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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Submental Chin Reduction

Background: Chin augmentation is one of the most common facial reshaping procedures both historically and to the present day. While augmenting the chin is a straightforward procedure using a variety of implant shapes, management of the large chin (macrotia) is a completely different story. Not only is it less commonly needed but the procedure to Read More…

Fat Injections for Reducing the Appearance of Chin Dimples

Chin dimples appear as a central circular depression on the soft tissue chin pad. They are differentiated from chin clefts which are vertical depressions of variable depths in the lower central chin pad going down to the lower level of the chin bone. It is believed that chin dimples occur because of a soft tissue Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Tummy Tuck in Severely Stretched Out Abdomen

Background: Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common of all body contouring procedures and can create some dramatic waistline changes. The operation is designed to reverse some of the tissue expanding effects caused by pregnancies and/or weight loss. While it can be tremendously effective at this purpose, its main effects are largely limited Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Excision and Skin Grafting of Large Congenital Lip Nevus

Background: The congenital melanocytic nevus is one form of a mole that is present at birth. It occurs in about 1% of all births and occurs about 15% of the time on the face. It usually appears as a very distinct brown-colored lesion whose color is very homogenous. One of its distinct features is that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Vertical Breast Lifts with Implants

Background: Sagging of the breasts is a common result from pregnancies and weight loss. The loss of breast volume withdraws the support of the overlying breast skin leading to collapse of the breast mound. The breast mound then falls over the fixed inframammary fold creating a sagging breast appearance. The classification of breast sagging is Read More…

Successful Placement of Large Breast Implants

While there many important issues to consider in breast augmentation, the size of the implant is one that women spent the greatest amount of time pondering before surgery. There are a variety of implant sizing methods and they all have their merits, but the reality is that breast implant sizing is not an exact science. Read More…

Is Arnica Montana Effective in Rhinoplasty for Reducing Postoperative Bruising?

Bruising after certain elective facial procedures is very common and expected. While well tolerated by patients, given that they have no choice, any reduction of its extent and duration would be appreciated. Rhinoplasty is one of those facial procedures that is well known to cause considerable bruising when osteotomies (breaking of the nasal bones) are Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Rib Graft Cleft Rhinoplasty

Background: Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common congenital facial deformities. While much focus is on the lip, alveolus and palate, the nose is equally affected as well. While the nose may not be ‘clefted’, deformity underneath it causes a variety of septal, turbinate and nasal cartilage and bone structural alterations. Management Read More…

Aesthetic Outcomes of Facial Scar Revisions

Scar revision is an important technique and part of plastic surgery. Many traumatic and sometimes surgical scars do not heal as desired and may benefit from a scar revision procedure. While much ado is made of laser resurfacing of scars for improvement, the reality is that many poorly formed scars will benefit by actual excision Read More…

Misconceptions of the Buccal Lipectomy Procedure

One of the techniques to help create a thinner face is that of a buccal lipectomy procedure. Because it is the largest collection of encapsulated fat on the face and its extraction is a straightforward and uncomplicated procedure, it is an easy target when it comes to facial slimming efforts. Despite that the buccal lipectomy Read More…