Category: world of plastic surgery

World of Plastic Surgery: Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago lies in the southern Caribbean just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It has a population of 1.3 million people in a land mass of just under 2,000 square miles. The vast majority live on the larger Trinidad island. (96%) Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean, it is Read More…

Implants for Temporal Augmentation

There are a large number of available implants that seemingly provide aesthetic augmentation for every conceivable facial location. Most facial implants are made of a soft flexible silicone elastomer material whose physical properties allow them to be relatively easy to surgically place and remove if necessary. Also, a silicone elastomer material allows for any Read More…

Treatment Options for Axillary Hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis, defined as abnormally excessive sweating, can affect many areas of the body including the hands and feet, groin area and also the armpits. Hyperhidrosis affects about 3% of the U.S. population and is when the amountof sweat produced is much more than is needed to regulate body temperature. As a result it interferes Read More…

The Incidence of Smoking in Plastic Surgery Patients

The incidence of smoking in the general U.S. population over the age of 18 is estimated to be close to 20%. With one in five adults that smoke, it is inevitable that actively smoking patients will appear in any plastic surgery practice for elective surgery with great regularity. As smoking has a well chronicled negative Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Fat Grafting

Fat grafting is done to either augment or restore soft tissue volume of the face and body areas. It can be done through one of two fat grafting techniques. These include either fat injections using concentrated graft material from a liposuction harvest or from the placement of a dermal-fat graft obtained through an open excision harvest The Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Daddy Makeover

The plastic surgery concept of a Mommy Makeover is now well known and includes various combinations of breast and abdominal reshaping. It involves changing those areas of a woman that are most affected by pregnancy, the breasts and the stomach areas. While a Mommy Makeover sounds like a new operation or technique, it is merely Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Skull Reshaping

Skull reshaping surgery is done to create a more normal skull shape and contours. It achieves this goal through the application to the outside of the skull of either augmentation (by adding materials), reducing bone or a combination of both techniques. Most skull reshaping techniques require an open incisional approach to be done. The following Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Gynecomastia Reduction

Gynecomastia reduction surgery is done to create a flatter male chest and near zero nipple-areolar projection. It can be done with liposuction alone, by breast tissue excision through an areolar incision or both procedures combined. In some larger gynecomastias, skin may need to be removed from around the entire areola as well. The following Read More…