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Plastic Surgery Case Study: Natural Breast Augmentation with Shaped Implants

Background: Breast augmentation is an operation whose effect is completely derived from the use of an implant. The push of the implant on the overlying breast tissue creates the size and to some degree the shape of the breast that results. While a women’s natural breast tissues do play a role in how the augmented Read More…

Old Age and Wound Healing in Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery today is done literally from head to toe and from the ages of soon after birth to octogenarians. Like never before older patients are undergoing non-surgical and surgical procedures for face and even body enhancements. When a plastic surgeon or a patient is considering surgery in these ‘advanced’ years it would seem Read More…

Technical Strategies – Muscle Resuspension in Vertical Chin Reduction

While a short chin is both common and easily treated by an implant or bony in most cases, the long or big chin is a much more challenging aesthetic issue. The tissue excess over the front end of the lower jaw makes its reduction fraught with problems of redundancy and potential tissue sag. Where does Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Calf Implants for Inner Lower Leg Reshaping

Background: One of the majn features of the lower leg is that of the calfs. The size of the calfs is due to its muscles which contribute to the shape of the leg below the knee. If they are well developed, the leg is seen as very muscular and athletic. If they are underdeveloped and Read More…

Implant Options for Deep Glabellar Wrinkles/Furrows

The most common cosmetic treatment of the glabellar region is that of Botox injections. By decreasing the effects of the procerus and corrugator muscles, the creation of vertical glabellar wrinkles or furrows is diminished. But Botox only treats dynamic dynamic wrinkling and will not change static wrinkles which represent the long term effects of unrestrained Read More…

Technical Strategies – Dermal-Fascial Suturing in Lower Buttock Lifts

There are numerous strategies to improving the shape of the buttocks of which the most popular is the Brazilian Butt Lift. (BBL) While this buttock augmentation method is called a lift, it really does not lift the buttocks at all. It fills out the buttocks to make it bigger or more round but is not Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Female Teenage Rhinoplasty

Background: With its central position on the face, it is no surprise that the nose is often a major focus of a teen’s attention. The constant exposure to social media, a developing self-image and peer pressure to be attractive and popular can have a teen preoccupied with their appearance. The nose can often become a Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Gummy Bear Breast Implants

Just about anyone considering silicone breast implants has heard the term ‘gummy bear’ breast implants. Some women even come in requesting this specific ‘type’ of breast implant. Besides the catchy name, what is the appeal of it? Gummy bear implants are made of a highly cohesive silicone gel which does not act like a liquid. Read More…

Technical Strategies – Fat Injections for the Bony Shoulder (Clavicular Knob)

Bony or skeletonized shoulders are when a hard prominence is clearly seen rising above the surrounding profile of the shoulders. This could be due to a lack of adequate muscle development of the deltoid and trapezius muscles. It can also be caused by a prominent acromioclavicular (AC) joint interface due to its natural development or Read More…

Sliding Genioplasty Modification for Jawline/Lower Facial Reshaping

In facial reshaping surgery, it is important to appreciate the differences between a Western vs an Asian type face. While a strong jawline is attractive by Western standards, a more narrow lower face that makes an oval or a v-line look is preferred. To achieve this Asian form of mandibular contouring surgery, various forms of Read More…