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An Anatomic Study of Botox Injections For Drooping Mouth Corners

Botox can be used for a wide variety of facial deanimation purposes that has aesthetic benefits. By far the most common facial area that is treated by Botox injections because of its undesireable wrinkles and furrows created by excessive muscle activity is the forehead. A far less common area is that on the south Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Liposuction for Congenital Flank Lipodystrophy

Background: The vast majority of the human population will collect fat in face and body areas that they don’t want. While aesthetically undesireable, it is normal and expected for most people. Plastic surgeons will usually call these fat collections, typically around the waistline, as lipodystrophy. Such a term suggests a medical condition defined by abnormal Read More…

Combining Facelift, Cheek Implants and Laser Resurfacing for Total Facial Rejuvenation

When most people think of facial rejuvenation undertandably the thought a facelift emerges. But contrary to popular perception, a facelift only addresses the lower third of the face. While smoothing out the neck and the jawline provides a youthful improvement, it does not address the middle of the face. Even if it could pulling the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Bimaxillary Advancement for Sleep Apnea and Improved Facial Profile

Background: Sleep apnea, specifically called OSA or obstructive sleep apnea, can be a limiting condition that adverses affects one’s daytime life. This is evident by excessive daytime drowsiness and problems in concentrating and memory loss. The causes of sleep apnea have been well documented and can involve multiple sites along the nasopharyngeal airway passages for Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – The Revisional Surgery Patient (The Cautious Consumer)

The need for revisional procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery is not rare. The exact number or percentage of time this need arises can not be precisely determined as each cosmetic procedure and patient are unique. But if one had to choose an average number, all factors considered, the number that would be around 15%. Understand Read More…

Repair of the Large Gauged Earlobe

Gauging the earlobe through sequential expansion devices seems relatively new, but it is a custom in some cultures that dates back well into antiquity. It is the earliest form of tissue expansion and proves that even the smallest body structure can be modified by simple pressure. While it is a fashion statement for some Read More…

Dermal-Fat Grafts in Coccydynia

The tail bone is well known bony structure at the end of the spine. Known as the coccyx (Greek word for cuckoo), it gets its name due its beak-like appearance due to the bend in the fused vertebrae which make up its bony length. It usually is convex on the back side and concave on Read More…

Technical Strategies – Softer Testicle Implants

The purpose of any body implant is to replicate what is missing or deficient in size or volume. Most of the time this is done for muscle augmentation for most body implants with the exception of the breast. The other lone exception is that of the male testicle. Testicle implants are designed to replace a Read More…

Celebrity Plastic Surgery – Changing The Face of The Familiar

Celebrities undergoing plastic surgery is certainly not new whether they own up to it or not. Any slight change in their well known faces or bodies is subject to immediate scrutiny and speculation. Most of the time the criticism of these changes is rarely complementary as what was once familiar is now different. Such is Read More…

Body Contouring After Bariatric Surgery Maintains Weight Loss

The benefits of bariatric surgery are well known and weight losses of 100lbs or more are not uncommon. While the weight loss has tremendous medical and functional benefits, patients often do not necessarily feel better about their body. Once deflated by the weight loss the excess skin results in extensive skin excesses and rolls. Read More…