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Complete Decompression of the Supraorbital Nerve in Frontal Migraine Surgery

The treatment of frontal-based migraines by supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve decompression (stripping the muscle away from the nerves) has made a significant contribution to improved results for well qualified patients. (positive Botox responders)While it does not always cure every patient, numerous studies support that migraine headache frequency and severity are decreased in the majority of Read More…

Case Study: Male Lip Implant Augmentation

Background: Lip augmentation is a popular procedure that is most commonly done with the use of injectable fillers. Any of the family of hyaluronic-acid based fillers offers an immediate improvement in which the material can be placed in a variety of lip locations to create both increased size and/or enhancement of various lip features. Read More…

Swelling and Bruising after Liposuction

Liposuction is a cosmetic procedure that is both common and effective, characteristics that many cosmetic operations share. But one unique feature of liposuction is the degree of tissue trauma that it creates. Despite the many glitzy advertisements for the procedure and countless impressive before and after photographs available on the internet, fat removal by Read More…

The Need For Facelift Touch-Ups

The facelift is one of the most recognized surgeries for facial aging. Patients ranging from their forties until the late eighties receive substantial benefits from a variety of facelift techniques. Cleaning up loose skin and fat from the neck and jowls and re-creating a youthful jawline is the objective of any facelift procedure and Read More…

The Moustache Hair Tranplant

Hair transplantation has a long history of use with many recent advancements. The old style hair transplant of a plug has long given way to single follicular transplants which look more natural and have better survival rates. Rather than strip grafts, harvest techniques include follicular extraction methods. These advancements have allowed hair transplants to Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Male Beauty Trend

While women make up the vast majority of plastic surgery and skin care patients and always will, the number of men having procedures and using advanced forms of skin care is increasing. While just a few percent of the total beauty pie decades ago, it is now around 10% of almost 9 million procedures performed.. Read More…

Avoiding Complications from Buttock Implants

Buttock enhancement is one of the most popular cosmetic body procedures and the fastest growing operation due to its relative newness. The most common method of buttock augmentation today is fat injections but the most predictable is that of inserting an actual implant. Implants do not resorb and provide a permanent result but they take Read More…

Case Study: Extreme Chin Augmentation with Combined Osteotomy and Implant

Background: Chin augmentation is a very common plastic surgery procedure that helps bring into balance the lower face with more projecting upper facial features. It is by far most commonly done with synthetic implants that provide varying amounts of increased horizontal projection as well as some width changes. Less frequently, sliding genioplasties (chin osteotomies) Read More…

Necklifts for the Younger Patient

While the face in theory ages evenly, one’s concerns about different facial changes is not. Besides the eyes, the neck is a frequent target of aging dissatisfaction. While the neck is composed of various tissues, one wants see is loose and hanging skin. This makes one yearn for the days when the skin between Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Uncommon Plastic Surgery Procedures

Plastic surgery is the one surgical specialty that is recognized to be the most innovative and creative. Much of that has to do with the many procedures that are performed over the entire body. The history of creativity in plastic surgery is a long one which has its origins in the demands of reconstructive surgery Read More…