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Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Impact of Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is one of the most popular and well known cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. With nearly 300,000 women and well over half a million breast devices implanted per year in the U.S. alone, there is no question of its significant role in the aesthetics of modern society. It is commonly perceived that breast augmentation, Read More…

The Fleur-de-lis Tummy Tuck in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient

While a tummy tuck treats excessive lower abdominal skin and fat, the massive weight loss patient presents more of a challenge. The amount of loose skin almost always goes beyond the traditional horizontally-oriented elliptical excision abdominal pattern. Liposuction has little value in these patients because their contour problems are almost exclusively loose skin. Most of Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Platelet-Rich Plasma Facial Rejuvenation

There are numerous types of injectable fillers, of which the majority are those synthetically derived. But there are a few autogenous or more natural fillers that are available. One is the use of your own fat as an injection after it is harvested by liposuction and concentrated. The other is an extract from your own Read More…

Case Study: Natural Breast Augmentation with Gummy Bear Implants

Background: In the pursuit of satisfying breast augmentation results, the most common denominator amongst patients is that of achieving the desired size. Too small or too large of an augmented breast size can lead to an unhappy patient and the need for revisional surgery. Women understandably spend the vast majority of their time before surgery Read More…

The Aesthetics of the Chin and Its Relationship to the Face

The chin creates the dominant effect on the appearance of the lower face. Thus, it has a major effect on facial balance and appearance. When out of proportion to the rest of the face, it can create a perception that other facial features are the culprit when it is really at fault. Understanding the proper Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Shape of the Eyebrows

The one patch of hair that both male and female share are the eyebrows. With few exceptions, everyone is born with a pair of them. Their functional role in mammals is to protect the eye from water and debris from above. But humans go to great lengths to modify their natural hair pattern. Unlike the Read More…

The Role of the Radix in Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty surgery can change many structural elements of one’s nose. With nearly twenty different cartilage, bone and soft tissue components of the nose, a great diversity of nasal changes is possible. With so many contributing elements, it can be difficult at times to predict how changing one nasal area will affect how others will Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Science of Facial Beauty

The concept of beauty has changed over time and does vary amongst different cultures. But the basic tenets of beauty, proportion and symmetry, are timeless and unchanging. Thousands of years ago Nefertiti was considered the most beautiful of all women with her arched brows, high cheekbones, and slim nose. In the 1950s, Grace Kelly was Read More…

Breast Augmentation Outcomes and Incision Choice

The success of breast augmentation is influenced by a wide variety of surgical technique factors. No one single technical maneuver has been shown to be necessarily more important other than the submuscular placement of the implant, which has been shown to reduce numerous after surgery risks. When one looks at the relatively high incidence of Read More…

Otoplasty as Elimination of One Source of Bullying

One of the historic physical features that commonly leads to teasing and ridicule is that of the ears that stick out too far. Known as ‘dumbo’. ‘elephant ears’ and other equally unflattering names, ears that project too far away from the side of the head causes a child or an adult to look different. Undergoing Read More…