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The Importance of Skeletal Support in Midface Lifts

Rejuvenation of the aging face has well established methods for correcting the upper (browlift) and lower face (lower facelift/necklift) that produces consistent and satisfying results. But the face does not age in just individual subunits and the midface has similar aging issues that are uniquely different. Sagging cheeks, lower eyelid hollowness and lines and folds Read More…

The Role of the SMAS in Today’s Facelift Surgery

Facelift surgery is well known to lift, remove and tighten skin that is recruited from the jowls and neck. In its most simplest form, a facelift chases sagging and loose skin from the neck and jawline back to where its removal offers the best incision placement and resultant scar creation…in and around the ears. Read More…

Case Study: Implant Augmentation of Lower Eyelid Hollows/Tear Troughs

Background: The shape of the eyes is determined by many anatomic factors including the amount of fat under the eyelid skin. One undesired aesthetic look of the eyes is a deep depression underneath it. Known as lower eyelid hollows, this is when the lower eyelid skin indents beneath the lashline and lower lid margin. This Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Sunlamps and the Risk Of Skin Cancer

While many people enjoy the apparent healthy glow of a good tan, the long-term consequences of looking ‘bronzed’ are far less glorious. Like smoking from many decades ago, most people know it is not good for you but just can not resist doing it. This is particularly true amongst teens and young people who are Read More…

Skin Care Before and After a Facelift

Any patient that undergoes a facelift has understandably great expectations given the commitment involved. But a facelift alone can not correct all facial aging problems. Preparing for a facelift is not only a matter of education but also benefits from before and after surgery skin care. When a patient is looking for and is Read More…

Case Study: Liposuction of Cankles

Background: Liposuction is a very versatile procedure that can be done just about anywhere on the body where there is fat. Subcutaneous fat exists under any skin area in the body and is amenable to be treated if the right cannula size is chosen. Very small cannulas are available today for fat extraction done Read More…

Product Review: Juvederm Voluma XC

The range of injectable fillers is astonishing today compared to what is was just ten years ago. But the majority of the commercially available fillers are composed of hyaluronic acid which has been proven to have a very low rate of complications and assured resorption over a predictable time period. The degree of cross-linking Read More…

The Benefits of Rhinoplasty Surgery

A news story from today from the LA times reports that a former Nickelodean star, Amanda Bynes, had admitted to having a rhinoplasty and is very pleased with the results. The purpose of the story is that she has made it clear that she wants all news outlets and media to only use new Read More…

Case Study: Adult Primary Cleft Lip Repair

Background: Cleft lip and palate deformities are a well recognized birth defects that affects around 1:1000 births. In the U.S., they commonly undergo a primary repair of the cleft lip in the first three to six months of life. Outside of the U.S., American plastic surgeons are well known to travel all over the Read More…

Shaped Anatomic Implants for a Natural Breast Augmentation Result

The number of women who are undergoing breast augmentation on an annual basis shows no sign of decreasing anytime soon. It is a popular body changing/improvement operation because it creates an instantaneous change with the insertion of a breast implant. The size of the implant plays an obvious major role in enlarging the breast Read More…