Category: abdominoplasty | tummy tuck

Lower Seroma Rates With Drain-Free Tummy Tucks

While tummy tucks have always been used to recontour the post-pregnancy body, they have grown in popularity over the past decade due to increased use of weight loss methods. (e.g., bariatric surgery) While it is major body surgery, it is tremendously effective at removing loose skin and fat from the abdomen and major complications Read More…

Case Study: Corner of the Mouth Lifts for the Frowning Face

Background: Aging affects all facial structures, particularly those around sphincters or apertures such as the eye. Changes around the eye are commonly perceived because they are so visible and are part of every human conversation. But just like the eye, the mouth also ages in very characteristic ways. Lines, wrinkles and thinning lips are Read More…

Devices-Assisted and Device-Dependent Plastic Surgery and the Risk of Revisional Surgery

Plastic surgery, like every other surgical specialty, relies on medical devices to create their desired results. In many ways, plastic surgery is a device-driven specialty as instruments and implants make possible many of its most well-known operations. One could argue that the hands of the plastic surgeon and their skill and experience who uses Read More…

The Risk of Loss of Nipple Sensation after Breast Augmentation

While breast augmentation is largely about altering the size and shape of the breasts, there are other aspects of the procedure that are of interest. While women want many certain aspects of their breasts to change after surgery, feeling and function of the nipple-areolar complex is not one of them. While some women don’t Read More…

Blepharoplasty Complications And Their Treatment

Blepharoplasty, or eyelid tucks or lifts, are one of the most common anti-aging facial plastic surgery procedures. Everyone will eventually develop the classic signs of aging around the eyes including excess skin, fat protrusions and wrinkles. Because one’s eyes are focused on in everyday conversation and in photographs, the desire and frequency of different blepharoplasty Read More…

Secondary Correction Of Liposuction Deformities

Liposuction is one of the most common cosmetic surgeries performed and, by far and away, the largest procedure in body surface areas treated. Despite its wide usage and high-tech tools and devices available to perform the procedure, there is a significant occurrence of cosmetic complications (contour asymmetries and skin irregularities) and the need for Read More…

The Discovery of a Glass Chin Implant

The term, glass chin, has been around for a long time. It is typically used in combat sports, such as boxing and martial arts, to describe a fighter who is susceptible to being knocked out or hurt by a punch to the front part of their jaw. Since the chin is a protruding facial structure Read More…

The Many Names Of Facelift Surgery

A facelift procedure is the operation for reshaping one’s aging jowls and neck. It is a confusing name because so many people associate it with changes in facial areas above the jawline which it largely does not do. But the confusion about facelifts today has become even more exaggerated with the plethora of names Read More…

The Prevalence of Body Contouring After Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery in the United States had grown considerably in the past decade. There are now over 200,000 bariatric surgeries performed each year consisting mainly of either a bypass or lapband procedure. Bariatric centers are located in every major city and I can count at least four major bariatric centers in Indianapolis alone. Read More…

Topical Botulinum Toxin Gel Under Study

Botox remains a popular and effective method of reducing unwanted facial expressions and wrinkles. While it is a highly desired aesthetic treatment, it must be introduced by needle injection and in a doctor’s office or a medical facility. While the injections are not extremely uncomfortable, if there was a way to avoid needles into the Read More…