Actually you can. With CSS3 several pseudo elements were created, with them we got a lot of flexibility and with a little creativity we can do exactly what you want.
See this example below, in it we hide the original html radius and recreate it with one using the pseudo-element: before.
Pretty simple ne? Hope it helps
label {
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
position: relative;
padding-left: 25px;
margin-right: 15px;
font-size: 13px;
}
/* Escondemos o radio original */
input[type=radio] {
display: none;
}
/* Usamos o pseudo-element :before para recriar o novo radio */
label:before {
content: "";
display: inline-block;
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
border-radius:50%;
margin-right: 10px;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 1px;
background-color: #aaa;
box-shadow: inset 0px 2px 3px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3), 0px 1px 0px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
/* CSS Responsavel por definir o estilo para radio Checkado */
input[type=radio]:checked + label:before {
content: "22";
color: #f3f3f3;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
line-height: 18px;
}
<div class="radio">
<input id="male" type="radio" name="gender" value="male">
<label for="male">Homem</label>
<input id="female" type="radio" name="gender" value="female">
<label for="female">Mulher</label>
</div>