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Combination Scar Revision and Radiation for Earlobe Keloids

Keloids are a notoriously difficult scar problem for which there is no match other than perhaps that of the broader-based burn scar. There are a wide variety of treatments used for keloids and that is a testament to their high recurrence rate despite what treatment method is done. Keloids are well known to occur in Read More…

Sientra Breast Implant Capsular Contracture Warranty Program

While there are numerous complications that occur from having breast implants, most patients never think of one that has been around for decades…capsular contracture. This is the development of abnormal amounts of scarring around an implant. While normally significant scarring around a medical implant may be irrelevant or even advantageous, it is not so around Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom: ‘Affording’ Cosmetic Surgery

Since almost all of cosmetic surgery is an out-of-pocket expense, the consideration of cost is extremely important. Many patients save up for some time for their surgery, borrow the money from family or banks, or most commonly, finance it through a variety of means. For many patients they have just enough or it is just Read More…

Unnatural Facial Appearances after Botox Injections

The use of botulinum toxin A, otherwise known as Botox, has become a common aesthetic practice around the world. It is used daily as a treatment to soften wrinkles, helping to prevent and correct tired and aging appearances. In today’s society looking as young on the exterior as people are feeling on the inside Read More…

Liposuction To Pass The Military Body Fat Percentage Test

Liposuction is a well known body contouring procedure that is widely used to remove excess areas of fat that is resistant to diet and exercise. There are many reasons that people undergo liposuction and the timing may be related to an upcoming event (wedding, vacation, reunion) or that they just have gotten frustrated with it Read More…

Case Study: Full Anchor Pattern Breast Lifts

Background: A change in a woman’s breasts is an assured phenomenon over her lifetime. Through pregnancies, weight gain/loss and gravity, breasts usually drop or sag with age. The amount of sag is often exaggerated by the concomitant loss of breast volume as well. While many women want larger breasts, just as many want or need Read More…

Patient Testimonials: Corner of Mouth Lift

Corner of Mouth Lift ‘Thank you very much for my corner of mouth lift. My mouth has changed now. I came home from United States last week and my friend saw me with my new mouth and she was amazed. She said to me that my mouth is marvelous and is much better now. She Read More…

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Eyelid Lift (Blepharoplasty) Surgery

Eyelid lifts or tucks are one of the most successful and commonly performed of all the anti-aging or facial rejuvenation procedures. While the number of eyelids outnumber any other facial structure, the number of eyelid surgeries performed is also due to the early onset of bothersome and visible aging which takes its earliest effect Read More…

Injectable Fillers vs Fat Transposition Blepharoplasty for the Tear Trough Deformity

The tear trough is a natural depression that runs from the inner aspect of the eye down along the infraobital rim, usually stopping at about a vertical line drawn down from the pupil of the eye. With aging, it becomes deeper and more visible and then becomes known as the tear trough deformity. Extending from Read More…

Scar Revision Strategies in Hypertrophic vs Keloid Scars

While scars have a negative connotation due to the imperfect appearance of the skin, they are a normal result of most injuries and surgeries. This is part of the wound healing process and their appearance (or perpetuation) is the expected result of this dynamic process. It is only deviations from normal wound healing, hypertrophic scars Read More…