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Case Study: Buttock Augmentation With Fat Injections (Brazilian Butt Lift)

  Background:  Buttock enhancement has become a popular body contouring procedure in the past decade. Influenced by a growing multicultural population mix and the influence of pop culture and social media, the desire for rounder and fuller buttocks is growing. The typical patient is either African-American or Hispanic where the shape of the buttocks is Read More…

Facial Implants: Avoiding and Managing Their Complications

  Facial implants are an effective method of creating specific areas of volume augmentation as well as providing bony highlights and improving facial symmetry. Over the past two decades, the available options in facial implants has expanded tremendously and more patients who undergo cosmetic facial surgery are receiving implants than ever before. With such widespread Read More…

Neck Rejuvenation with Liposuction vs. Submentoplasty

A lower facelift, technically a neck-jowl lift, is the standard approach for improving an aging neck or an obtuse cervicomental angle. This has been historically true but as the average age of people seeking neck and jawline improvement continues to lower, some altered approaches are needed. Younger people do not want a ‘facelift’or an extensive Read More…

A New Shaped Implant for the Treatment of Temporal Hollowing

  The temporal region of the face, technically the side of the head, occupies an often overlooked aesthetic area. It is bounded superiorly by the anterior temporal line of the forehead, anteriorly by the lateral edge of the bony brow and eye socket, inferiorly by the zygomatic arch and posteriorly by an indistinct margin in Read More…

Product Review: LaViv Fibroblast Cell Injections

  The number of available injectable filler options has grown exponentially since the first non-collagen based products became available in 2002. Since then more than a dozen new variations of fillers has appeared, most of which are derivatives of hyaluron-based materials. All of these injectable materials have a limited duration of effectiveness because they are Read More…

Case Study: Combining Rhinoplasty and Subnasal Lip Lift

  Background:Rhinoplasty is a structure-changing operation that draws considerable attention to the patient’s midface. Most rhinoplasties today are done through an open approach which requires a small horizontal incision in the middle of the columella. This scar heals very well due to the superb blood supply surrounding the columella with inflow from the septal mucosa Read More…

Synthetic Injectable Fillers vs. Fat For Soft Tissue Facial Augmentation

  The concept of injectable soft tissue fillers/augmentation has evolved dramatically over the past ten years. Besides the near continuous introduction of commercially-produced synthetic injectable fillers, using one’s own fat has also become mainstream. Although injectable fat grafting is far from perfect, it continues to become refined and more dependable. Sometimes patients are understandably confused Read More…

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