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The Physics of Liposuction

Adipose tissue is loose connective tissue that is composed of fat cells, fibroblasts (as well as other cell types), small blood vessels, proteins and water. It serves many important bodily roles from the preservation of body heat, the protection of vital organs to an efficient means of energy storage. However, some people have too much Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Ultra-Projecting Nose

Background: The nose has a large number of aesthetic deformities of which the vast number of them either are tip-based or the tip is a part of the overall problem. When a person has complaints about a nose that is too big, that could mean a variety of issues. The nasal tip could be just Read More…

Case Study: Tummy Tuck for Waistline Reshaping and Weight Loss

Background: The tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is one of the most popular of all the body contouring procedures. Whether helping to reverse the effects of pregnancy or that of weight loss, it achieves what no amount of diet and exercising can do…the removal of loose/stretched out abdominal skin. But it does so with the aesthetic trade-off Read More…

Use of the Brava Device in Fat Injection Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is one of the top cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed today. It has a relatively long history and its success is based on using either a saline or silicone gel breast implant to achieve its breast expansion effect. Like many medical devices, it is tremendously successful but not complication free. With breast implants Read More…

My Breast Augmentation Checklist

Breast augmentation remains one of the most popular body contouring procedures. Between the many choices of implant options, incision locations, implant placement and size considerations, there are many decisions that a women has to make before her breast implant surgery. Women will also have other questions that relate to their recovery and the long-term effects Read More…

Plastic Surgery Humor – Silicone in Plastic Surgery

The association of silicone materials and plastic surgery dates back almost fifty years when silicone oil injections were first used for breast enhancement and facial rejuvenation in the late 1960s. While silicone oil injections have been banned in the U.S. for a long time due to adverse tissue reactions, silicone gel remains as a Read More…

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections as a Hair Loss Treatment

The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections epitomizes the statement ‘heal thine own self’. Using a patient’s blood, a platelet extract is obtained by centrifugation that can be spot injected to an area of need. Since platelets are well known to be storehouses of growth factors and cytokines, their administration into a variety of Read More…

Fat Injection Grafting to the Breast – Safety and Effectiveness

Fat grafting is an emerging and versatile technique in plastic surgery. While it can be used just about anywhere on the body, one of the trendiest areas for fat injections is the breast. Whether it is for reconstruction of breast defects or cosmetic enlargement, fat has become an accepted method of soft tissue volume enhancement Read More…

Calf Implants – Effectiveness and Complication Rates

Body implants, primarily for muscle augmentation, can be done for a variety of anatomic sites including the chest, shoulders, arms, buttock and calfs. While some of these implanted areas are new, the calfs represent one of the original types of body implants. Calf implants have been around now for several decades using a variety of Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Anatomy of the Protruding Ear

The ears on the side of the head are relatively inconspicuous unless they stick out too far. A good looking ear is one that goes unnoticed, only bad looking ears catch our attention. But despite the small size of the ear, it has a compact anatomy that is filled with ridges and valleys. By Read More…