Category: cosmetic surgery | plastic surgery

Financing and Coupons in Cosmetic Surgery

Each year more and more Americans, as well as those around the world, undergo cosmetic surgery. While there are many considerations that go into why and how one may head to the operating room table to change their facial appearance or body shape, cost is always a significant issue.Even amongst the most ardent detractors of Read More…

Sex after Plastic Surgery

There are many considerations that patients must consider after any form of major plastic surgery. Whether it is when to shower or going back to work,swelling, pain and how one’s face and body looks will have some impact on all of life’s everyday activities during the recovery period. Understandably patients are anxious to resume Read More…

Case Study: Blepharoplasty in Dry Eyes and Lax Lower Eyelids

Background:Aging of the eyes is both an unavoidable eventuality for everyone and the first and most noticeable place on the face that it occurs. The classic findings are heavy or extra skin on the upper eyelids and bags on the lower eyelids. This combination makes for a tired or older appearance that is recognized Read More…

Buttock Anatomy and Fat Injection Augmentation

Buttock augmentation has become a part of mainstream body contouring plastic surgery. Creating a larger buttock has become desirous of those who have a normal size and just want to become bigger (ethnic buttock enhancement) to those who simply have never had one or ‘lost’ it at some point. Its popularity is largely due to Read More…

Combined Fractional Laser and Topical Steriods For Hypertrophic Scars

Scar therapy consists of a wide variety of possible treatments from injections, lasers and light devices and surgical excision. There is no one type of scar treatment which is uniformly effective for all scars. There are simply too many types of scars and differing skin types and body locations for any uniform approach to improving Read More…

FaceTime For Virtual Plastic Surgery Consultations

A consultation with a plastic surgeon is usually the third step in one’s evolution towards having actual surgery. The first is the recognition of the need or desire and the next is the acquisition of basic information with some research. While the most detailed information and a definitive surgical plan can only be assured by Read More…

Case Study: Large Hump Reduction Rhinoplasty

Background: A bump or hump on a nose is a common reason a patient will seek rhinoplasty surgery. A smooth or straight dorsal line is one of the more important aspects of a pleasing nasal appearance. While some small bump reductions can be achieved by a simple shaving of the bone edge, this is the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Exilis Radiofrequency Fat Reduction and Skin Tightening

Device-based energy therapies for skin tightening and fat reduction have been around now for about a decade. Like computer and all electronic devices, their effectiveness improves with technologic advances. One of the recent device advances in heating fat and tightening skin is Exilis technology. This uses a well known energy technology, radiofrequency, to create its Read More…

Case Study: Blepharoplasty For Aging Eyes In Men

Background: When a man presents for facial rejuvenation it frequently is driven by someone (or many) telling them they look tired. With enough repeated comments and in looking in the mirror, it eventually becomes evident that they in fact are looking tired. This most commonly is due to changes in the eye area. A man’s Read More…

The Energing Trend Of Stretched (Gauged) Earlobe Repair

The adornment of ears has been around since the dawn of civilization. Women and men have been putting all sorts of jewelry on ears from the top of the helix down to the earlobe. In what some may consider out of the ordinary or more extreme, the non-cartilaginous portion of the ear (earlobe) has even Read More…