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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…

Fat Grafting for HIV Lipoatrophy

Lipoatrophy is a well knownside effect that can occur in patients who have been treated with antoretroviral therapy for HIV. The devastating facial changes that occur with progressive loss of facial fat has a very negative impact on the quality of life for those so affected. Two basic treatment strategies have been used for facial Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Rhinoplasty in Iran

While large numbers of cosmetic procedures are performed in the United States, including invasive surgeries, there are some smaller countries that have an unlikely number as well. The Islamic Republic of Iran is known for many things including being the world’s oldest civilization, having large amounts of natural gas and petroleum reserves and being Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Is Plastic Surgery Worth The Risk?

All surgery involves risk and plastic surgery is no different. What makes many plastic surgery procedures unique from a risk standpoint is that they are elective…one doesn’t have to do a cosmetic procedure. Thus risk avoidance can be assured by merely not having the procedure. But the appeal of many cosmetic procedures is very alluring Read More…

Case Study: Strong Male Jawline Enhancement

Background: A well-defined and strong jawline is a desireable male feature. While modern culture and media have made it seem a recent attractive male trait, it has been so for as far back in history as pictures have been drawn and sculptures have been created. A strong lower facial structure provides not only good aesthetic Read More…

Postoperative Instructions: Inner Thigh Lifts

Inner thigh lifts are done to recontour the bulging or full area between the inside of the upper legs. In some cases, it is done to correct sagging inner thigh skin after a large amount of weight loss. Through a crecent removal of skin of varying widths with the upper end in the groin crease, Read More…

The Risk of Revisional Liposuction in Body Contouring

While liposuction is the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedure around the world, it is exposed to the same basic risk of any other plastic surgery operation….the risk of dissatisfaction and the need for revision. There is no way to know the exact rate of revision for liposuction but surgeon estimates have it as high Read More…

Case Study: The Value of Nipple Lifts in Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are placed in a wide variety of breast shapes. While they will always increase breast size that does not mean an improved breast shape will always result. A key feature of the perception of breast shape is the location of the nipple-areolar complex. It is always most aesthetically pleasing when it is Read More…