolabial fold]] and unmasked a [[tear trough]].<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Approaches: endoscopic, transblepharoplasty, or as part of a [[deep plane facelift]]. Distinct from [[cheek filler]] (volume) and from LeFort (bone).

== This wiki's view ==
The surgical match for a descended cheek on a nasolabial crease. Cogs are the limited-duration hitch; filler in the crease is camouflage. See [[nasolabial fold]].

== See also ==
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Cheek filler]]
* [[Facelift]]
* [[Tear trough]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Marionette lines

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{{Short description|Crease from commissure toward the chin}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Marionette lines run from oral commissure toward the jaw — DAO, fat, and descent.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Marionette lines
| also = melomental fold
| field = Face
}}
'''Marionette lines''' drop from the corner of the mouth toward the chin.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> They often travel with [[jowl]]s and a weak [[chin]]. People treat them with HA in the fold, [[chin filler]] or genioplasty to change the shadow, DAO [[neuromodulator]], [[cog thread]]s, or [[facelift]] when the problem is descent.

== This wiki's view ==
Same pattern as [[nasolabial fold]]: if the corner is falling, hitch or lift the lower face; do not only fill the crease.

== See also ==
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Jowl]]
* [[Neuromodulator]]
* [[Facelift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Glossary]]

Male rhinoplasty

2026-09-14T09:56:11Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Nasal bone.png
| caption = Nasal bones (Commons). Male rhinoplasty aims at a straighter dorsum and a less rotated tip than a ski-slope.
| alt = Nasal bones
| name = Male rhinoplasty
| also = masculinizing rhinoplasty
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Male rhinoplasty''' is a nose job whose aesthetic goal is a '''straight or barely concave dorsum''', adequate projection, and a nasolabial angle around 90–95° — not the rotated, narrow "female" ski-slope.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing forums often blame the nose when the midface or mandible is the actual recess; reducing the nose on a recessed jaw can make the face worse.

[[Clavicular]] livestreamed a two-hour rhinoplasty in June 2026 with [[Michael Salzhauer]] (Dr. Miami). That made the operation a scene event. It did not make livestream OR a standard of care. English structural prestige is [[Dean Toriumi]]. Istanbul named poles: [[Abdulkadir Goksel]], [[Nazim Cerkes]] (revision), [[Barış Çakır]], [[Süleyman Taş]].

== Pitfalls ==
* Ethnic / thick-skin noses that will not look like a CAD render.
* Revision: rib-cartilage rebuilds (forum names: Kosins and others) after a first mill job.
* Doing rhino before jaw when the complaint was profile imbalance.
* [[Turkey medical tourism]] high-volume packages: good and bad outcomes at industrial scale; pick a named surgeon with a revision plan, not a WhatsApp broker.

== See also ==
* [[Nose]]
* [[Facial masculinization surgery]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Abdulkadir Goksel]]
* [[Michael Salzhauer]]
* [[Dean Toriumi]]
* [[List of surgeons in looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Lip filler

2026-09-14T09:56:10Z

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{{Short description|Hyaluronic acid in the vermilion or lip border}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Lip filler is volume in a small, vessel-rich site.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Lip filler
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Lip filler''' is [[hyaluronic acid filler]] in the vermilion or the vermilion border.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Migration into the white lip is a documented long-term look. Philtrum length and tooth show are not syringe problems.

== This wiki's view ==
On a male face that is trying to read as bone-forward, extra vermilion is usually costume rather than an upgrade. The encyclopedia does not treat lip filler as a default looksmaxxing tool.

== See also ==
* [[Hyaluronic acid filler]]
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Male rhinoplasty]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Jowl

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{{Short description|Descent of lower cheek over the mandibular border}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). A jowl is descent at the mandibular border — lift and platysma, not filler as a first answer.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Jowl
| field = Face
}}
A '''jowl''' is descended lower-face fat and skin hanging over the mandibular border, breaking the [[jawline]].<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> [[Jawline filler]] along the border can camouflage a small jowl in still photos. [[Cog thread]]s can hitch a mild one. [[Facelift]] and [[neck lift]] relocate tissue and extra skin. Low [[body fat]] and [[posture]] change how much jowl you see before any of those.

== This wiki's view ==
Camouflage (border filler) for a hint of jowl; hitch (cogs) for mild descent; surgery when there is real laxity. Cutting body fat first is the cheap test of whether the jowl was fat.

== See also ==
* [[Jawline]]
* [[Marionette lines]]
* [[Neck lift]]
* [[Facelift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Medicine]]

Jawline filler

2026-09-14T09:56:09Z

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{{Short description|Syringe contour along mandible; not a wraparound implant}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Mandible lateral.png
| caption = Mandible, lateral (Commons). Jawline filler is a linear HA streak, not a custom implant.
| alt = Lateral mandible
| name = Jawline filler
| also = injectable jaw, filler gonial
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Jawline filler''' lays stiff gel ([[hyaluronic acid filler|HA]] or [[calcium hydroxylapatite|CaHA]]) along the mandibular border and angle to add a [[gonial angle]] contour and a cleaner border.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is not as stable in plane or over time as a [[custom jawline implant]]. Turkey “non-surgical jaw” packages often pair it with [[chin filler]] and [[gynecomastia surgery]].

