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Plastic Surgery Product Review: The Facelift Bungee

A surgical facelift is the most effective and common method for eliminating those jowls, smoothing out the jawline and sharpening the neck angle. It does so by moving the loose skin that has fallen down off of the face and shifting it back towards the ears were it can be trimmed off, leaving fine line Read More…

Rejuvenation of Wrinkled Breast Cleavage

Aging affects the entire body in very similar ways. The skin becomes wrinkled, loose and often dotted with pigmented discolorations. While much focus is understandably placed on these skin aging changes in the face, and even on the back of the hands, there are other potentially treatable areas that are overlooked. One of these is Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Aesthetic Temporal Augmentation

One of the last facial areas to be cosmetically enhanced is that of the temples. Not to be confused with places of worship and even having slightly different Latin word derivations, the temples anatomically are to the side of the eye along the side of the head. Aesthetically, it is a near isosceles triangle with Read More…

Case Study: Cranioplasty for the Flat Back of the Head

Background:  The shape of the head is largely determined by the skull that lies underneath it.  Its normal oblong shape is created by the multiples plates of skull bone formed in utero that only formally fuse together after birth. The rapidly developing and expanding brain has great influence on forming the skull shape, much like Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Teen Plastic Surgery

Teens historically account for a very small percentage of patients who have plastic surgery. Estimates vary but most plastic surgeons report that patients under 21 years of age, particularly those 18 or younger, account for less than 5% of their practice population. The reasons for this small percentage are obvious, teens have little money to Read More…

The Inverted Nipple – Classification and Treatment

An inverted nipple (also known as an invaginated nipple) is an aesthetic condition where the nipple, instead of pointing outward, is retracted into the breast. In some cases, the nipple will be temporarily protruded if stimulated, but in others, the inversion remains regardless of stimulus or pull. Inverted nipples are not gender specific and can Read More…

Case Study: Lower Buttock Lift for the Saggy Derriere

Background:  Buttock enhancement has become a popular contemporary procedure, offering improvements to a body part that historically has been thought of as having few choices. People have numerous aesthetic buttock concerns including size, shape and tone/firmness issues. Buttock augmentation with fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift) is most well known today as it has become Read More…

Cosmetic Surgery Goes From Head To Toe

The cosmetic surgery field continues to expand both in the number of doctors performing procedures as well as in the types of procedures being performed. Conventional cosmetic procedures, such as breast augmentation, facelifts and tummy tucks, are well known and represent a few of the mainstream procedures. There are many other niche procedures, like earlobe Read More…

Male Nipple Disorders and Their Surgical Correction

The size and shape of a man’s chest can be a source of pride or embarrassment. Much emphasis on the aesthetics of a masculine chest is based on the pectoralis muscular anatomy. While this muscle provides support for the overlying skin, and clearly its size and border outlines are important, the lone remaining aesthetic feature Read More…

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