Blog

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Sliding Geniopasty with Indwelling Chin Implant

Background: Horizontal chin augmentation can be done using either a synthetic chin implant or a sliding genioplasty. There are advantages and disadvantages with either approach and they must be considered in an individual patient basis. The decision in any patient ultimately depends on their perception of an alloplastic vs. an autogenous approach, the risks of Read More…

Need Plastic Surgery Help For A Physical Deformity?

Are you, a loved one or a family member suffering from a physical deformity that is seriously affecting the quality of your life? Such physical deformities can occur from birth defects, traumatic injuries (e.g., burns, motor vehicle accidents, domestic violence, work-related injuries) or surgery for different types of tumor removals. These events can have severe Read More…

Kybella Injections for the Treatment of Double Chins

In clinical trials for years as an injectable fat reduction treatment, ATX101 has finally received formal FDA approval. Now known as Kybella from Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, medical grade deoxycholic acid has been approved to treat double chins. Specifically it is intended to create an improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe submental fullness in Read More…

Revisional Nasal Implant Surgery

Certain types of rhinoplasty surgery requires considerable augmentation to achieve its aesthetic effects. This is most commonly seen in the need for bridge or dorsal line augmentation but can extend to include the tip as well. This is most frequent in ethnic Asian or African-American rhinoplasties but can be needed in other nasal shape conditions Read More…

Case Study – Secondary Brow Bone Reconstruction with Cranial Bone Grafts

Background: Most frontal sinus problems can be successfully managed with an endoscopic approach. But if frontal sinus drainage can not be successfully established, an open approach for its treatment may be needed to eliminate the entire frontal sinus.. The osteplastic bone flap approach for frontal sinus obliteration has been around for a long time to Read More…

Techniques in Endoscopic Browlift Forehead Rejuvenation

The upper third of the face, which is composed of the skin bearing forehead and the hair bearing brows, is major aesthetic unit of the face. Like the rest of the face below it, it is equally exposed to changes caused by aging such as the development of horizontal wrinkles and a lowering of the Read More…

Case Study – Breast Rejuvenation in Older Women with Implants

Background: The demand for breast implants has not waned in women over the past several decades. This is a testament to the success of the procedure in accomplishing its single goal…effective breast enlargement. The devices used to accomplish this body contouring goal have been modified and improved over the years, and are not without their Read More…

Small Sagittal Skull Implants

While the skull is often envisioned as a perfectly smooth oval shape, it often isn’t. Due to how the cranial sutures fuse and intervening bones form, the surface of the skull is often irregular. Such irregularities often occur along the suture lines due to their early activity during development and closure right after birth. They Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Golden Ratio

The search for what makes a face beautiful or attractive goes back hundreds if not thousands of years. Long before the possibilities of plastic surgery were even remotely envisioned, painters and sculptors used mathematical numbers and rations to create their works. Numerous contemporary studies have both qualified and quantified ‘beauty’ and have been able to Read More…

Subfascial vs. Intramuscular Buttock Implants

Buttock augmentation has gained tremendous popularity as a surgical procedure in just the past decade. This has largely been due to the use of fat injections for buttock augmentation, an approach that offers a diametric effect with enlargement of one body area (injection site) and reduction of many other body areas (liposuction harvest) during the Read More…