== This wiki's view ==
A reasonable '''preview''' or a mild border. Not equivalent to CAD wraparound. Weight change and three-quarter motion show the gel. Prefer an implant consult over stacking syringes if the goal is a permanent angle.

== See also ==
* [[Chin filler]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Gonial angle]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Infraorbital implant

2026-09-14T09:56:08Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Infraorbital margin.PNG
| caption = Infraorbital margin (Commons). Infraorbital implants build the rim; they are not tear-trough filler.
| alt = Infraorbital margin
| name = Infraorbital implant
| also = IOM, infraorbital-malar, tear-trough implant
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Infraorbital''' / '''infraorbital-malar (IOM)''' implants augment the rim under the eye and often the cheek in one custom piece.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing wants them for "hunter eyes" and midface support. Placement is often through a lower-lid incision. That is why '''lid retraction''' shows up in revision stories: the eyelid is not a free lunch.

Eppley publishes IOM + jawline combinations after double-jaw surgery. Forum diaries describe lid-retraction repair, spacer grafts, and taking implants out. If a consult skips the eyelid risk, it is not a serious consult.

== Pitfall ==
Lid retraction and a visible edge are why this is craniofacial territory. See [[tear trough]] and [[surgical pitfalls]].

== See also ==
* [[Hunter eyes]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Barry Eppley]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Hyaluronidase

2026-09-14T09:56:07Z

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{{Short description|Enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid filler}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasal bone.png
| caption = Nasal bones (Commons). Hyaluronidase dissolves HA filler — the emergency drug for a vascular event.
| alt = Nasal bones
| name = Hyaluronidase
| also = Hylenex, Vitrase, filler dissolver
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Hyaluronidase''' hydrolyzes hyaluronic acid.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is the undo button for [[hyaluronic acid filler]] and the emergency drug for an [[vascular occlusion|HA occlusion]]. It does not dissolve [[calcium hydroxylapatite]], [[Sculptra]], [[PMMA filler]], or fat. Looksmaxxing “just dissolve it” assumes HA. Allergy and over-dissolving native HA are why this is a clinic drug, not a group-buy.

== Why it is on this wiki ==
Unlicensed [[liquid rhino]] without reversal on hand is the harm class. See [[vascular occlusion]].

== See also ==
* [[Hyaluronic acid filler]]
* [[Vascular occlusion]]
* [[Facial filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]

Hyaluronic acid filler

2026-09-14T09:56:06Z

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{{Short description|Reversible gel filler; Juvéderm, Restylane, and kin}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasolabial fold.jpg
| caption = Nasolabial fold (Commons). HA gel is the usual reversible filler; hyaluronidase reverses it.
| alt = Nasolabial fold
| name = Hyaluronic acid filler
| also = HA filler, Juvéderm, Restylane, Teosyal
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Hyaluronic acid filler''' is cross-linked HA gel.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is the default facial syringe: reversible with [[hyaluronidase]], tunable G′ (stiffness) by product. Restylane, Juvéderm, Teosyal, Stylage, and a hundred Turkey-kit clones are this family. High G′ for chin/jaw; low G′ / more cohesive for lips and some troughs.

The practical upside is reversibility with [[hyaluronidase]]. The downside is that reversibility is unused after a [[vascular occlusion]], or never used on a jaw shelf the patient later dislikes.

== This wiki's view ==
Default gel when volume is the job and undo matters. Not the first tool for descent (see [[nasolabial fold]]). Stiff HA on a jaw is a preview, not a [[custom jawline implant]].

== See also ==
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Hyaluronidase]]
* [[Vascular occlusion]]
* [[Jawline filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

HIFU

2026-09-14T09:56:06Z

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{{Short description|Ultrasound tightening; Ultherapy and cousins}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). HIFU heats tissue; it is not a surgical SMAS dissection.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = HIFU
| also = Ultherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound
| field = Medicine
}}
'''HIFU''' (high-intensity focused ultrasound; Ultherapy is the named US device) heats SMAS or dermis to tighten.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Effect is typically modest. Pain, burns, and nerve injury are documented. It is not a [[thread lift]] and not a [[facelift]].

== This wiki's view ==
Energy is not geometry. A millimeter of brow or jowl change is not a jawline. Use it as skin/SMAS tightening if at all; hitch or surgery for descent.

== See also ==
* [[RF microneedling]]
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[Facelift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Gynecomastia surgery

2026-09-14T09:56:05Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Clavicle - animation.gif
| caption = Clavicle (Commons). Gynecomastia surgery is chest, not a face osteotomy; it still belongs on a male-aesthetics map.
| alt = Animated clavicle
| name = Gynecomastia surgery
| also = male breast reduction, gyno
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Gynecomastia surgery''' removes male breast gland and often fat (liposuction ± excision).<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is one of the most common ''body'' hardmax procedures and is not facial. Looksmaxxing "alpha packages" in Turkey often bundle it with abs etching and jaw filler. Gland that is true gyno (not just fat) does not diet off. Choose a surgeon who will send tissue if indicated and who will not sell you a six-pack etch you did not ask for.

