Category: injectable fillers

Voluma Injectable Filler for Midface Enhancement

The one area of the face, besides the lip and nasolabial folds, that injectable fillers can provide a real rejuvenative effect is in the midface specifically the cheeks. While injectable fillers have been used for decades all over the face, their extensive and widespread use for facial voluminization is relatively new. A wide variety of Read More…

Implants for Thigh Augmentation

Muscle wasting of the upper thigh can be the result of a number of different medical problems. Thigh muscle shrinking can occur from lack of use, severe weight loss and malnutrition or can be the result of a nerve injury from trauma or other neurologic disorders. One cause of thigh muscle wasting can be from Read More…

Five Things You May Not Know About Botox

Botox is the trade name of the first commercially available preparation of botulinum toxin A (BTN-A). It is the miracle drug in aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery and neurology. Botox is so popular in aesthetic medicine because it predictably works each and every time. It is a medication in the real pharmacological sense of the Read More…

The Challenges of Teenage Plastic Surgery

Aesthetic plastic surgery in minors (under the age of 18), also called teenage plastic surgery, has its own unique set of challenges. Many plastic surgeons perform procedures on minors as attested to the over 75,000 operations reported by the members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 2012. The most common procedures for teenagers Read More…

The Chemical Differences Between The Hyaluronic Acid-Based Injectable Fillers

With so many different hyaluronic acid-based (HA) injectable filler available for clinical use, how does one choose between them? HA fillers are different and knowing their chemistry is what makes for the subtle differences in their physical properties. (and for differing products from various manufacturers beside their brand names) HAs are clear gel of Read More…

The Basic Science of Hyaluronic Acid-Based Injectable Fillers

When it comes to injectable fillers, there are now lots of options out there today. While once there was one in 2002, there are now over twenty FDA-approved injectable fillers in the U.S. alone a dozen years later. While that number seems daunting when it comes to making an injectable filler selection, it is important Read More…

The Weight of Fat Removal in Liposuction

The removal of unwanted fat, particularly in the abdomen and waistline, by liposuction is a very common body contouring procedure. While it is preached to patients before surgery that liposuction is not a weight loss procedure but one that only changes body contours, patients are inevitably interested in knowing how much the fat that was Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom: The Importance of Presurgical Markings

Of all the surgical specialities, plastic surgeons are well known for drawing on their patients before surgery. While some may equate that with being an ‘artist’, the reality is that such drawings can be incredibly useful for guiding certain aspects of how some procedures are done. Since patients are often asleep during surgery and are Read More…

Plastic Surgery Humor: Snowcone Breast Implants

One of the classic topics of plastic surgery humor is breast implants. Whether it be a snowman or just about any other recognizeable figure or animal, breast implants have been placed on them to signify that they have had plastic surgery or been ‘done’ as a piece of humor. A snow woman would be Read More…

Case Study: Male Vertical Lengthening Jaw Angle Implants

Background: One of the emerging areas of facial implant augmentation is that of the jaw angles. While jaw angle implants have been around for nearly two decades, their designs have been exclusively made for increasing jaw angle width. While there are some patients who seek a wider and more flared posterior jawline, a width only Read More…