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Aesthetic Injectable Nightmares

This week another major complication from an injectable beauty treatment appeared in the news. In a day spa in Florida, a woman had vitamin solutions injected into her face which ultimately resulted in infection, scarring and as yet to be determined facial deformity. Besides the issue of what facial vitamin injections are and how Read More…

Case Study: Computer-Generated Implant Reconstruction of Zygomatic Arch Tumor

Background: Facial bones frequently need to be reconstructed from tumor resection. The vast majority of facial tumors are malignant and require complex reconstructions due to the need for adequate margins and to withstand post-resection radiation treatments. Benign bony tumors of the facial bones is more uncommon and can be reconstructed more simply, using employing Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Computer Imaging of Results

Computer imaging done through a wide variety of programs is a very useful tool in plastic surgery. There are even numerous apps when one can do a little imaging on their own of some basic plastic surgery operations. While patients are usually very excited to see the results of these manipulations, there are some basic Read More…

Fat Injections for Tear Troughs

The tear trough deformity is one of the more recently recognized aesthetic facial concerns for many patients. Hollowing under the eyes usually appears with age but some people have it as part of their natural anatomy. It is essentially lost or missing volume underneath the eyelid skin that is most manifest in the inner half Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review – Selphyl PRP Injectable Gel

Injectable fillers have achieved tremendous popularity and can be used for a wide variety of facial aesthetic needs. But most injectable fillers are merely temporary fillers that add volume and then disappears as the material absorbs. But a few contemporary fillers take a different approach, using natural materials whose intent is to stimulate local Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Daddy Makeover

Body contouring has been on the rise for years and almost always consists of combining multiple procedures for an overall improved body look. The most well known body contouring combo has been the Mommy Makeover, reversing the effects of pregnancy through breast implants with or without lifts and some form of a tummy tuck. But Read More…

Basic Concepts About Facelift Surgery

Facelift surgery has undergone many evolutions in technique over the past thirty years. Most of these innovations have been largely based on anatomic revelations and efforts to maximize the degree of improvement and the longevity of the procedure. This has led to a wide variety of technique proponents and even marketing names to differentiate Read More…

Skeletal Augmentation of the Aging Face

Aging of the face has been historically perceived as being a soft tissue problem. This has led to how the vast majority of anti-aging facial surgery has been done, employing lifting and redraping of the soft tissues back up from whence they came. There is a reason the term ‘facelift’ has persevered for nearly Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review – Asclera Sclerotherapy Solution

The cosmetic treatment of spiders vein by injection (sclerotherapy) dates back for over fifty years. The traditional sclerotherapy agents include hypertonic saline and sodium tetradecyl sulfate. (STS) While effective, they are associated with pain on extravasation, tissue necrosis with extravasation, and a moderate risk of hyperpigmentation. A ‘new’ sclerotherapy agent, Asclera (polidocanol), was approved Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom: The Chance of Success of Aesthetic Correction

Patients present with a wide variety of aesthetic problems from the top of the head down to the lower leg. Within each aesthetic problem, there is a range of magnitude of the anatomic problem and the patient’s concern about it. While the problems may range from small to large, the degree of success in correction Read More…