Category: abdominoplasty | tummy tuck | umbilicoplasty

The Fate of the Belly Button in Tummy Tuck Surgery

The tummy tuck is the most commonly done excisional body contouring procedure. By the removal of a small (mini tummy tuck) or large (full tummy tuck) segment of skin and fat in the lower half of the abdomen, the remaining upper half of the abdominal skin is brought down over what was removed. Like the Read More…

Scarless Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is the concept of placing an implant behind a woman’s breast to make it bigger. It may be conceptually simple but it involves numerous variables which can influence the aesthetic outcome. Every women has to make a choice between the type of implant (saline vs. silicone), size of the implant, which location of Read More…

Facelifts vs. Facelifting

There are certain procedure names in plastic surgery that immediately conjure up in public perception as to what it is. Aesthetic procedures such as rhinoplasty, breast implants and liposuction leave no doubt as to what they accomplish. The name alone speaks for what it does and there is little room for interpretation as to the Read More…

Profileplasty by Rhinoplasty and Sliding Genioplasty

While one does not see their face in a profile view naturally (only in pictures), the world sees your face in three-quarter view or in profile. Thus the perception of one’s own facial profile is important and it is stressed in many plastic surgery procedures. The two most important hard structures that make up the Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty Reduction of the Long Overprojected Nose

Background: The nose presents a very wide array of problems for reshaping by rhinoplasty surgery. There are nearly a dozen different pieces of anatomy to the nose and how they arranged and their size is what creates the diversity of the shape problems seen. But there are a handful of common problems that the rhinoplasty surgeon Read More…

Sports-Related Facial Fractures in Children and Teenagers

Facial fractures in children are not nearly as common as that in adults for a variety of reasons. Undeveloped bones that bend but do not break and less exposure to differing methods of trauma are the main reasons. But the one trauma exposure that children and teenagers are exposed is that of sports. When it Read More…

Case Study: Delayed Cheekbone Fracture Repair

Background: Fractures of the cheek bone, like the nose, are common due to the prominence of these bones on the face. They are frequently exposed to trauma from sporting activities to fisticuffs. It fractures along the numerous legs of its bony attachments which is where it gets its common name, tripod fracture. It also goes Read More…

Plastic Surgery Practice Trends in Fat Grafting to the Breast

Breast surgery, whether it is for aesthetic or reconstructive purposes, is one of the most common forms of plastic surgery of the body. Over the past decade fat grafting has worked its way into a mainstream technique for all forms of breast reshaping/remaking surgery. It has become so pervasive based on articles in peer-reviewed journals Read More…

The Science of Liposuction – Part 3. Cannular Design

Liposuction has continued to evolve in the past three decades that it has been around in the U.S. Machines and instrumentation has dominated these advancements with persistent efforts to find ways to more effectively and safely remove subcutaneous fat. Liposuction has come a long way from the days when it was as simple as just Read More…

The Science of Liposuction – Part 2. Suction Extraction

Liposuction has been with us for over thirty years and it is relatively just as effective today as it has been in the past. While liposuction techniques and technology have improved, its basic principles of how it works have remained relatively constant. The workings of liposuction is much more that just ‘sticking a tube in Read More…