Hardmaxxing
The hardmax menu, ranked by cost, recovery, and realistic photo impact. Get the Pro audit before the consult, not after.
Surgeons sell their specialty. The audit gives you an upstream read on which of your metrics are actually weak so you walk into the right consult, not the loudest one.
5-page PDF · 17 metrics · 24-hour photo deletion
Free scan is the filter. Pro audit is the consult-prep document.
Why a $49 audit before $15K of surgery
The most expensive mistake in hardmax is not the surgery that went wrong. It is the surgery that went exactly as planned and still did not move the photo because the underlying metric that was actually weak never got addressed. Recessed-chin patients get rhinoplasty. Skin-clarity-bottlenecked faces get jaw implants. Receded-hairline patients get blepharoplasty. The audit removes that miscalibration by ranking your 17 metrics first.
The surgical consult is downstream. The surgeon sees the photo you bring in and recommends within their specialty (a jaw surgeon recommends jaw surgery, a rhinoplasty surgeon recommends rhinoplasty). The Pro audit is the upstream document that names which metrics are dragging your composite so you walk into the right consult with the right questions.
The math is simple. A $49 audit that prevents one wrong $15K surgery has a 100x ROI. A $49 audit that confirms the right $15K surgery still has a 100x ROI because the consult itself goes deeper when the surgeon sees a sophisticated client. Either way the audit pays for itself.
The hardmax menu, ranked by realistic photo impact
Orthognathic surgery (jaw)
Largest single-step photo change for class II or class III malocclusion. $20K to $60K cost (often partly insurance covered if functional). 6 to 12 weeks visible recovery, 12 months final result. The biggest gun on the menu and the most calibration-sensitive; audit first.
Rhinoplasty
Highest-leverage for a dorsally-prominent or asymmetric nose. $8K to $20K cost. 2 weeks visible swelling, 12 months until final. Reads particularly well in profile photos. Best result when the underlying issue is structural rather than soft-tissue.
Hair restoration (transplant)
Highest perceived-age and trustworthiness gain for a receded or thinning hairline. $4K to $15K cost. 2 weeks visible scabbing, 9 to 12 months until final density. Often the highest ROI hardmax for users under 35 with early recession.
Genioplasty (chin)
Skeletal chin advancement for a meaningfully recessed chin. $6K to $12K cost. 3 to 6 weeks visible swelling. High photo leverage when chin recession is the dominant weakness; lower leverage when the issue is actually the mandible angle.
Blepharoplasty / canthoplasty
Eyelid surgery for hooded or asymmetric upper lids; canthoplasty adjusts the lateral canthal angle. $4K to $10K. 1 to 2 weeks visible. Best for users whose canthal tilt or eyelid metric is the dragging factor specifically.
Cheek or midface implants
Skeletal augmentation of cheekbone or midface projection. $8K to $15K. 4 to 8 weeks visible recovery. Often better predicted with reversible filler first; commit to implants only after the filler version confirms the photo result you want.
What the Pro audit gives you that the free scan does not
The free 17-metric scan gives you the composite score, the universal percentile, and a hint at your two strongest and two weakest metrics. That is enough to filter softmax versus hardmax at the broad level. The Pro audit goes deeper: full per-metric percentiles, a written breakdown of which specific metric is doing structural heavy lifting and which is dragging, a ranked hardmax versus softmax recommendation calibrated to your specific face, and a question list you can hand to the surgeon during the consult.
The 5-page PDF is also the document the surgeon respects. A client who walks in with a 5-page audit gets a different consult than a client who walks in cold. The surgeon assumes baseline sophistication and skips the upsell layer.
Honest limits
- The audit is not a clinical consult. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace a board-certified surgeon assessment. It is the upstream filter that helps you walk into the right consult.
- Hardmax interventions carry real surgical risk including infection, nerve damage, asymmetric outcomes, and the need for revision surgery. Read the surgeon\'s revision rate before committing.
- The biggest photo change does not always equal the biggest life change. A 10-metric improvement on the looksmax composite is not the same as a 10-unit happier life. Manage the expectation.
- Some hardmax interventions are partly insurance-covered when there is a functional component (sleep apnea, breathing impairment, severe malocclusion). Ask the surgeon.
- The audit does not score interventions you have already had. Photos with visible recent surgical changes can produce noisy metric reads; wait until final result before re-scanning.
Hardmaxxing FAQ
What counts as hardmaxxing?+
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Which hardmax interventions move the photo the most?+
What about jaw implants and chin filler?+
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$49 of audit prevents $15K of wrong surgery.
Get the consult-prep document.
The $49 Pro audit gives you a 5-page personalized PDF, a hardmax versus softmax recommendation, and the question list to bring to the surgeon consult.
Filter before you consult
Free scan tells you whether hardmax is even the right tier. Pro audit names the intervention and writes the consult prep.
$49 Pro audit · 5-page PDF · Photos auto-deleted 24h
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