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Patient Testimonials: Prominent Facial Artery Ligation

Pulsing Prominent Facial Artery Ligation ‘The procedure when so smoothly and the pulsations from the artery on my face are gone. The bandage is off and I am sooo amazed!! So grateful!! One week later It looks better then my scars from a year and half ago!! You are the man and you have been Read More…

Case Study: Tissue Expansion in Scalp Reconstruction

Background: The scalp is exposed to a wide variety of traumatic and disease processes which can result in small to large lost segments. While smaller scalp defects can be closed by subgaleal mobilization and stretching to a moderately tight closure, defects beyond a few cms can not be so simply closed with hair-bearing scalp. Scalp Read More…

Botox for Platysmal Neck Bands

Botox has a profound influence as a neuromuscular modulator in improving facial aesthetics. It is used to relax muscles, therefore softening and sometimes eliminating wrinkles on the face and neck. Most commonly known for its use in treating glabellar creases, horizontal forehead creases and crow’s feet, Botox has created a paradigm shift in the Read More…

Inner Thigh Liposuction for the Thigh Gap

A recent internet article appeared from experts in eating disorders about an Internet-fueled trend in which young women are pursuing the ‘thigh gap’ look. An erroneous concept that one can become so slender that their thighs don’t touch even when their feet are together. Eating disorder experts point out that this is an unachievable goal Read More…

The Benefits of Stem-Cell Enriched Fat Grafts

Fat grafting preceded by liposuction harvest is a cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedure that is here to stay. Despite the ease of fat availability in most people and the ability to virtually put it anywhere by injection, it is plagued by two as yet unsolved problems. It survival is, at best, unpredictable and Read More…

Minimal Incision Forehead Augmentation Cranioplasty

Forehead augmentation is done for a variety of aesthetic reasons including increasing the convexity and projection of the forehead. A forehead that slopes back too severely or lacks brow bone projection can be built up by an onlay or augmentative cranioplasty. This is always done with an alloplastic material rather than a bone graft Read More…

The Benefits of Body Contouring Surgery after Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass surgery, or even persistent efforts at diet and exercise, can result in large amounts of weight loss. With this weight loss often comes a lot of loose skin over many parts of the body. This has resulted in a number of body contouring procedures that removes this excess skin. Such efforts at bariatric Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Rim Resection Method of Earlobe Reduction

Background: The earlobe is a part of the ear that is best known as a site of adornment by the placement of jewelry. It is rarely thought of as a body structure that ages or sags. But the earlobe is the only part of the ear that is not supported by cartilage, it is composed Read More…

Pain Medication Use in Plastic Surgery

A common and expected question during every plastic surgery consultation is “what will the pain be like”? Although many plastic surgery procedures involve removing skin (tummy tuck, breast lift, face lift, blepharoplasty) which is not particularly painful, they are other procedures which have greater discomfort. Operations which involve bone and muscle manipulation, liposuction, and body Read More…

PRP-Enriched Fat Injection Buttock Augmentation

The most popular method of buttock augmentation is by fat injections. Known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), it is singularly responsible for the dramatic rise in the number of buttock augmentation procedures performed. While fat is not the most reliable method of adding buttock volume, an implant is, it offers a natural material Read More…