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Case Study: Sliding Genioplasty and Chin Narrowing

Background: The sliding genioplasty is a powerful changer of chin shape that dates back to its first description in the early 1940s. It is not used nearly as often as a chin implant due to being a more invasive procedure that requires greater technical expertise and experience to perform. But it historically offers the advantages Read More…

Case Study: Juvederm Voluma Injections for Chin Augmentation

Background: Injectable fillers along with Botox has revolutionized facial rejuvenation. While often confused from the public’s perspective, injectable fillers are used for soft tissue enhancement such as softening nasolabial folds and enlarging lips. But as the number and types of injectable fillers has grown over the past decade, their uses has been expanded to include Read More…

The PDS Plate in Septorhinoplasty Surgery

One of the hardest nasal problems to correct in rhinoplasty is the deviated or twisted nose. A major contributor to an asymmetric external nose is the septum, the ‘tentpole’ of support for the external cartilage and bone that gives the nose its outward shape. Straightening the septum as a nose realignment technique is well known Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Corner of Mouth Lifts with Perioral Mound Liposuction

Background: All areas of the face eventually show the signs of aging. But the mouth area in women is affected more by aging than that seen in men and is affected by sagging, thinning and wrinkling. The once fuller lips of youth give way to thinner lips with less vermilion show and vertical lip lines. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Function of Eyebrows

Why do we have eyebrows? They initially seem to have no specific purpose. They are just a clump of short hairs coming our of the skin over the brow bones which create a wide variety of eyebrow shapes. While their biologic purpose may be perplexing, their aesthetic value can not be debated. They are plucked, Read More…

Effect of Depressor Septi Muscle Resection on Upper Lip Length

The nose can have many shapes and they are most commonly perceived from a static standpoint. Since the nose is usually thought of as having a stable shape, it is not often seen as having a change in shape with dynamic facial motion. But the smiling deformity of the nose is well known with the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Supraorbital Nerve Repair by Interpositional Grafting

Background: The frontal nerve of the forehead is better known as the supraorbital nerve. It is the terminal branch of first division of the trigeminal or fifth cranial. Like the rest of the trigeminal nerve, it is responsible for supplying sensation or feeling to its distribution. For the supraorbital nerve, this means feeling to the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Fat Cell Biology

Other than skin, fat is the most commonly manipulated tissue by plastic surgeons. Most people think of fat removal by liposuction when they think of plastic surgery by fat transplantation by injection is becoming increasingly popular. But when fat cells are removed or transplanted the questions are whether they will come back or do they Read More…

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Mommy Makeover Surgery

Mommy makeovers are one of the most common and recognized combination body contouring procedures done today. The dual approach of breast and abdominal reshaping to remake a woman’s body after the negative contour and skin effects of pregnancy allows many women to regain self-confidence and get back closer to the body they once had. For Read More…

A Study of the MACS Facelift

Facelifts come in many variations and names and, while many are very similar in their surgical technique, others are distinctly different by more than just their name. One such category of facelifts has been that of a family of scaled down versions from more traditional full or extended facelifts known as ‘limited facelifts’. These type Read More…