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Plastic Surgery History: Burn Surgery and The Walking Tubed Pedicle Flap

Burn care and surgery is often not thought of as a basic part of plastic surgery. There are many burn centers throughout the U.S. and the majority of them are not headed or run by plastic surgeons today. But burn care was originally done almost exclusively by plastic surgeons and most of the major Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Radiesse Injectable Filler

While there are over a dozen injectable fillers available for human use in the U.S., many share similar chemical compositions. The vast majority are hyaluronic acid-based and, although they have different brand names and some differences in their duration of effects, they are vastly similar in their handling properties. One of the very different injectable Read More…

The Role of Graft Preparation in Fat Injection Augmentation

Autologous fat grafting has become a widely used technique in plastic surgery for both reconstructive problems and aesthetic concerns. Even though it is extensively used and touted, one of the realities of fat grafting is that it is not a completely predictable method of soft tissue augmentation. Volume loss occurs to variable degrees in Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Calf Implants

Implants for calf augmentation are surgically placed by incisions behind the knee. Very soft solid silicone implants are inserted under the fascia and on top of the gastrocnemius muscle. Either the inner half of the muscle (two implants) or both halfs of the paired gastrocnemius muscle (four implants) can be augmented. The following are the Read More…

The Lasting Effect of Muscle Plication in Tummy Tucks

One of the traditional steps in most tummy tuck procedures is the correction of the separated rectus abdominus muscles or the recti diastasis. The stretching of the muscles and their enveloping sheaths caused by pregnancy often causes some visible separation in the midline which is commonly seen during tummy tuck surgery. While many patients think Read More…

Chin Narrowing and Lengthening for Slenderizing the Wide Lower Face

Jaw angle reduction, also known as angloplasty, is one of the most commonly performed procedures for lower facial width reduction particularly in Asians. While it has been touted for years as a mainstay facial bone reduction procedure, it has both aesthetic advantages and disadvantages. When done aggressively through a bicortical amputation technique, it will Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Dermapen for Acne Scars

The concept of treating a variety of skin irregularities with a fractional skin injury approach is seen from the use of laser to dermaroller therapies. The basic premise is that deep small channels are cut into the skin which creates a subsequent healing cascade that causes new collagen formation in the holes and ultimately thicker Read More…

The Male-Centric Plastic Surgery Trend

While women will always outnumber men in the number of cosmetic procedures done, men are increasingly jumping into the game. Of the 11 million cosmetic procedures that were performed last year, almost 10% of them were performed on men. That number may seem very low but it represents a doubling of male plastic surgery Read More…

Case Study: The Pseudolifting Effect of Breast Implants

Background: There is a common perception that an implant can lift up a sagging breast. The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. In most cases of sagging breasts (breast ptosis) an implant will actually making the breast shape worse. It will fill out the upper pole of the breast while having Read More…