== This wiki's view ==
Gland versus fat matters for the operation. It is not a gym substitute. See [[physique]].

== See also ==
* [[Physique]]
* [[Turkey medical tourism]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Body]]
[[Category:Techniques]]

Facial masculinization surgery

2026-09-14T09:56:05Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg
| caption = Facial skeleton (Commons). FMS is a bundle of masculinising osteotomies and soft-tissue work.
| alt = Frontal skull
| name = Facial masculinization surgery
| also = FMS, male facial contouring, "alpha male" packages (marketing)
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Facial masculinization surgery''' ('''FMS''') is the set of operations meant to make a face read more typically male: brow, nose, jaw, chin, sometimes thyroid cartilage.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing borrowed the toolkit from gender-affirming surgery and from ordinary male aesthetics, then asked for more angle and more width.

This page is a map of procedures. It is not a shopping list and not a DIY. See a board-certified plastic or maxillofacial surgeon. Soft tissue (fat, skin, beard) still decides how much bone you can see.

== Usual menu ==
* [[Custom jawline implant]] or separate chin + angle implants
* [[Sliding genioplasty]]
* Masculinizing [[male rhinoplasty|rhinoplasty]] (straight dorsum, 90–95° nasolabial, not a ski slope)
* [[Infraorbital implant]]s / malar
* Brow-ridge augmentation (implant or cement) — opposite of FFS forehead setback
* [[Buccal fat removal]] (overused; hollows can age)
* Neck / submental liposuction
* Hairline work ([[hair transplant]]) as a separate specialty

== What forums get wrong ==
The wish list is often "hunter eyes + wraparound jaw + LeFort + rhino in one trip." Combining everything at once is how people end up in [[surgical pitfalls|revision cascades]] (lid retraction after infraorbitals, implant that cannot come out because bone grew over it). A consult that says ''no'' is doing the job.

== See also ==
* [[Hardmaxxing]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Barry Eppley]]
* [[Jordan Deschamps-Braly]]
* [[Frank Agullo]]
* [[Federico Hernández Alfaro]]
* [[Turkey medical tourism]]
* [[List of surgeons in looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Fat grafting

2026-09-14T09:56:04Z

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{{Short description|Autologous fat as facial volume}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Fat grafting moves your fat; take is unpredictable.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Fat grafting
| also = facial fat transfer, microlipofilling, nanofat
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Fat grafting''' moves your fat (usually abdomen/flank/thigh) into the face.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Microfat for volume; '''nanofat''' / SVF talk is more about skin quality than a jawline. Take is unpredictable — some of it dies. Looksmaxxing uses it as the “natural filler” after HA fatigue. It still is not bone. Overgrafted malar fat is a chipmunk; undergrafted tear troughs still hollow.

== Not CAD ==
It is not a [[custom jawline implant]]. See [[facial fat]] and [[facial filler]].

== See also ==
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Facial fat]]
* [[Buccal fat removal]]
* [[Tear trough filler]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Facial filler

2026-09-14T09:56:03Z

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{{Short description|Injectable volume: HA, biostimulators, fat, and what they cannot do}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Nasolabial fold.jpg
| caption = Nasolabial fold (Commons). Filler is volume; it is not a lift and not an osteotomy.
| alt = Nasolabial fold
| name = Facial filler
| also = dermal filler, injectable filler
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Facial filler''' is injected volume under the skin.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> In looksmaxxing it is used on jawline, chin, cheeks, tear trough, and [[nasolabial fold]]. It is medicine. It does not grow a ramus or move a [[maxilla]].

Kinds and sites are listed below. Overfill is a documented failure mode: pillow cheeks, a shelf along the mandible, trout-mouth lips, Tyndall-blue tear troughs.

== Families ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Kind
! What it is
! Typical fade
|-
| [[Hyaluronic acid filler]] (HA)
| Gel that binds water. Reversible with [[hyaluronidase]].
| months–2 years by product and site
|-
| [[Calcium hydroxylapatite]] (CaHA, Radiesse)
| Microspheres in gel; some biostimulation. Not an HA. Not dissolved by hyaluronidase.
| ~12–18 months
|-
| [[Poly-L-lactic acid|PLLA]] ([[Sculptra]])
| Biostimulator; collagen over months, not instant gel.
| staged; effect 1–2 years
|-
| [[PMMA filler]] (Bellafill and kin)
| Permanent microspheres. Revision is surgery.
| lasting
|-
| [[Fat grafting]]
| Your fat, harvested and placed. Take is unpredictable.
| partial survival
|}

Off-label mixing, “liquid rhino,” and unlicensed gel are how people lose a nose or an eye. See [[vascular occlusion]] and [[surgical pitfalls]].

