Abstract

Aim: This paper aims to present the most popular facial feminization-related terms and the last five years' trends for facial feminization surgery (FFS).
Materials and Methods: Relative Search Volume (RSV) data for global searches conducted between 2018 and 2022 using the search terms "Facial Feminization Surgery," "Facial Feminization," "FFS Surgery," and "Transgender Face" were collected using Google Trends. These four search terms related to facial feminization were compared based on their RSV data. Additionally, the RSV data for the past five years was analyzed to identify year-by-year trends in FFS.
Results: The ‘Facial Feminization Surgery’ term was found to be a more searched one than the others with an average of 28.64 (p

Key words: Facial feminization, facial feminization surgery, gender-affirmation surgery, Google trends, transgender women