Category: injectable fillers

Injectable Fillers and Their Incidence of Complications

Besides Botox, injectable fillers are the most popular form of non-surgical facial rejuvenation. While they have undergone major compositional changes since bovine collagen was initially introduced in 1981, their growing popularity is because they have an instant effect, are largely effective for the right indications and it is generally perceived that they have few complications. Read More…

The Risk of Breast Implants Falling Out

A recent story from the New York Daily News reports on a young woman who had a breast implant ‘fall out of her body’. While very unfortunate for this young lady, this very concern is one that prospective breast augmentation patients often ask if it can happen. Since the most common location for the Read More…

The Regulated Use of Stem Cells in Plastic Surgery

Stem cells has understandably caught the imagination of both plastic surgeons and patients alike with their regenerative potential. This has led over the past few years to surgeons promoting their benefits to patients by so-called stem cell-enhanced or derived procedures. From facelifts to fat grafts, the moniker of the words ‘stem cells’ confers an improved Read More…

The Use of Microcannulas for Injecting Local Anesthetics in Plastic Surgery

The use microcannulas has been a major advance in the delivery of injectable fillers. Besides a dramatic decrease in discomfort they result in no risk of bruising…two major improvements over that of traditional needlle delivery approaches. Despite these very obvious benefits, which are apparent in one’s very first use of them, I observe very Read More…

World of Plastic Surgery – Lebanon

Lebanon, formally known as the Lebanese Republic, is a small country located on the eastern Mediterranean sea. It is bordered by Syria in the north and east and Israel to the South. Because of its location at the crossroads between the Mediterranean and much of the Arab world, it has a long and rish Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implants and Attractiveness

Breast implants have now been with us for over fifty years and they are likely to be with us for at least another fifty years and longer. Their popularity has never been higher in the U.S. with over 300,000 breast augmentations performed in 2012, making it the number one cosmetic procedure performed. Women who get Read More…

Case Study: Tracheal Shave for Neck Feminization

Background: The neck is generally a flat surface in youth that may have a bump or prominence in the middle about halfway between the jawline and the upper sternum of the chest. This laryngeal prominence, known more commonly as the Adam’s Apple, is formed by the size and angle of the thyroid cartilages that surround Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Pectoral Implants

Male chest enlargement by soft solid pectoral implants is done by placing them under the pectoralis major muscle. The implant is placed so that it stays above the lower muscle border, creating a larger pectoralis muscle bulge. These are the typical postoperative instructions to follow after having had pectoral implant surgery. 1. Pectoral implants Read More…

Breast Implants – A Fifty Year History

Breast implants have undergone an interesting and at times tumultous history. While they have brought improved self-esteem and restoration of a more normal body shape to tens of millions of women, they have also had their share of legal and regulatory issues. This is not surprising given the very large numbers of patient implanted Read More…