== Sites ==
* [[Jawline filler]] / [[chin filler]] — contour along the mandible. Not a [[custom jawline implant]].
* [[Cheek filler]] / midface — volume on or in front of the zygoma.
* [[Tear trough filler]] — thin-skin, high-complication site.
* [[Nasolabial fold]] / [[nasolabial fold filler]]
* [[Marionette lines]]
* [[Temple filler]] — temporal hollow; vascular danger zone.
* [[Lip filler]]

== Limits ==
Filler does not move bone, fix a recessed [[maxilla]], or replace a [[deep plane facelift]] when the problem is descent. It does not hide a high-[[body fat]] neck. Off-label “liquid rhinoplasty” on a thick male dorsum is a volume blob with a documented [[vascular occlusion]] / blindness pathway — that class of harm belongs in the body of the article, not only at the end.

== This wiki's view ==
Use filler for '''volume that is missing'''. Use hitch or surgery for '''tissue that has dropped''' (see [[nasolabial fold]], [[jowl]]). Stiff gel along a jaw can photograph like an implant and will not behave like one in motion or after weight change. Permanent gels ([[PMMA filler]], industrial silicone) are a different risk class than HA.

== See also ==
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[Facelift]]
* [[Hyaluronidase]]
* [[List of soft-tissue procedures]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Deep plane facelift

2026-09-14T09:56:02Z

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{{Short description|Facelift that releases retaining ligaments under the SMAS}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Deep plane goes under SMAS and releases ligaments.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Deep plane facelift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''deep plane facelift''' enters beneath the SMAS, releases retaining ligaments, and moves skin and SMAS as a composite so the face is less likely to look skin-pulled.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is hospital surgery. Improvement in [[nasolabial fold]]s and [[jowl]]s is a typical reason it is chosen. Facial-nerve risk is why it is not a holiday-package procedure.

It is not a [[thread lift]]. A marketed [[9D facelift]] may or may not mean this; see that page.

== This wiki's view ==
This is the surgical tool this encyclopedia treats as matching '''real descent''' when threads and filler are the wrong class. Not a first step for a young recessed jaw.

== See also ==
* [[Facelift]]
* [[SMAS facelift]]
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Custom jawline implant

2026-09-14T09:56:01Z

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{{Infobox term
| image = Mandible lateral.png
| caption = Mandible, lateral (Commons). A custom jaw implant is CAD/CAM on the angles and body, not filler.
| alt = Lateral mandible
| name = Custom jawline implant
| also = wraparound jaw implant, custom mandible implant
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''custom jawline implant''' is a one-piece (or designed-as-one) implant from chin through mandibular body to both angles, milled from a 3D CT — silicone, PEKK/PEEK, or similar.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is the looksmaxxing-community's prestige hardmax for the lower third, as opposed to a stock chin implant that only does the front.

[[Barry Eppley]] (Carmel / Indianapolis) popularized the "wraparound" language and publishes case studies of male jawline volume. [[Michael Yaremchuk]] (Boston) is the other English-forum name for wraparound jaw; long-term threads describe bone overgrowth making later removal ugly. Europe’s published pole is titanium patient-specific implants ([[Maurice Mommaerts]]). Brazil has in-house 3D PMMA ([[João Pedro Mazzon]]). None of these are endorsed here.

== Technique (description) ==
CT → CAD design (projection, width, vertical length, sometimes a chin cleft) → intraoral + often a small submental incision → subperiosteal pocket → implant. Recovery is weeks of swelling. How much you ''see'' depends on fat and skin, not only millimeters on the CAD.

== Pitfalls ==
* Stock chin + stock angles with a gap in the body — the "discontinuous jaw" fail.
* Too much width for the soft-tissue envelope — wound, exposure, unnatural flare.
* Infection; malposition; need for revision.
* Combining with [[bimaxillary osteotomy]] or old implants: removal can sag the neck (forum patient logs; treat as anecdote plus a real mechanical problem).

== See also ==
* [[Sliding genioplasty]]
* [[Facial masculinization surgery]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Barry Eppley]]
* [[Michael Yaremchuk]]
* [[Maurice Mommaerts]]
* [[João Pedro Mazzon]]
* [[List of surgeons in looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Chin wing osteotomy

2026-09-14T09:56:01Z

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{{Short description|Extended mandibular-border osteotomy used for jawline shape}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Mandible lateral.png
| caption = Mandible, lateral (Commons). A chin-wing cuts a longer mandibular border than a sliding genioplasty.
| alt = Lateral mandible
| name = Chin wing osteotomy
| also = mandibular wing osteotomy
| field = Surgery
| origin = [[Albino Triaca]], 2009–2010
| related = [[Sliding genioplasty]]; [[Custom jawline implant]]
}}
'''Chin wing osteotomy''' (also '''mandibular wing osteotomy''') is an operation on the lower border of the mandible, described by Swiss maxillofacial surgeon [[Albino Triaca]] (Klinik Pyramide, Zürich) from 2009–2010.<ref name="triaca2010">{{cite news |last=Triaca |first=Albino |title=Mandibula wing osteotomy for correction of the mandibular plane: a case report |newspaper=British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |date=2010 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Unlike a [[sliding genioplasty]], which only moves the chin button, a chin wing cuts a long “wing” of basal bone from the chin back toward the angles so the whole jawline border can be rotated, dropped, advanced, or widened independently of the tooth-bearing jaw and the joints.<ref name="hfm">{{cite web |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4304429/ |title=Chin wing osteotomy - a new facial concept |website=Head & Face Medicine |date=12 December 2014 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref>

