The male brief, respected
Men arrive with different language — "less round," "more defined," "gym doesn't reach my face" — and the plan should honour it literally. The masculine target is a shadow beneath the cheekbone and a cleaner jawline transition, not the sculpted hollow of an editorial photo. Male skin is thicker and facial fat distribution differs; over-resection reads harsher and faster on men, which pushes the protocol one notch more conservative than the female default — and the default here is already conservative partial removal.
What removal can and can't give a male face
Can: reduce genuine lower-cheek fullness that survives training and diet; reveal cheekbone shadow that fullness was flattening; slim a round face toward its own structure.
Can't: build a jawline that bone and muscle haven't drawn. Honest male planning often lives in combinations — masseter botox for a wide muscular lower face, chin projection where the profile needs anchoring — with fat removal as one instrument, not the orchestra.
The gates don't change gender
Lean, low-body-fat men — gym-lean especially — often fail candidacy: their fullness is masseter or bone width, not pad, and removal would trade a strong face for a drawn one by 45. The refusal page applies verbatim, and "your face doesn't need this" is delivered to men here weekly. Practical notes for the yes-cases: beard stubble camouflages early swelling nicely, the food ladder is identical, and discretion is structural — nobody expects a man to have had cheek surgery, which is exactly why nobody spots a conservative one.
Your own face, honestly assessed
Send relaxed and smiling photos via the free assessment — the reply covers whether your fullness is buccal at all, what conservative removal would change, and when the honest answer is "don't."