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Muscle Tightening in Tummy Tuck Surgery

A tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is one of the most common and successful of all cosmetic body contouring procedures. Besides the obvious removal of a segment of lower abdominal skin and fat, the underlying muscles are frequently manipulated as well. Usually spoken of in terms of tightening, this part of a tummy tuck is often Read More…

Semi-Custom Facial Implants From 3-D Models

The use of implants makes it possible for many cosmetic facial procedures to be done. The mere existence of some of these implants has created new possibilities for facial augmentation. A wide variety of preformed implants of differing materials are available which allows the plastic surgeon to enhance structures as diverse as the temporal Read More…

Remote-Controlled Breast Tissue Expanders

While current implants offer excellent results in breast augmentation, they are not perfect. One of the concerns both before and after breast augmentation for many patients is…what if they are not big enough? And even if they appear of good size right after surgery, some women will eventually feel after time that they are Read More…

Facial Implants Instead of Orthognathic Surgery

While facial implants are commonly used to highlight the convex bony prominences of the cheeks, chin and jaw angle for purely cosmetic purposes, they have applications to other facial regions and problems as well. They can be very useful in bony deficiencies as well such as midface and mandibular hypoplasias as an orthognathic surgery Read More…

The Effects of Breast Lifts and Reductions on Upper Pole Fullness

Lifting and reduction techniques are common methods of cosmetic breast reshaping. Whether it is to lift up a smaller sagging breast or to reduce a large and pendulous breast, pushing up breast tissue and encasing it in a smaller and tight skin envelope is the basic approach. It would seem logical that by so Read More…

Facial Disfigurements and Their Impact On Job Interviews

Plastic surgeons have the opportunity to see a lot of patients with a variety of facial disfigurements. Ranging from traumatic injuries to birth defects to defects caused by a variety of neoplastic pathologies, people so afflicted are understandably concerned about their appearance and want to be as whole as possible. They feel, justified or Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Xeomin Injectable Facial Wrinkle Reducer

The battle of the facial wrinkle reducers continues to become more competitive. Botox has always been the gold standard because it was first and largely established the market as it exists today. Several years ago Dysport entered the scene which initially caused a bit of buzz. But to date it has not eroded dramatically Read More…

The Role of Pictures in Planning for Breast Augmentation Surgery

The goal of breast augmentation surgery is to achieve both a bigger size and a better shape of the breasts. Understandably, women spend a great deal of time before surgery pondering what they want their after surgery breasts to look like. Using pictures of breasts, with or without implants, is a common method of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study: Surgical Removal of a Large Palatal Torus in a Female

Background:The oral cavity is full of numerous bumps and protrusions, most of which are perfectly normal pieces of anatomy. The hard palate, however, is usually a completely smooth surface short of the small rugae or undulations of its mucosal covering. The actual hard palate is two pieces of perfectly smooth bone that comes together and Read More…

Facial Implants As An Adjunct To Orthognathic Surgery

Facial skeletal imbalances present in many manifestations. Most commonly these are perceived from the profile view as maxillary and mandibular discrepancies in the mid- to lower face. Often they are reflected as changes in one’s occlusion when the bone deficiencies become significant enough. In these cases, orthognathic surgery is used for facial skeletal correction. Read More…