Looksmaxxing YouTube surgery tier lists treat chin wing as the osteotomy that can change gonial angle and ramus height without a full [[bimaxillary osteotomy|bimax]].<ref name="rorz">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiiXLbNurvM |title=The ULTIMATE Looksmaxxing Surgery Tier List |date=17 May 2025 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> That is scene talk. The published indication is contour of the lower third — retrogenia, hyperdivergence, asymmetry — and, in later literature, masculinizing or feminizing the mandibular border.<ref name="pocket">{{cite web |url=https://pocketdentistry.com/chin-wing-osteotomy/ |title=Chin wing osteotomy |website=Pocket Dentistry |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref>

This page is a description. It is not a how-to. Nerve, root, and symmetry risk is why 3D planning and a maxillofacial surgeon exist.

== Not a wraparound mill ==
Nerve and step-off risk scale with the cut. See [[sliding genioplasty]] and [[surgical pitfalls]].

== See also ==
* [[Sliding genioplasty]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Albino Triaca]]
* [[Bimaxillary osteotomy]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Chin filler

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{{Short description|Pogonion in a syringe}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Gray176.png
| caption = Mandible, Gray (Commons). Chin filler fakes pogonion on skin; it does not slide bone.
| alt = Mandible, Gray
| name = Chin filler
| also = injectable genio
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Chin filler''' projects pogonion with a bolus of stiff filler.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It can add projection on a mildly weak chin in photos. It cannot rotate a mandible, lengthen a ramus, or replace [[sliding genioplasty]]. Excess bolus can ball at pogonion and leave a deep labiomental crease.

== This wiki's view ==
A preview or a small projection add. If the chin is the actual bone problem, genioplasty. Pair with [[jawline filler]] only as contour, not as a wraparound implant.

== See also ==
* [[Jawline filler]]
* [[Sliding genioplasty]]
* [[Chin]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Cheek filler

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{{Short description|Malar volume by syringe; ogee vs pillow}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Zygomatic bone.png
| caption = Zygomatic bone (Commons). Cheek filler is volume on the malar, not a zygomatic osteotomy.
| alt = Zygomatic bone
| name = Cheek filler
| also = malar filler, midface filler
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Cheek filler''' puts volume on or in front of the [[zygomatic bone]].<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Placed laterally and deep, it can restore an [[ogee curve]] and reduce how much cheek hangs onto a [[nasolabial fold]]. Superficial or greedy placement can read as round “apples.” It does not grow a zygoma.

== This wiki's view ==
Useful as '''missing malar volume''' or as support above a fold. Not a substitute for a hitch when the pad has dropped (see [[nasolabial fold]]). Not an [[infraorbital implant]].

== See also ==
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Ogee curve]]
* [[Facial filler]]
* [[Infraorbital implant]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Canthoplasty

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{{Short description|Surgery on the outer canthus; tilt and support}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Canthal tilt charcoal.jpg
| caption = Charcoal study of canthal tilt (Astra, 2026). Canthoplasty/canthopexy is oculoplastic lid-corner surgery.
| alt = Canthal tilt charcoal study
| name = Canthoplasty
| also = canthopexy, lateral canthal tightening, fox-eye surgery
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Canthoplasty''' (and the milder '''canthopexy''') changes the lateral canthus — support, slight lift, tightness.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing uses it for [[canthal tilt]] / “fox eye.” It does not move the bony lateral orbital rim. Over-tightening can pull the lid or prevent full closure. Combined with aggressive lower [[blepharoplasty]] on a negative [[orbital vector]], round-eye / scleral show is a known pattern.

== This wiki's view ==
Support and a few degrees of tilt, not a costume fox-eye. Confirm the bony rim and vector first.

== See also ==
* [[Canthal tilt]]
* [[Blepharoplasty]]
* [[Hunter eyes]]
* [[Ponytail lift]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Buccal fat removal

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{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Buccal fat removal hollows the mid-cheek; it does not build a jaw.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Buccal fat removal
| also = buccal lipectomy, cheek-hollow surgery
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Buccal fat removal''' excises the buccal fat pad to hollow the midcheek.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing likes the model hollow. The fail is obvious a few years later: a gaunt, older midface, especially if you were going to get lean anyway. It is easy, fashionable, and over-indicated. Many serious facial surgeons will refuse it in already-thin men.

== Age tell ==
Hollows that look good at 22 can look wasted at 40. It is not a [[custom jawline implant]]. See [[facial fat]].

== See also ==
* [[Cheekbones]]
* [[Body fat]]
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Brow lift

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{{Short description|Forehead and temporal lift; endoscopic, direct, or coronal}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Gray134.png
| caption = Brow ridge, Gray (Commons). A brow lift changes forehead/temple vector; it is not a facelift.
| alt = Brow ridge, Gray 1918
| name = Brow lift
| also = forehead lift, temporal brow lift
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''brow lift''' raises brow position — endoscopic, temporal, direct, or coronal.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing’s usual male target is a relatively low, straight brow. Fashion “fox eye” work raises the tail. Those are opposite vectors. Lateral temporal lift overlaps [[ponytail lift]] and some [[canthoplasty]] packages.

