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Surgical Techniques for Pectoral Implants

Pectoral implants are the male equivalent of breast implants for women. The fundamental difference is that pectoral implants are a muscle enhancing procedure while breast implants are a non-muscular soft tissue (breast mound) enhancing procedure. These anatomic differences make for subtle but significant differences in the surgical technique in how the implants are placed. Pectoral Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Upper and Lower Lip Reduction

Background: Aesthetic lip changes are largely about augmentation and are accomplished by using injectable fillers. Hundreds of thousands of such lip injections are done each year around the world. The opposite of lip augmentation, lip reduction is done in far fewer numbers. While the exact numbers of lip reduction are not known, it is probably Read More…

Lower Eyelid Incisional Placement of Custom Infraorbital Malar Implants

Deficiences of the infraorbital rim and cheek often appear as under eye hollows. The most common treatments are either synthetic injectable fillers or fat injections for this type of periorbital recession. While effective in many cases, injections may not be permanent or create a uniform appearance. For those patients that seek a permanent solution with Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Silver Rhinoplasty

Background: Many anti-aging facial procedures are done in middle aged patients or older. Whether it be a facelift or blepharoplasties, it take some aging to need these procedures to help turn back the clock. But when it comes to rhinoplasty, it is usually the opposite. This facial restructuring procedure is often done in younger Read More…

Diced Rib Graft Rhinoplasty and Rectus Fascia Wrap

Reconstruction of the dorsum or bridge of the nose is one of the important areas of a good looking nose. Where it is needed for aesthetic augmentation of a congenitally flatter nose or in secondary reconstruction where the dorsum has become resected or flattened, rhinoplasty requires a graft or implant. An autogenous graft of cartilage Read More…

The Type I Facelift

When people think of facelift surgery, they usually envision an extensive and a one procedure fits all type of operation. But the reality is that not all patients have the same type of facelifting procedure as facial aging affects different ages and people in various degrees. Because of these variable age-related effects, facelifts can be Read More…

Facelift Incision Planning

Incision planning and execution is one of the most overlooked aspects of facelift surgery. While patients may get caught up in the details of whether and how the SMAS is manipulated, for example, facelift incisions actually are more crucial to a successful outcome and the long term satisfaction from a facelift. Visible scars or changes Read More…

Concepts of Facelift Surgery

The natural looking facelift result is the most important goal to most patients that consider or undergo the procedure. Few patients want to look like they have had a facelift or look excessively pulled. (windswept look) Patients desire to set the clock back so to speak and look like a more youthful version of themselves. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know – Mondor’s Cord

A Mondor’s cord is a painful and hardened ridge which may appear weeks after breast augmentation surgery emanating downward from the lower breast crease. (if an inframammary incision was used) It may also develop in the upper arm if a transaxillary breast augmentation technique was used. This is not a complication of breast augmentation surgery Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Double Eyelid Surgery for Indistinct Creases

Background: Double eyelid surgery is one of the most common Asian facial surgeries. Many Asian upper eyelids do not have an upper eyelid crease and can be seen as a single or monolid. (single eyelid) This specific Asian blepharoplasty procedure is to create an upper eyelid crease that is very distinct, hence making visibly apparent Read More…