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The History of Breast Lift Surgery

Cosmetic reshaping of the female breast is a collection of well known procedures such as implants and various forms of lifting and reduction. These breast procedures are so well accepted that it seems they have been around forever. But this is largely a cultural perception as what we know today or grew up with always Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implant Size Exchange For Bigger Breasts

Background: The choice of implant size is often the most important issue that every women ponders before her breast augmentation procedure. While there is no exact science to making that selection, important considerations include breast and implant base diameters, the amount of breast mound skin and what final breast shape (round vs. tear drop) Read More…

Contemporary Thoughts on Fat Grafting in Plastic Surgery

Reshaping faces and body through a ‘recycling’ approach by fat transfers is not necessarily a new technique. Fat grafting has been around for over 100 years but never gained much popularity until the past decade. As new techniques and research have revealed insights into how to improve the survival of fat grafts, the regenerative capabilities Read More…

Evaluating the Intramuscular Technique for Buttock Implant Augmentation

Synthetic implants are the original method of buttock augmentation. While supplanted in numbers by the Brazilian Butt Lift (fat injections), buttock implants are still a good option for the properly selected patient. Implants offer assured permanent buttock augmentation and are the only option for those patients who have inadequate fat stores for liposuction harvest. Buttock Read More…

The Pattern of Weight Loss After Tummy Tuck Surgery

Tummy tucks or abdominoplasties are a very popular body contouring procedure because it is tremendously effective.While diet and exercise are extremely important for weight loss, it will not get rid of loose skin. Conversely, tummy tucks are not a substitute for weight loss and should not be performed in a persistently obese patient under Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know – Framing the Attractive Eyebrow

Eyebrows, particularly for women, play an important part of facial attractiveness. Most think of beautiful eyebrows as their shape and degree of and location of their arch. But recent studies show that eyebrow shape is not the only feature that makes them attractive. Eyebrow projection may be just as important as shape. Eyebrows that have Read More…

Buttock Implant Augmentation – Surgical Technique, Outcomes and Complications

Enhancement of the buttocks has become a very popular cosmetic procedures whose numbers are far greater today than they were just ten years ago. Much of this increase has been seen with the use of fat injections, known as a Brazilian Butt Lift. Offering a natural method of buttock augmentation and getting the dual benefit Read More…

The Outcomes of Arm Lift (Brachioplasty) Surgery

Arm lifts have a surprisingly long history dating back well over fifty years ago when it was initially described. While once only done as an occasional procedure for the diet-induced weight loss patient, the number of armlifts now done has virtually exploded since the increase in bariatric surgery procedures. While once done as an Read More…

Postoperative Instructions for Brow Bone Reduction Surgery

Most brow bone reductions need to be done through an open scalp incision. Unless the amount of brow bone reduction is very minimal (a few millimeters) the underlying frontal sinus must be factored into the operative technique. Brow bone reductioin can be done by burring, burring and infracture and removal of the brow bone with Read More…