== This wiki's view ==
Do not lift a male brow into a high arch if the rest of the stack is hunter-eye / low-brow. Confirm the problem is brow position, not extra upper-lid skin ([[blepharoplasty]]).

== See also ==
* [[Eyebrow]]
* [[Ponytail lift]]
* [[Canthoplasty]]
* [[Hunter eyes]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Blepharoplasty

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{{Short description|Eyelid surgery; upper skin, lower bags, fat reposition}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Gray892.png
| caption = Eyelid, Gray (Commons). Blepharoplasty is eyelid skin/fat surgery — not a canthoplasty by default.
| alt = Eyelid, Gray 1918
| name = Blepharoplasty
| also = eyelid surgery, eye job
| field = Medicine
}}
'''Blepharoplasty''' is eyelid surgery.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> '''Upper''': extra skin / hooding (check [[brow lift]] if the brow is the hood). '''Lower''': bags, via transconjunctival fat removal or fat reposition over the [[infraorbital rim]] / [[tear trough]]. Aggressive lower-lid skin excision on a negative [[orbital vector]] is a known path to scleral show and a round palpebral fissure. Scene “hunter-eye surgery” is often this plus [[canthoplasty]].

== This wiki's view ==
Skin and fat of the lid, not the bony orbit. Confirm vector before lower-lid excision. Young faces with no extra skin are usually not this operation.

== See also ==
* [[Lower blepharoplasty]]
* [[Canthoplasty]]
* [[Tear trough]]
* [[Orbital vector]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Bimaxillary osteotomy

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{{Infobox term
| image = Human skull side bones.svg
| caption = Lateral skull (Commons). Bimax is moving maxilla and mandible in one anaesthetic.
| alt = Lateral human skull
| name = Bimaxillary osteotomy
| also = bimax, double-jaw surgery, LeFort I + BSSO
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''bimaxillary osteotomy''' ("bimax") moves upper jaw (LeFort I) and lower jaw (bilateral sagittal split, BSSO) to treat bite, airway, and sometimes aesthetics.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing calls large forward movements "BAX" / "imPACT" style when rotation is added. It is '''orthognathic surgery''' for a reason: orthodontics, airway, bite. Doing it "for looks only" at a mill is how people get a worse face and a worse bite.

Forum patient logs (e.g. long looksmax.org surgery diaries) describe bimax for sleep apnea with a bad aesthetic, then more implants to chase definition. That cascade is the lesson: bone surgery is not a filter.

This wiki does not instruct osteotomies.

The destination names the forums already treated as proper nouns, per ''GQ'' (2023): [[Federico Hernández Alfaro]] / [[Instituto Maxilofacial]] (Barcelona Line), [[Mirco Raffaini]], [[Hermann Sailer]], [[Paul Coceancig]]. Korea’s institutional male two-jaw brand is [[ID Hospital]] (83°, “keep masculinity”). US airway/aesthetic overlap in one published log: [[Sam Bobek]].

== Not a shopping list ==
Nerve injury, malocclusion, and revision are why OMS exists. Forum “LeFort plus wraparound in Turkey next month” is [[surgical pitfalls]] talk.

== See also ==
* [[Surgical pitfalls]]
* [[Custom jawline implant]]
* [[Chin wing osteotomy]]
* [[Facial masculinization surgery]]
* [[Palate expansion]]
* [[List of surgeons in looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]

Facelift

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{{Short description|Surgical repositioning of facial soft tissue; SMAS to deep plane}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). A facelift repositions descended soft tissue, usually on the SMAS plane.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Facelift
| also = rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''facelift''' (rhytidectomy) repositions descended facial soft tissue and usually removes extra skin.<ref name="med">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery |title=Plastic surgery |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Modern versions work on the '''SMAS''' (superficial musculoaponeurotic system), not only the skin. It is used for [[jowl]]s, neck laxity, and descended midface — not for a recessed [[maxilla]] or a high [[body fat]] that has not been cut.

== Types ==
* [[Mini facelift]] / MACS — shorter scar, less release; modest descent.
* [[SMAS facelift]] — plicate or SMAS-ectomy; the 20th-century workhorse.
* [[Deep plane facelift]] — ligament release under SMAS; current prestige pole for natural motion.
* [[Ponytail lift]] — endoscopic / short-scar temporal and midface; fashion name, real dissection.
* [[Midface lift]] — cheeks/fold, not a full lower face.
* [[Neck lift]] — platysma / submental; often the tell if you skip it.
* [[Brow lift]] — forehead/temple; different vector.
* [[Thread lift]] — not this page.

Branded integers ([[9D facelift]]) are either thread barb-counts or one surgeon’s protocol; the integer is not a type on this ladder.

== This wiki's view ==
A facelift is for '''descent and extra skin'''. Threads are a shorter hitch when that is not yet (or not) the case. Filler is volume, not a lift. Young faces with a weak jaw are usually a fat / haircut / bone question first.

