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Spot Cranioplasty for Skull Dents and Dimples

The skull has a wide variability of external shapes and no two people have exactly the same looking head. But most of the time these skull shapes share one consistent feature…they are usually smooth. The outer bony surface has a relatively smooth convex surface which translates into a smooth feeling scalp on the outside. This Read More…

Botox Injections for Keloid Scars

Keloids represent the extreme of scar problems. As a tissue overgrowth response to an injury, and often progressive and unremitting, keloids are a true pathologic scar problem. Besides being an overly obvious scar problem, it is also highly refractory to conventional scar therapies. While many strategies have been used for difficult keloids after excision Read More…

Injectable Fillers for Rhinoplasty Contour Deformities

Rhinoplasty is a well known reshaping operation of the nose with a long history and a large number of techniques to accomplish these changes. Despite the many rhinoplasty techniques and a lot of experience in performing them, there is always the risk that some irregularity or asymmetry will develop after surgery. While many of these Read More…

Ear Pointing and Ear Elf Surgery

It is not rare that a patient will request to see if some face or body feature they have can be changed to look more like that possessed by a certain celebrity. Whether it be a nose, jawline, breasts or buttocks, the shape of the famous has always motivated others to seek the same. But Read More…

Case Study: Upper Lip Labial Artery Aneurysm

Background: Aneurysms of blood vessels can be either true (often caused by atherosclerosis and involving all three components of the arterial wall) or false. (often caused by trauma and involving just a portion of the arterial wall) Most arterial aneurysms are perceived as involving large vessels (e.g., aorta) but they can involve any vessel small Read More…

Voluma Injectable Filler for Midface Enhancement

The one area of the face, besides the lip and nasolabial folds, that injectable fillers can provide a real rejuvenative effect is in the midface specifically the cheeks. While injectable fillers have been used for decades all over the face, their extensive and widespread use for facial voluminization is relatively new. A wide variety of Read More…

Implants for Thigh Augmentation

Muscle wasting of the upper thigh can be the result of a number of different medical problems. Thigh muscle shrinking can occur from lack of use, severe weight loss and malnutrition or can be the result of a nerve injury from trauma or other neurologic disorders. One cause of thigh muscle wasting can be from Read More…

Five Things You May Not Know About Botox

Botox is the trade name of the first commercially available preparation of botulinum toxin A (BTN-A). It is the miracle drug in aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery and neurology. Botox is so popular in aesthetic medicine because it predictably works each and every time. It is a medication in the real pharmacological sense of the Read More…

The Challenges of Teenage Plastic Surgery

Aesthetic plastic surgery in minors (under the age of 18), also called teenage plastic surgery, has its own unique set of challenges. Many plastic surgeons perform procedures on minors as attested to the over 75,000 operations reported by the members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 2012. The most common procedures for teenagers Read More…

The Chemical Differences Between The Hyaluronic Acid-Based Injectable Fillers

With so many different hyaluronic acid-based (HA) injectable filler available for clinical use, how does one choose between them? HA fillers are different and knowing their chemistry is what makes for the subtle differences in their physical properties. (and for differing products from various manufacturers beside their brand names) HAs are clear gel of Read More…