Category: plastic surgery

Board-Certification in Plastic Surgery

Board-Certification in Plastic Surgery: Who has it and What does it mean? When one is considering plastic surgery, whether it be cosmetic or reconstructive, one of the first questions that patients have been advised to ask is……is my surgeon board-certified? Despite knowing to ask this question, most patients have no idea what it means Read More…

Eyebrow Hair Restoration by Transplants

Hair Restoration for the Thinned or Absent Eyebrow I used to see one or two patients a year who had lost their eyebrows due to an accident such a burn injury or an avulsion from a motor vehicle accident. While these still do occur, I am now seeing more patients that have very thin eyebrows Read More…

Eyelid Lift Surgery – Small Change, Big Impact

EYELID SURGERY – Best Facial Rejuvenation Value for most Patients Although eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) treats only a small area of the face, it has a dramatic impact on facial appearance. Dollar for dollar, blepharoplasty surgery has the best value of almost any facial plastic surgery due to the way we humans interact, eye to Read More…

LipoDissolve – An Alternative to Liposuction?

LipoDissolve……Lose Fat Without Surgery? LipoDissolve® is a fat treatment utilizing a combination of naturally occurring compounds administered through a series of micro-injections. LipoDissolve injections reduce the size of localized fat deposits and is an excellent non-surgical alternative for those patients seeking minimally invasive techniques to improve body contour. It is not a treatment for Read More…

Musculoskeletal Pain Relief from Breast Reduction Surgery

BREAST REDUCTION: PAIN RELIEF AT ANY SIZE It has long been know to plastic surgeons that reducing the size of large heavy breasts results in improvement in back, neck and shoulder pain. Unfortunately, health insurances often disagree and have historically placed an arbitrary amount of breast tissue that must be removed to be eligible for Read More…

Threadlift Facelifting – Hype or Hope?

The ThreadLift has received a lot of national attention lately on regional and local news and talk shows as an alternative to traditional facelifting. In this procedure, surgical threads are placed under the skin from the scalp down to sagging brows, cheeks, and jowls. Tightening the threads lifts the sags and bags caused by facial Read More…

Bariatric Plastic Surgery in Indianapolis

You Did It! Losing a lot of weight is the beginning of a new life. When you still have folds of loose skin left over, however, your body may be smaller but not be any more pleasing than before your bariatric surgery. Because of the loose skin, you may still feel inadequate and embarrassed. Fortunately, Read More…

Injectable Facial Fillers

INJECTABLE FILLERS – Many Types, Different Uses Up until 2002, only one type of facial line and wrinkle filler was available – injectable collagen derived from cow proteins. While it lasted only a few months, due to its animal origins, it was the only treatment option available. Since 2002, six (6) new injectable fillers have Read More…

Different Types of Facelifts

FACELIFTS – MATCHING THE OPERATION TO ONE’S AGE A facelift, medically known as a rhytidectomy, is a powerful cosmetic operation that can dramatically improve sagging jowls and necks. Despite the popularity today of many non-surgical facial rejuvenation methods, more facelifts are done today than ever before. Yet there remains two basic misunderstandings about the facelift Read More…

A Natural Rhinoplasty Result

IMPROVED RHINOPLASTY – MORE NATURAL, BETTER SHAPE Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping surgery, nose job) can decrease the size and shape of the nose, narrow the nostrils, and make the tip more refined and uplifted. Most commonly, it is performed to remove a hump on the bridge of the nose or to make the tip of the Read More…