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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…

Facelift Approach in the HIV-Positive Patient

Facelift surgery is performed on a wide variety of patients, regardless of age, gender, race or medical condition. There are nuances in facelift surgery for all of these differing patient considerations that can alter the technique and the tissues manipulated to optimize outcomes. The greatest nuances amongst facelift techniques is in what tissues below the Read More…

Case Study: Transgender Tracheal Shave

Background: The bulge in the center of just about any neck is the result of the laryngeal prominences. These are two large plates of paired cartilages who have a primary function to provide protection of the very important vocal cords from injury The size or prominence of these cartilages is highly influenced by hormones which Read More…

Case Study: The Pretrichial Browlift for Forehead Rejuvenation

Background: Aging of the face affects all structures but none are more noticeable, both early and late in the process, than that of what occurs around the eyes. One of those changes is a sag or lowering of the eyebrows. Due to frequent motion of the muscles which often pulls them down and the long-term Read More…

Liposuction and the Fat Redistribution Effect

Despite the common performance of liposuction as part of many body contouring procedures, the long-term consequences of its effects on the body are not well understood. Various studies have indicated that liposuction can cause breast and upper body enlargement due to fat reaccumulation. Such findings fall in line with what is known as the Read More…

The Permalip Facial Implant For Lip Augmentation

Despite that lip augmentation is sought by many women (and a few men), the perfect procedure to accomplish it remains elusive. A wide variety of treatment options exist to achieve bigger lips from injectable fillers and fat to surgical manipulations of the vermilion and skin excisions. Injectable fillers are by far the most common lip Read More…

Case Study: Chin Narrowing Surgery By Lateral Ostectomies

Background: The chin has a major impact on the appearance of the lower face. While most think of it as only from a horizontal projection perspective, its frontal shape has a major influence on the gender identification to whom it is attached. Men often have strong more square chin shapes in the front view while Read More…

The Effect of Upper Blepharoplasty on Eyebrow Position

One of the most facial aging surgeries is that of blepharoplasty or the removal of excessive eyelid skin. It is most common because everyone develops redundant skin of the eyelids with enough age and everyone has four eyelids. Even for those patients not driven by a desire for an aesthetic improvement, an upper blepharoplasty is Read More…

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…