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Minimal Incision Chin Augmentation

Chin augmentation using synthetic materials is both the most historic facial implant procedure and still the most commonly done. This is evidenced in that chin implants have the largest number of styles and sizes commercially available of any facial implant manufactured today. Chin implants are inserted by incisions either from the inside of the mouth Read More…

Lifestyle Lift Company Suspends Business Operations

The Lifestyle Lift is a fairly well known cosmetic procedure due to extensive marketing and long-term branding efforts. It represents one of the few plastic surgery operations that has become ‘franchised’ and turned into a medical commodity of sorts. This is very different and much more difficult than what occurs with drugs and devices Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Helical Rim Earlobe Reduction

Background: The ear has the most complex shape of any facial feature with its many convolutions and ridges. But because it is on the side of the head, it is not scrutinized as easily that of the eyes, nose and lips. The size of the ear is often overlooked unless it has abnormally big or Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Webbed Neck Correction with Otoplasties

Background: The webbed neck deformity is a congenital skin fold disorder that runs along the sides of the neck to the shoulders. Known technically as the pterygium colli deformity, it is known to occur in a large number of medical conditions but the most common are the genetic conditions of Turner’s and Noonan syndrome as Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Temporal Browlifts with Lateral Canthopexies

Background: There are different types of browlifts that are done to help rejuvenate an aging eye area. The historic coronal browlift is done to lift up the entire brow arch through a long scalp incision way behind the hairline. An endoscopic browlift is performed using an endoscope through several small incisions just behind the hairline. Read More…

Treatment Of Permanent Injectable Filler Nodules By Microliposuction and Fat Injections

Injectable fillers are a very effective method of adding volume to facial wrinkles, folds and regional areas such as the cheeks. The most popular injectable fillers are made of hyaluronic acid materials which have the lowest incidence of complications as they are completely resorbable. Lumps and bumps may occur with their use due to overcorrection Read More…

Subfascial vs. Intramuscular Buttock Implants

The use of implants is one effective method for buttock augmentation. It is far surpassed by fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL) in number of buttock enhancements done, however, due to the appeal and usual availability of adequate fat to harvest to do the procedure. The exact numbers are not known but I would Read More…

Case Study – Lateral Canthopexies for Changing The Corner Of The Eye

Background: The shape of the eye has a significant impact on both facial appearance and expression. Its inner and outer shape is largely created by the overlying eyelids and how they come together and attach to the inside and outside of the orbital bones. The union of the upper and lower eyelids forms the inner Read More…

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Custom Skull Implants

Unlike facial implants, the use of skull implants for aesthetic head reshaping has a very short history. While the use of facial implants dates back more than five decades in plastic surgery, skull implants have been done for just a few years. It has not been that skull implants are radically different or more complex Read More…

Technical Strategies – Direct Fixation Method for High Tail Browlifts

Numerous browlift procedures exist to lift sagging brows and help rejuvenate an aging periorbital look. The success of most browlifts are based on a tissue release and a superior elevation of the sagging brows. Most techniques employ some form of fixation to the skull bone to hold the lifted forehead tissues as they heal. These Read More…