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Dry Eyes After Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Lift) Surgery

Blepharoplasty or eyelid lifts are one of the most common types of anti-aging facial surgery. Their results are usually so significant that they have earned the moniker of best ROI (return on investment) in the face. Changing that tired look to a refreshed one can be a significant change which just makes one look Read More…

The Value of Preoperative Testing in Elective Plastic Surgery

For many patients undergoing surgery, even plastic surgery, there can be a requirement for some form of preoperative testing. While the indications for laboratory tests has become more selective and less of a shotgun approach than when I first started in medicine, patients over 50 years of age are recommended to have some basic blood Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review – LaViv Injectable Filler

Other than Botox, injectable fillers are the most common minimally-invasive procedure performed for the treatment of facial aging concerns. But almost all commercially-available injectable fillers are synthetically-derived and their effects disappear as the material absorbs. But a few contemporary fillers take a different approach, using natural materials whose intent is to stimulate local cellular Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – The Proof of the Smaller Operation

There are many instances in aesthetic plastic surgery where the choice between two operations can be a difficult one. Almost always it is a choice between a lesser operation that may solve the problem enough that one may avoid a larger operation. The larger operation may be more assured of producing the better result but Read More…

Couples Plastic Surgery

A recent ABC News report highlighted a mother and daughter who had plastic surgery in Los Angeles on the same day. The mother opted for a facelift while the daughter had a breast lift and a tummy tuck. This mother and her daughter had done many activities together before, usually adventures that one typically Read More…

Understanding Abdominal Contouring Treatment Options

Abdominal contouring is one of the most common body changes that many patients request. Pregnancy, fluctuations in weight and for some their own genetics make for this body centric area a focus of appearance and clothing wear. Numerous plastic surgery procedures exist for its modification but, in the end, they all involve methods to either Read More…

Face The Facts – An Inside Look At Plastic Surgery (German Translation)

The popularity and interest in plastic surgery of the face continues to grow. With a wide variety of surgical and non-surgical procedures available and tons of marketing and promotions all over the internet, it can be very hard for potential patients to figure what they need and what the risks and recovery may be. Read More…

Implants or Fat Injections for Buttock Augmentation

Attention to the size and shape of the buttocks has always been an important part of body aesthetics. But fashion trends, Hollywood and societal awareness has driven the demand for aesthetic buttock surgery to new levels in the U.S. over the past few years. As a result, buttock enhancement is one of the most rapidly Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Two Part Process of Liposuction

Liposuction is one of the most recognized of all cosmetic plastic surgery procedures and has been done in the U.S. since 1981. As the science of liposuction has evolved, particularly over the past two decades, new methods of extraction has appeared applying energy technologies such as ultrasound, laser, infrared and pulsed water. These modern-day liposuction Read More…

Case Study: Rhinoplasty for the Witch’s Nose Deformity

Background: Noses have an incredible variety of shapes and are the most diverse and complex structural feature of the face. With over a dozen different anatomic facets to them, it is no wonder how different one’s nose is from another. But despite this structural diversity, there are several features of a nose that are Read More…