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The Importance of Skin Elasticity in Liposuction

Liposuction is the ‘largest’ cosmetic procedure performed around the world if it is rated based on surface area alone. It is certainly by sheer numbers one of the top five aesthetic body procedures performed every year as shown by annual statistics. But the extent of the surface area it treats is what really distinguishes liposuction Read More…

The Use Of Aspirin and Coumadin in Facial Plastic Surgery

It is very common today for many people to be on some form of ‘blood thinning’ medication. Most commonly this is aspirin at 81mg per day as a preventative measure against cardiovascular disease and is used for its antiplatelet effect. Plavix (clopidogrel) also has an antiplatelet effect and is used to prevent heart attacks and Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Facial Reshaping by Buccal Lipectomies and Perioral Mound Liposuction

Background: The shape of the face is controlled by a variety of anatomic structures. Its foundation is influenced by the size and contour of the deeper facial bones, the thickness of the muscle and fat that lies above it and the amount and tightness of the overlying skin which envelopes it all. While everyone’s facial Read More…

Treatment Guidelines for Silicone OIl Facial Injections

The use of silicone oil for aesthetic facial injection treatments has a long and checkered history. Besides the fact that it is not FDA-approved for this type of treatment (can be used off label based on the physician’s discretion), the general perception amongst physicians is that it is unsafe and associated with a high rate Read More…

Technical Strategies – GalaFLEX Mesh Use In Breast Lift Surgery

Breast lift surgery has been around for almost a hundred years in a variety of different excisional patterns based on the amount of breast sagging. While the initial breast lift results can be very satisfying, many long-term results have lost some of that early luster. This is caused by the so called ‘bottoming out’ Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Hispanic Breast Augmentation Using Silicone Implants

Background: Breast augmentation continues to be popular amongst women of all ages and ethnicities. Amongst certain female patients that have more pigment in their skin, the risk of hypertrophic scarring or hyperpigmentation of the surrounding skin is a legitimate patient concern that may mar an otherwise excellent breast size enhancement. In the Hispanic female, their Read More…

Antibiotic Use in Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic facial procedures that has good success for both patient and surgeon alike. Like many facial procedures, it enjoys a very low infection rate largely due to the excellent blood supply of the facial tissues. This is somewhat surprising given that it is a ‘contaminated’ procedure with Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study- Tummy Tuck in Asian Female

Background: Tummy tucks are uniformly successful at reshaping the abdominal wall through the removal of excess skin and fat. While the amount of abdominal wall tightening is one criteria by which tummy tucks are judged, they are equally critiqued by the scars that are needed to create it. The fear of most tummy tuck patients Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Forehead Augmentation

Background: The forehead represents one third of the face and had a valuable role to play in facial aesthetics. Besides the length and width of the forehead, its other major aesthetic feature is its slope. (as most easily appreciated in the side view) This forehead feature is well known to be gender specific. Women have Read More…

Technical Strategies – Burring for Sagittal Ridge Skull Reduction

One of the most common of all aesthetic raised skull deformities is that of the sagittal ridge. As a result of the fusion of the midline sagittal suture, bone thickening can occur between the original anterior and posterior fontanelles. In its fullest expression such sagittal suture fusion becomes a craniosynostosis. But there are numerous smaller Read More…