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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Natural Contour Buttock Implants

Background: Buttock augmentation is most commonly done by fat injections. But when not enough fat is available for transfer, buttock implants must be used. While buttock implants have an historic mixed reputation when done by surgeons experienced in doing them and with intramuscular placement, they have a good success rate with a low incidence of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Four-Piece Total Jawline Augmentation

Background: The desire for a more pronounced and visible lower jawline exists in both men and women. The surgical methods to do so are more commonly requested by men particularly when it comes to a substantially larger jawline change. Making a jawline more evident focuses on increasing the size and shape at its ‘corners’, that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Skull Cap Implant for Increased Height and Convexity

Background: Flat or deficient areas of the skull are reasons for aesthetic head shape concerns. The most common areas of head shape deficiences is on the back of the head as well as the crown of the head. Men and women are equally concerned when the back of their head is very flat. Deficiencies in Read More…

Power-Assisted Fat Injection Buttock Augmentation (Brazilian Butt Lift)

Buttock augmentation by fat injections, more commonly known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), has become widely popular over the past decade. The simultaneous body contouring by a liposuction fat harvest and the use of the fat for buttock augmentation offers a dual body contouring benefit. Compared with the use of buttock implants, a fat Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Breast Implants and Tattoos

Background: Placing implants to increase breast size is the most common surgical method of breast enhancement. The most common non-surgical method of breast enhancement are tattoos. When it comes to breast tattoos, there is an endless variety of patterns, sizes and colors. From words to images to some incredible artistic patterns, breast tattoos are as Read More…

Hand Rejuvenation by Fat Injections

Aging affects every structure of the body and the hands are no exception. Age-related changes to the hands have been well described and includes thinning of the skin, brown spots and wrinkles and visible skeletonization with prominent veins, tendon and bone structures. Loss of fat volume is one of the key features in hand aging Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Subnasal Lip Lift and Mouth Widening Surgery

Background: A full upper lip and a broad smile are several mouth features that are associated with youth and attractiveness. While there are a variety of lip enhancement procedures, the lip lift represents just a minority of the cosmetic lip procedures done. Its largely hidden subnasal scar location and the visible upper lip shortening effect Read More…

The Preperiosteal Cheeklift

Rejuvenation of the aging lower face is done well by classic facelift techniques. And rejuvenation of the upper face is also done well by traditional browlift and blepharoplasty surgery. But the intervening middle of the face, the cheek area, is far more difficult to treat with surgical rejuvenation methods due to surgical access and the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Subnasal Lip Lift

Background: There are a variety of upper lip enhancement procedures from injectable fillers to lifts. By far lip lifts represent just a minority of cosmetic lip procedures done and, as a result, is a frequently misunderstood operation. A subnasal lip lift can be confused with a lower lip advancement because they are both excisional procedures. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Humor – The Redistribution Effect

Part of many procedures in plastic surgery create a redistribution effect. For example a facelift relocates sagging tissues from the jowls and neck and moves them back up into a better place. Rhinoplasty takes down a hump and lifts up a low tip. A Mommy Makeover makes the breasts bigger and perkier with tightening and Read More…