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Vertical Excision Technique for Chin Ptosis Correction

The number of different procedures available for correction of chin ptosis (chin pad ptosis) indicates that there is no one single procedure that works the best. While chin ptosis correction techniques vary, it is important to appreciate that there are different anatomic variants of chin ptosis. There are contributions of bone, skin and fat, mentalis Read More…

Case Study – Lip Advancement Revisions

Background: Lip augmentations are very popular and are most commonly done with the use of injectable fillers. But not every smaller lip can be satisfactorily augmented by fillers alone and, even when a satisfactory result is achieved, women may eventually tire of the need for repeated injection sessions and their cost. A lip advancement is Read More…

Zygomatic Arch Fractures and Their Repair

  Facial fractures are common injuries and sporting activities are a common source of them. This was well illustrated by a well chronicled facial injury sustained recently in the NBA. Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook was injured in a game last Friday in Portland when his teammate’s knee collided into the right side of his face Read More…

Case Study – Anatomic Implants for Natural Breast Augmentation

Background: As a device driven operation. breast augmentation has a variety of implants styles, shapes and sizes from which to choose. Understandably prospective patients think the implant chosen will result in the way the breast will look after surgery. While there is no doubt the implant has a major influence on the result, the natural Read More…

Lateral Canthopexy vs Canthoplasty – Implications for Eye Shape

Changing the outer corner of the eye is done for a lot of different aesthetic and reconstructive purposes. The two main reasons are to help correct a lower lid sag from prior surgery (reconstructive) or to create more of an uplifted corner of the eye to change its appearance. (aesthetic) The procedures used to do Read More…

Technical Strategies – Square Chin Implant and Vertical Cleft Creation

Chin augmentation is most commonly done by placement of a synthetic silicone implant. Chin implants today come in a wide variety of dimensions, historically providing only horizontal projection, but now available in vertical lengthening styles as well. For men chin implants are even available to provide an increase in width, also known as a square Read More…

ASPS Plastic Surgery Statistics 2014

  Annual statistics for plastic surgery in the U.S as gathered by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons showed that almost 16 million cosmetic procedures (nearly 14 million were non-surgical) were performed in 2014. This represents an increase of about 3% from 2013. Like many years before, breast augmentation was the top cosmetic surgery while Read More…

Volumetric Sizers in Breast Augmentation

The selection of implant size is one of the most important and debated choices in breast augmentation surgery. Women understandably spend considerable time considering this choice and on today’s internet a lot of breast implant results are available for viewing. While many results give the woman’s height and weight and breast implant size used, that Read More…

The Safety of Injectable Fat Grafting

Fat grafting and its liposuction harvest has become mainstream in 2015 for both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery needs. While ongoing clinical studies and experience will continue to evaluate its effectiveness, there is no debating that its use has become adopted by most plastic surgeons. Several of the reasons for its popularity is that most Read More…

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