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Midface Lift Through A Lower Blepharoplasty Approach

Aging presents in various ways at different facial areas. It usually affects the eye area first through the development of wrinkles, loose skin and herniated lower eyelid fat. Eventually the aging process extends down onto the cheek with the weight of the lower eyelid creating a clear demarcation between the eyelid and the cheek known Read More…

The Dual Chambered Design of the Ideal Breast Implant

Historically the choice for women considering breast augmentation were either saline or silicone devices. These very contrasting breast implants choices have very well known advantages and disadvantages. Saline breast implants offer the most economical approach to the procedure with aesthetic device issues such as rippling, an unnatural feel in some patients and the risk of Read More…

Custom Sternal Implants for Lower Breast Bone Concavities

The sternum, often referred to as the breastbone, is a long bone running down the middle of the chest. It connects to the ribs through a cartilaginous connection. The most common aesthetic deformity of the sternum is pectus excavatum. This is where the sternum and, to some degree, the attached ribs grow abnormally inward. This Read More…

Extended Temporal Implants for More Superior Correction of Temporal Hollowing

Temporal implants are becoming a permanent treatment option for temporal hollowing. They offer a simple surgical solution using ultra soft solid silicone implants placed in the subfascial location through a small incision behind the temporal hairline. They have proven to be more than capable of creating an adequate temporal augmentation effect, equating to over 2mls Read More…

Concepts of Transgender Breast Augmentation

As transgender plastic surgery becomes more prevalent, the number of patients seeking such face and body transformations are steadily increasing in number. In the male to female transgender patient, facial feminization surgeries and body enhancements of the breasts and buttocks are the mainstays of the physical metamorphosis. In considering breast augmentation, there are initial obvious Read More…

Concepts in Female Forehead Augmentation

  There are numerous gender differences in the shape of the female and the male face and the forehead is no exception. In fact the forehead can be one of the most significant gender markers. This is seen in the prominence of the brow bone in men and the suprabrow bone break that women don’t Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Macrotia Reduction for Vertically Long Ears

Background: The most common aesthetic ear procedure is that of ear pinning. Known technically as otoplasty, the protruding ear is reshaped and sutured (pinned) back so that it aligns better with the side of the head. This traditional aesthetic ear procedure relies on cartilage manipulation/folding rather than actual tissue removal. Its effects are created by Read More…

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…

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