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Plastic Surgery Wisdom: Achieving Natural Results

Most everyone that considers some cosmetic plastic surgery procedure is interested in a natural result. While the concept of a natural looking result is open to wide interpretation, it usually refers to a procedure that is not overdone. Being overdone in plastic surgery often refers to cosmetic operations(s) that may have been performed in an Read More…

The Benefits of Fat Grafting in Facial Reshaping Surgery

Facial skeletal surgery, what I often call facial structural surgery, offers many options for changing the form of the face. From jaw repositioning to bone reshaping to implants, significant foundational changes can be done. While much of facial skeletal surgery is done in the young (under age 45), this does exclude older patients as well. Read More…

The Impact of Pregnancy On A Tummy Tuck

Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most commonly requested and satisfying of all the body contouring procedures. While it is has many potential issues including scar length and recovery, it is often the only way to significantly change the waistline and abdominal shape for many women. Some women make valiant efforts with diet and Read More…

Case Study: Upper Lip Advancement in a Man

Background: There are many options for lip enhancement today of which injectable fillers is by far the most commonly used. But for a permanent change in size, surgical options must be considered. Two basic types of lip lifts exists done either from under the nose (subnasal lip lift)or from the edge of the top of Read More…

Liposuction and Fat Injections for Treating Buttock Silicone Injection Complications

The desire for a larger and more shapely buttocks has led to a surge in the number of buttock augmentation procedures performed today. While fat injections and implants make up the legitimate surgical methods to increase buttock size, there is a significant black market industry of buttock augmentation by a variety of unapproved injectable filler Read More…

The Tissue Level of Botox Injections in the Forehead

Botox is the most common method of forehead rejuvenation used today. Literally billions of injections has been done in various locations around the brows and upper forehead over the past two decades around the world. Its effectiveness is unquestioned and there is no indication that the number of treatments provided in the foreseeable Read More…

Plastic Surgery History – The Pedicled Tubed Skin Flap

A recent article in the Daily Telegraph has an artist searching for family members of Walter Yeo, who is only currently known by a relatively famous picture of historical significance in plastic surgery. This well known picture shows a before and after picture of work done to burn injuries around his eyes. Mr. Yeo Read More…

High Resolution Ultrasound for Silicone Breast Implant Rupture

To those women who either have breast implants or are considering breast augmentation, the acronym MRI could be very relevant. Since all breast implants will eventually fail, the detection of silicone implant failure is much more difficult than in saline. Since disruption of a silicone implant shell is silent (no deflation) it can only be Read More…

Case Study: Earlobe Lengthening by Injectable Fillers

Background: The ear is essentially fully grown by around age none and is close to 60mms in vertical length. (slight less in women and slightly more in men) Unlike the rest of the ear above it, the earlobe has no cartilage and is composed of flexible skin and fat. The size of the earlobe is Read More…

Case Study: Saline Breast Implant Deflation and Replacement

Background: Breast augmentation can be done by two types of implants, saline and silicone. Since silicone implants have become available again nearly eight years ago in 2006, the percentage of women undergoing breast enhancement receiving saline implants has been slowly declining. But saline implants will always be around as, at the least, they offer the Read More…