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Plastic Surgery Wisdom: Finding and Staying Connected

In days gone by, and not really that long ago, the vast majority of patients for plastic surgery were local. Prospective patients heard about and came to see a plastic surgeon in their community by reputation which was established principally by word of mouth. Most of plastic surgery was done in more metropolitan areas as Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Earlobe Repair and Reconstruction

Repair of the earlobe is done for a range of conditions from a tear caused by an ear ring, stretching of the earlobe from gauging to traumatic injuries. The small size of the earlobe allows even complex repairs to be done under local anesthesia as an office procedure in most cases. The after care instructions Read More…

How Long Does A Facelift Last?

While facelifts have continued to increase in popularity and overall numbers, the procedures has also undergone a bit of paradigm shift over the past decade. While once thought of as a procedure of older age and to be done closer to or after retirement, greater numbers of facelifts are done today in middle aged patients. Read More…

Topical Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP and Facial Skin Rejuvenation)

Just a few days ago, Kim Kardashian was in the news again with another plastic surgery adventure. This time it was about her receiving a so-called ‘blood facial’. Photos show her with blood apparently oozing or dripping from her face. A shockin as these pictures are, the ‘blood facial’ is not as gruesome as Read More…

Case Study: Small Silicone Gel Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast augmentation is one surgical plastic surgery procedure whose numbers performed per year continue to rise. One such reason is that the desire for larger breasts encompasses a wide variety of desires from being just a little bigger to very big and a large number of implant styles and sizes to match. On both Read More…

Endosopic Reduction of Prominent Brow Bones

A prominent supraorbital or brow bone is known as bossing. While some degree of bossing is acceptable in men, it rarely is so in women. The shape of the lower forehead in men can have a brow bone prominence as evidenced by a brow bone break into the mid-forehead area. In contrast, women desire a Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Broad Tip

Background: Aesthetic nasal concerns present in a wide variety of deformities throughout the length of the nose. One of the more common basic nasal concerns is the wide or broad nasal tip. Some patients call it a fat tip or a bulbous tip. While all of these names seem synonymous there are actually a wide Read More…

The Inner Thigh Gap – Can It Be Created?

The shape of the thighs has long been an aesthetic interest/concern for some women. The most common thigh deformity are saddle bags, those outward protrusions that violate a straight or gently convex curve from the hip down to the knee. But the inner thigh is also an area of thigh insecurity as well with bulges Read More…

Postoperative Instructions: Buttock Implants

Buttock implants is an established method of permanently increasing the size of one’s buttocks. Implants are placed either into the gluteal muscles or on top of the gluteal muscle through an intergluteal incision. It is a buttock augmentation procedure that takes more recovery than the more commonly performed buttock augmentation method. Here is a list Read More…