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Simultaneous Stahl’s Ear and Constricted Ear Corrections

There are numerous types of congenital ear deformities. The constricted ear represents a tightness of the ear like a cinch around the outer helix of the ear which makes it smaller and often folded somewhat onto itself. The Stahl’s ear deformity, also known as a Vulcan or Spock ear, has a cartilage fold that can Read More…

Five Facts About Pectoral Implants

Unlike facial implants, the use of body implants (excluding breast implants) has a much shorter surgical history. While the use of facial implants dates back more than five decades in plastic surgery, body implants have been done for less than two decades and in numbers that are just a fraction of that of face or Read More…

The Role of The Buccal Lipectomy in Facial Reshaping

The buccal fat pad is most commonly known because of the aesthetic buccal lipectomy procedure. Its historic significance is in what it creates when it is removed…a facial thinning effect. It is the one facial defatting procedure that is easy to do, effective and permanent. It is not a facial liposuction procedure, as is commonly Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Breast Implants with Periareolar Lift

Background: Loss of breast volume is very common amongst women usually caused by pregnancies or weight loss. As the breast deflates sagging of the breast mound often occurs. As long as the nipple remains positioned at or above the inframammary fold (lower breast crease) augmentation with breast implants will adequately fill up and out the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Sagittal Ridge Skull Reshaping

Background: While the skull is often perceived as just a large round homogenous surface, it is actually made up of various regions or aesthetic units. These units arise from the various plates and suture lines from which the skull is embryologically and developmentally formed. Each of these skull areas can be prone to surface contour Read More…

Exils and Vanquish Combination Treatments for Skin Tightening and Fat Reduction

There are numerous non-invasive no downtime body contouring procedures for skin tightening and fat reduction specifically. One of these technological approaches is that offered by BTL Aesthetics. They offer plastic surgeons two-energy driven devices that work together to produce the best outcome without patient discomfort or recovery. These two devices include the Exilis and Vanquish. Read More…

Avoiding Fat Emboli in Fat Injection Buttock Augmentation

Buttock enlargement by fat injections (aka the Brazilian Butt Lift) is the most popular method for this procedure. The dual benefit of the body contouring effect from the liposuction harvest to obtain the fat needed for injection is one of its most appealing attributes besides its non-implant method. But it is not a complication Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Muscle Reduction Reduces Migraine Headaches

Background: There are a wide variety of types of headaches of which migraines make up some of the most disabling. While the exact cause of many migraine headaches is not precisely known, certain types of migraines are known to occur from peripheral compression of certain cranial nerves. This has led to a variety of injectable Read More…

Case Study: Large Breast Implants in Smaller Women

Background: The size of breast implants selected for any woman’s breast augmentation is usually a hybrid between the patient’s desire and the surgeon’s recommendations. Many women are heavily focused on a natural look and fear looking like they have had their breasts ‘done’. They talk about being proportionate and having a new breast size that Read More…

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in Fat Grafting

Fat grafting is one of the great innovations in plastic surgery of the past decade as a stand alone procedure or as a complement to many other plastic surgery procedures. As a natural graft material with usually good availability, it is an unrivaled aesthetic and reconstructive soft tissue reconstruction method. But despite its many Read More…