Editing Skull (section)

===Transgender procedures===
Surgical alteration of [[sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]] skull features may be carried out as a part of [[facial feminization surgery]] or [[facial masculinization surgery]], these reconstructive surgical procedures that can alter sexually dimorphic facial features to bring them closer in shape and size to facial features of the desired sex.<ref name="SpiegelQoL">{{cite journal|last1=Ainsworth|first1=Tiffiny A.|last2=Spiegel|first2=Jeffrey H.|year=2010|title=Quality of life of individuals with and without facial feminization surgery or gender reassignment surgery|journal=[[Quality of Life Research]]|volume=19|issue=7|pages=1019–24|doi=10.1007/s11136-010-9668-7|pmid=20461468|s2cid=601504}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shams|first1=Mohammad Ghasem|last2=Motamedi|first2=Mohammad Hosein Kalantar|date=9 January 2009|title=Case report: Feminizing the male face|journal=ePlasty|volume=9|pages=e2|pmc=2627308|pmid=19198644}}</ref> These procedures can be an important part of the treatment of [[transgender]] people for [[gender dysphoria]].<ref name="wpathMedNed">World Professional Association for Transgender Health. [http://www.wpath.org/documents/Med%20Nec%20on%202008%20Letterhead.pdf WPATH Clarification on Medical Necessity of Treatment, Sex Reassignment, and Insurance Coverage in the U.S.A.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040306/http://www.wpath.org/documents/Med%20Nec%20on%202008%20Letterhead.pdf |date=30 September 2011 }} (2008).</ref><ref name="wpath2011">World Professional Association for Transgender Health. ''[http://www.wpath.org/documents/Standards%20of%20Care%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.pdf Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People, Version 7.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303035205/http://www.wpath.org/documents/Standards%20of%20Care%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.pdf |date=3 March 2012 }}'' pg. 58 (2011).</ref>