Category: Did You Know | plastic surgery

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Board Certification Matters

Every prospective patient who seeks cosmetic enhancements knows to ask or look for ‘board certification’ of their surgeon or treatment provider. While this is a seemingly good question, a positive answer may still not be a reassuring one that guarantees your doctor has all the requisite training and experience to give you the best Read More…

The Knee Lift for Unsightly Suprapatellar Skin Folds

Plastic surgery has many nip and tuck procedures from the face down to the thighs. All of these are about removing loose tissues from aging and stretching forces and pulling them tighter closer to their original position. When tissues are pulled upwards they are known as ‘lifts’. (e.g., facelift, breast lift, thigh lift) When tissues Read More…

Case Study: Sliding Genioplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Background: Sleep apnea is a well known nocturnal disorder in which one’s breathing is either very shallow or actually pauses during sleep. It is the length of these breathing pauses that are significant as they result in a drop of one’s oxygen levels due to decreased air intake. This creates a variety of medical problems Read More…

Smoking Accelerates Facial Aging

Smoking is known to have many adverse health effects. The negative effects of the smoke and the many toxins that it contains seem to exert their greatest effect on the lungs due to direct contact. But that does not mean many other parts of the body may not be affected as well. It is often Read More…

Tracheostomy Scar Revision Using Fat Injections

A tracheotomy is a life-saving operation but will usually leave a scar deformity when it is removed. This is due to the sustained pressure of the tube through the neck tissues and that, when the tracheostomy is removed, the wound is allowed to heal by secondary intention. Thus it is not surprise that wide Read More…

Combination Scar Revision and Radiation for Earlobe Keloids

Keloids are a notoriously difficult scar problem for which there is no match other than perhaps that of the broader-based burn scar. There are a wide variety of treatments used for keloids and that is a testament to their high recurrence rate despite what treatment method is done. Keloids are well known to occur in Read More…

Sientra Breast Implant Capsular Contracture Warranty Program

While there are numerous complications that occur from having breast implants, most patients never think of one that has been around for decades…capsular contracture. This is the development of abnormal amounts of scarring around an implant. While normally significant scarring around a medical implant may be irrelevant or even advantageous, it is not so around Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom: ‘Affording’ Cosmetic Surgery

Since almost all of cosmetic surgery is an out-of-pocket expense, the consideration of cost is extremely important. Many patients save up for some time for their surgery, borrow the money from family or banks, or most commonly, finance it through a variety of means. For many patients they have just enough or it is just Read More…

Unnatural Facial Appearances after Botox Injections

The use of botulinum toxin A, otherwise known as Botox, has become a common aesthetic practice around the world. It is used daily as a treatment to soften wrinkles, helping to prevent and correct tired and aging appearances. In today’s society looking as young on the exterior as people are feeling on the inside Read More…

Liposuction To Pass The Military Body Fat Percentage Test

Liposuction is a well known body contouring procedure that is widely used to remove excess areas of fat that is resistant to diet and exercise. There are many reasons that people undergo liposuction and the timing may be related to an upcoming event (wedding, vacation, reunion) or that they just have gotten frustrated with it Read More…