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Buttock Augmentation in Men

Buttock augmentation has grown in popularity over the past decade from a scant few patients who received implants to large numbers of patients today that receive fat injections. Regardless of the augmentation technique, enhancement of the derriere has been almost exclusively the domain of women. Fashion trends, particularly amongst certain ethnicities, has made having Read More…

Case Study: The Direct Necklift For Neck Wattles In Women

Background: Aging of the face takes on many manifestations but inevitably the neck gets involved. Loss of the neck angle occurs as skin begins to sag, falling over the jawline in jowls and draping downward from the central portion of the neck. In more advanced aging, the platysmal muscles of the neck separate and fat Read More…

The Risk of Revisional Surgery in Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is well known to be a challenging aesthetic facial procedure. The interactions of the numerous nasal parts and the healing process do not always make for a completely predictable result. The skin of the nose is the one anatomic element that the plastic surgeon can not change and it can frequently lead to undesireable Read More…

Patient Satisfaction with Latisse Eyelash Growth Enhancement

As one ages, many bodily functions slow down and may even fail to function. Hair, like all bodily structures, is likewise so affected as many men and women can attest. The hair of the eyelashes is not immune to the aging process and many women can speak to their experiences with thinner and less long Read More…

Case Study: Lower Buttock Tuck (Lift) for the Saggy Buttocks

Background: There are numerous features of a shapely buttocks. Short of a nipple-areolar complex, the buttocks share many of the same physical components of the female breast. Ideally it is an identifiable mound that projects outward away from the lower back and upper posterior thigh. While the upper pole is a smooth sloping transition from the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implant Serial Numbers

Right out of the files of ‘CSI Plastic Surgery’, a recent case out of China reported on the solving of a missing person’s case by their breast implants. A young murdered female was identified using an exposed silicone breast implant. Through the coding on the silicone breast implant, the police tracked the product back to Read More…

Pectoralis Strength and Function after Submuscular Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is an implant-driven operation that produces an immediate and dramatic change in breast contour. While there are numerous options for women to chose from in breast implants, less choice is available when it comes to where to place the implant on the chest wall. It is either above the muscle under the breast Read More…

Stem Cells and PRP in Plastic Surgery – Anti-Aging Hope or Hype?

Some have said that the power to slow down aging or to ‘heal thineself’ does not come from some external source such as potion or pills but from within. This has led to the popularity of two natural materials derived from blood and fat. Stem cells (in fat) and platelets are located throughout the body Read More…

The Fate of the Belly Button in Tummy Tuck Surgery

The tummy tuck is the most commonly done excisional body contouring procedure. By the removal of a small (mini tummy tuck) or large (full tummy tuck) segment of skin and fat in the lower half of the abdomen, the remaining upper half of the abdominal skin is brought down over what was removed. Like the Read More…

Scarless Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is the concept of placing an implant behind a woman’s breast to make it bigger. It may be conceptually simple but it involves numerous variables which can influence the aesthetic outcome. Every women has to make a choice between the type of implant (saline vs. silicone), size of the implant, which location of Read More…