== See also ==
* [[Deep plane facelift]]
* [[Jowl]]
* [[Nasolabial fold]]
* [[Thread lift]]
* [[List of soft-tissue procedures]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Techniques]]
[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Voice

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{{Infobox term
| image = Facial muscles.jpg
| caption = Facial musculature (Commons). Voice is a social lever next to the face; this is not a pitch-training mill.
| alt = Facial muscles
| name = Voice
| field = Fundamentals
}}
'''Voice''' is listed here because looksmaxxing sometimes files it under "looks" and because the sister dating wiki files it under attractiveness fundamentals: pitch, resonance, pace.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Training is speech and singing work, not bone. Cross-link; do not dump pickup technique onto this wiki.

== In the scene ==
[[Auramaxxing]] talk files voice under presence. Surgical pitch change is medicine. This wiki does not publish a protocol. See [[auramaxxing]].

== See also ==
* [[Looksmaxxing]]
* [[Softmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]
[[Category:Fundamentals]]

Upper eyelid exposure

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{{Short description|Visible pretarsal lid skin; hunter-eye metric}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Gray892.png
| caption = Eyelid anatomy, Gray (Commons). Upper eyelid exposure is how much lid shows above the lash — a hunter/prey tell.
| alt = Eyelid, Gray 1918
| name = Upper eyelid exposure
| also = UEE, pretarsal show
| field = Face
}}
'''Upper eyelid exposure''' ('''UEE''') is how much lid skin you see between the lash line and the crease/brow complex when looking ahead.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing [[hunter eyes]] talk wants '''little''' UEE (hooded, deep-set). A lot of show is the open, doll-like lid. It is crease anatomy, brow position, and dermatochalasis — not a bone you smash. Makeup and brow grooming fake some of it.

== Pose versus anatomy ==
A low brow and deep [[orbit]] hide lid. Looking down into a camera fakes it. Surgery is oculoplastic. See [[hunter eyes]] and [[blepharoplasty]].

== See also ==
* [[Hunter eyes]]
* [[Palpebral fissure]]
* [[Brow ridge]]
* [[Eyebrow]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
{{Stub}}

Teeth

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{{Infobox term
| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg
| caption = Facial skeleton (Commons). Teeth here are colour, crowding, and smile line — dentist work, not a jaw osteotomy.
| alt = Frontal skull
| name = Teeth
| also = smile
| field = Face
}}
'''Teeth''' are a softmaxxing tell people notice in the first second of a photo: color, crowding, missing incisors, gum display.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Whitening is cheap. Orthodontics and veneers are not. Looksmaxxing under-talks dentistry because it is not bone theory. Dating coaches (Chase's fundamentals list) put teeth next to posture and hair. Same fact.

== Softmax versus bone ==
Whitening and alignment change a crop. Bite and midface are [[orthognathic surgery]]. See [[softmaxxing]].

== See also ==
* [[Softmaxxing]]
* [[Cosmetic surgery]]
* [[Looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Sunscreen

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{{Infobox term
| image = Skin.png
| caption = Skin (Commons). Sunscreen is softmaxxing photoprotection, not a glow-up gimmick.
| alt = Cross-section of skin
| field = Looksmaxxing
| name = Sunscreen
| also = SPF
}}
'''Sunscreen''' is the skin intervention with the least forum glamour and the most evidence.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> UV ages the face. Looksmaxxing that argues implants while burning on a walk is comedy. Daily SPF on the face and ears is softmaxxing.

== In the stack ==
UV ages and pigments. A retinoid without sun sense is how people burn. See [[skin]] and [[softmaxxing]].

== See also ==
* [[Skin]]
* [[Softmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Skin]]
[[Category:Techniques]]

SMP

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{{Infobox term
| image = Partial Norwood scale for male pattern baldness.png
| caption = Partial Norwood scale (Commons). SMP is scalp micropigmentation — ink that fakes density, not a transplant.
| alt = Norwood scale diagram
| field = Looksmaxxing
| name = Scalp micropigmentation
| also = SMP
}}
'''Scalp micropigmentation''' ('''SMP''') is tattooed dots that mimic stubble on a shaved or thinning scalp.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is a cosmetic, not a transplant. It can look clean on a NW4+ who is willing to keep the head shaved. It looks like a smudge if you grow the hair out. Not a [[hair transplant]].

== What it is ==
It does not grow follicles. A bad SMP is a stained scalp. See [[hair transplant]] and [[norwood scale]].

== See also ==
* [[Norwood scale]]
* [[Haircut]]
* [[Hair transplant]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Hair]]
[[Category:Techniques]]

Skin clarity

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{{Short description|Texture, pores, pigment, redness; the “glass” tell}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Skin.png
| caption = Skin (Commons). Clarity here is acne, redness, and scatter — softmaxxing, not a PSL bone stat.
| alt = Cross-section of skin
| name = Skin clarity
| also = skin quality, glass skin, texture
| field = Skin
}}
'''Skin clarity''' is how even and fine the surface reads: pores, pigment (PIE/PIH, melasma), redness, scars, oil shine vs matte, translucency.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing “skinmaxxing” is this, not a new bone. Fastest levers after a [[haircut]]: sleep, [[sunscreen]], a retinoid or benzoyl peroxide as a derm would, treating [[acne]]. Twenty TikTok acids is not a protocol.

