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Plastic Surgery Product Review – LaViv Injectable Filler

Other than Botox, injectable fillers are the most common minimally-invasive procedure performed for the treatment of facial aging concerns. But almost all commercially-available injectable fillers are synthetically-derived and their effects disappear as the material absorbs. But a few contemporary fillers take a different approach, using natural materials whose intent is to stimulate local cellular Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – The Proof of the Smaller Operation

There are many instances in aesthetic plastic surgery where the choice between two operations can be a difficult one. Almost always it is a choice between a lesser operation that may solve the problem enough that one may avoid a larger operation. The larger operation may be more assured of producing the better result but Read More…

Couples Plastic Surgery

A recent ABC News report highlighted a mother and daughter who had plastic surgery in Los Angeles on the same day. The mother opted for a facelift while the daughter had a breast lift and a tummy tuck. This mother and her daughter had done many activities together before, usually adventures that one typically Read More…

Understanding Abdominal Contouring Treatment Options

Abdominal contouring is one of the most common body changes that many patients request. Pregnancy, fluctuations in weight and for some their own genetics make for this body centric area a focus of appearance and clothing wear. Numerous plastic surgery procedures exist for its modification but, in the end, they all involve methods to either Read More…

Face The Facts – An Inside Look At Plastic Surgery (German Translation)

The popularity and interest in plastic surgery of the face continues to grow. With a wide variety of surgical and non-surgical procedures available and tons of marketing and promotions all over the internet, it can be very hard for potential patients to figure what they need and what the risks and recovery may be. Read More…

Implants or Fat Injections for Buttock Augmentation

Attention to the size and shape of the buttocks has always been an important part of body aesthetics. But fashion trends, Hollywood and societal awareness has driven the demand for aesthetic buttock surgery to new levels in the U.S. over the past few years. As a result, buttock enhancement is one of the most rapidly Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Two Part Process of Liposuction

Liposuction is one of the most recognized of all cosmetic plastic surgery procedures and has been done in the U.S. since 1981. As the science of liposuction has evolved, particularly over the past two decades, new methods of extraction has appeared applying energy technologies such as ultrasound, laser, infrared and pulsed water. These modern-day liposuction Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Witch’s Nose Deformity

Background: Noses have an incredible variety of shapes and are the most diverse and complex structural feature of the face. With over a dozen different anatomic facets to them, it is no wonder how different one’s nose is from another. But despite this structural diversity, there are several features of a nose that are Read More…

Forehead Augmentation in Men

The forehead occupies a major part of one’s appearance, comprising the entire upper third of the face. The variable part of anyone’s forehead is the hairline, particularly in men. Most male foreheads get longer with age for the obvious reason of a receding hairline. The relative constant features of the forehead that are easily Read More…

Aesthetic Injectable Nightmares

This week another major complication from an injectable beauty treatment appeared in the news. In a day spa in Florida, a woman had vitamin solutions injected into her face which ultimately resulted in infection, scarring and as yet to be determined facial deformity. Besides the issue of what facial vitamin injections are and how Read More…