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The Rise in Illegal Cosmetic Procedures

There are numerous trends in plastic surgery that are on the rise but one in particular is extremely disturbing. The increasing number of injuries and horrific outcomes from so-called ‘illegal plastic surgery’. This term is a bit offensive to real board-certified plastic surgeons because they are not at all behind these illegal activities. Rather Read More…

Case Study: Forehead Reconstruction with Hydroxyapatite Cement

Background: Loss of the frontal or forehead bone can occur for a variety of reasons, usually from depressed fractures or loss of a craniotomy flap from infection. With removal of the protective bone cover, the brain and its dural covering sit directly up against the skin not only creating an obvious depression but pulsating Read More…

The Increasing Popularity of Buttock Augmentation

While the overall number of plastic surgery procedures continue to slowly rise each year, some procedures have increased more than others. One such procedure is buttock augmentation, up nearly 40% last year. Plumping procedures have always been popular in plastic surgery and the buttocks represents the biggest body part to plump of them all. Read More…

Patient Satisfaction and Long-Term Results with Endoscopic Browlifts

Rejuvenation of the upper third of the face is based on improving the appearance of the upper eye and brow area. Besides an upper blepharoplasty to remove excess skin, lifting of the eyebrows may also be needed to improve upper eyelid hooding and elevate low hanging brows. The intent of both is to open Read More…

Successful Tummy Tuck and Monsplasty Combination in Weight Loss Patients

Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery recontours the waistline area out into the hips. Most tummy tucks do influence the area below the location of the incision line known as the mons pubis. While it is commonly believed that the upper abdominal skin flap covers the entire area of abdominal tissue excision in a tummy tuck, Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Injury Prone Earlobe

During this past Sunday’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub suffered a vicious and illegal hit to the head by a blitzing Denver linebacker. Besides knocking his helmet off and flattening him on the ground, part of his earlobe was torn off. (inactuality the earlobe appears Read More…

The Stealth Approach To Plastic Surgery

The popularity of plastic surgery is evident by the near 14 million procedures done in 2011. The vast majority of these improvements did not involve invasive surgery but still accounted for well over a million procedures. Together these numbers mean that roughly 4.5% of the American population had some cosmetic improvement done last year. Read More…

Case Study: Rib Grafting for the Saddle Nose Deformity

Background: The dorsal line of the nose, often referred to as the bridge, looks best in most people when it is straight from the top of the nose down to the tip. Disruptions of a straight dorsal line is one of the most common reasons people seek rhinoplasty, usually because a hump exists creating Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Microcannulas for Injectable Fillers

The popularity of injectable fillers is undeniable. Adding instant volume to small lips, deepened nasolabial folds or deflated cheeks is truly a marvel of contemporary aesthetic treatments. But besides cost, the number one reason more people don’t take advantage of these facial volumizers is because it hurts to get it done. Like dentistry, the Read More…

Case Study: Hispanic Mommy Makeover

Background: The bodies of all women are affected by the tissue stresses that pregnancy causes. While some women have good skin elasticity and their bodies bounce right back into shape afterwards, this is more uncommon than common. Loss of breast volume and stretched out skin causes loss of a once perky breast shape to Read More…