[[Isotretinoin]] is medicine. “Glass skin” is a lighting plus barrier plus sometimes ethnicity; it is not a product name this wiki endorses.

== Levers ==
Derm, [[retinoid]], [[isotretinoin]], sleep, and not picking. See [[acne]] and [[skin]].

== See also ==
* [[Skin]]
* [[Acne]]
* [[Retinoid]]
* [[Sunscreen]]
* [[Facial (treatment)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Skin]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Retinoid

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{{Infobox term
| image = Skin.png
| caption = Skin (Commons). Retinoids (tretinoin, adapalene, isotretinoin) are the medical acne/photoaging ladder.
| alt = Cross-section of skin
| name = Retinoid
| also = tretinoin, retinol, adapalene
| field = Medicine
}}
A '''retinoid''' is a vitamin-A derivative used on skin for acne and photoaging (tretinoin, adapalene, weaker retinol).<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is a derm tool. Purge, sun sensitivity, and "start slow" are the actual instructions — from a clinician, not from a stack screenshot.

== Prescription versus cream ==
Tretinoin and [[isotretinoin]] are medicine. Cosmetic “retinol” is a weaker cousin. See [[acne]] and [[skin]].

== See also ==
* [[Acne]]
* [[Skin]]
* [[Sunscreen]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Skin]]
[[Category:Medicine]]

PSL god

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{{Short description|Forum label for a face treated as the top of the PSL scale}}
{{Infobox term
| image = Sean O'Pry 2015.jpg
| caption = Sean O'Pry (2015, Commons), the usual male example academic writeups give for a PSL-god pin-up.
| alt = Sean O'Pry, 2015
| field = Looksmaxxing
| name = PSL god
| also = PSL God, giga Chad (sometimes)
| origin = PSL / looksmaxxing forums
}}
'''PSL god''' is praise-slang for a face the boards treat as the top of the [[PSL scale]] — “perfected Chad,” model-tier, rare. Academic writeups of the dialect list the usual male examples as [[Sean O'Pry]], [[Francisco Lachowski]], [[David Gandy]], and [[Jordan Barrett]]: white, Eurocentric, professionally photographed “holy grail” faces.<ref name="sage">{{cite news |title=God tiers are occupied by a minute fraction of men, typically exemplified by internationally recognised male models |newspaper=Crime, Media, Culture (Sage) |date=2025 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> Press on the 2024 TikTok wave named the same pin-ups.<ref name="ynet">{{cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/s1rvpii211l |title=The rise of looksmaxxing |newspaper=Ynet |date=15 April 2026 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240326-inside-looksmaxxing-the-extreme-cosmetic-social-media-trend |title=Inside looksmaxxing, the extreme cosmetic social media trend |newspaper=BBC |date=26 March 2024 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref>

The label is '''kayfabe'''. No governing body issues a PSL-god certificate. O’Pry has said he does not accept the veneration. This wiki uses the term as scene vocabulary, not as a ranking of living people on the Main Page.

== Kayfabe ==
No governing body issues the label. O’Pry has said he does not accept the veneration.<ref name="sage" /> This wiki uses the word as vocabulary, not a ranking of living people on the Main Page.

== See also ==
* [[Sean O'Pry]]
* [[Francisco Lachowski]]
* [[Jordan Barrett]]
* [[PSL scale]]
* [[Chad]]
* [[Looksmatch]]
* [[Hunter eyes]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Posture

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{{Infobox term
| image = Clavicle - animation.gif
| caption = Clavicle (Commons). Posture changes how height and jaw read in a still; it is not an osteotomy.
| alt = Animated clavicle
| field = Looksmaxxing
| name = Posture
}}
'''Posture''' is a free facial change: head position, shoulder set, how the jaw sits.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Dating wikis file it under attractiveness fundamentals. Same fact here.

== In the stack ==
A forward head hides a jaw. A lifted chest changes [[frame mogging]] in a clip. See [[mewing]] and [[softmaxxing]].

== See also ==
* [[Physique]]
* [[Mewing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Body]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]

Physique

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{{Infobox term
| image = David Laid thirst tweets video for Gymshark 2021 03 (cropped).jpg
| caption = David Laid, 2021 (Commons). Physique is muscle and fat as a looksmaxxing lever, not a steroid cycle.
| alt = David Laid
| field = Looksmaxxing
| name = Physique
| also = gymmaxxing, body
}}
'''Physique''' here means muscle, fat, and how clothes hang — not a face score.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing forums discovered the gym late and then oversold it as a halo. It is a real halo. It does not replace hair or teeth.

== Soft versus pharmacology ==
[[Gymmaxxing]] is this page with a suffix. Anabolics make it pharmacology. This wiki does not publish a cycle. See [[body fat]] and [[Aziz Shavershian]].

== See also ==
* [[Body fat]]
* [[Posture]]
* [[Looksmaxxing]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Body]]
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]]