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Plastic Surgery Products: SERI Silk Scaffold for Soft Tissue Support

SERI silk surgical scaffold is a knitted, multifilament bioresorbable bioprotein-based scaffold. It is derived from silk that has been purified to yield very pure fibroin. It is tear resistant, holds sutures well and can be cut to any shape. It provides immediate mechanical stability across a tissue defect due to its inherent strength and Read More…

Fat Injections for Lower Eyelid Retraction

The use of fat for soft tissue augmentation and in various reconstructive problems is now widely used. While it may not always survive as well as often as would be desired, and occasionally survives and grows too well, its easy accessibility and introduction into tissues lends itself to broad applications. One of the now very Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Assessing ‘Small’ Aesthetic Surgery Outcomes

Assessment of after surgery results is understandably a big focus for plastic surgery patients. They are often quick after surgery to begin observing the details of their results, comparing sides and noting any differences from what they may have expected before surgery. A big part of presurgical counseling/education before plastic surgery is controlling the speed Read More…

E-Cigarettes and Plastic Surgery

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) have increased dramatically in awareness and use over the past few years. In plastic surgery, just like in the rest of the society, we are seeing an increasing number of patients presenting in consultations or for surgery who use them. The number still pales in comparison to patients who use tobacco-based cigarettes Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Teen Rhinoplasty

Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery operations in teenagers. While the basics techniques of nasal reshaping in teen rhinoplasty are no different than that in adults, there are numerous unique aspects to it that influence its timing and potential interpretation of the results. Teen rhinoplasty is usually very seasonal, with teenagers Read More…

New Paranasal Implant Design for Midface Augmentation

Of all the commercially available facial implants, one of the most obscure and least commonly used is that of the paranasal implant. Augmenting the base of the nose is historically associated with rhinoplasty surgery in an effort to add overall projection to the base of the nose. It was initially seen as a nose augmentation Read More…

Real Self 100 – Dr. Barry Eppley

Real Self is one of the internet’s top sites for patient information on cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures. If you are looking to have any face or body cosmetic surgery, Real Self is a great consumer website that is very much a social network for those who want have a procedure done or are looking Read More…

Aesthetic Reduction of Head Width by Temporalis Muscle Resection

Head shape is an aesthetic feature that is often overlooked or disregarded…unless one has a head shape that they do not like. While the shape of the head does usually play second fiddle to the shape of one’s face, they are inter related and the appearance of one can affect the other. Many assume that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Restylane Silk

With over a dozen injectable fillers on the aesthetic facial market in the U.S, and new ones appearing annually, a news release that another injectable filler product or indication has been approved is not revolutionary. Such is the case today as the Food and Drug Administration has given clearance for Restylane Silk injectable filler Read More…

Plastic Surgery and Creating the Attractive Face

Every elective cosmetic facial procedure that a plastic surgeon does is to create a more beautiful or attractive face. Many patients that undergo aesthetic facial plastic surgery today have a very clear idea in their mind as to what deficiency they have and what procedures they think will give them the improvement they are seeking. Read More…