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Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implants 50th Anniversary

Breast implants continue to be one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries, accounting for over 300,000 procedures last year in the U.S. alone. While breast implants seem like they have been around forever, it is now a mere 50 years since the first breast augmentation surgery was performed in the spring of 1962 in Texas. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: PermaLip Implants

Lip augmentation is one of the most popular minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures of the face. Done almost exclusively with injectable fillers, it produces instantaneous augmentation of the vermilion-cutaneous junction or the lip body proper. Of last year’s nearly 2 million injectable filler treatments performed in the U.S., a significant percent of them was for lip enhancement. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Cupid’s Bow of the Upper Lip in Lip Augmentation

One of the most distinguishing and desired features of the upper lip is that of its cupid’s bow shape. The double curve of the upper lip is called the cupid’s bow because it resembles the bow of Cupid, the Roman God of love laid on its side. At the two heights or bends of the Read More…

The Evolution of the Mommy Makeover in Plastic Surgery

Pregnancy has an effect on the female’s body that is unriveled in men. Stretching of the abdominal muscles and skin and enlargement of the breasts followed by an overall deflation with delivery usually causes irreversible tissue changes. Many of these tissues pass the elastic deformation stage from which there is no snapback or return to Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Angle of the Ear and its Relevance to Otoplasty Surgery

The prominence of the ears is determined aesthetically by how much it sticks out from the side of the head. Known as the auriculocephalic angle, it is the angular measurement that the ear is situated from the scalp. The normal angle is somewhere between 20 and 30 degrees and is measured on the back of Read More…

Techniques in Endoscopic Decompression of Frontal Migraines

One theory and approach to frontal migraine headaches has been the release of branches of the trigeminal nerve due to muscular and bony impingement. Whether pharmacologically treated by Botox injections or surgically treated by removal of constricting muscle and bone, dramatic and lasting improvements have been seen in properly selected patients. One such treated area Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Guinness World Record for Plastic Surgery

The Guinness Book of World Records has many accomplishments, some noteworthy and others just downright weird. It should be no surprise then there is a world record for the person who has had the most number of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. As of 2011 that record is credited to Cindy Jackson who lives in the Read More…

Case Study: Short Scar Facelift in Men

Background:Aging of the face and neck is not gender selective, men have it happen just like women. But there is a clear difference in the numbers of facelifts done in men vs. women with far fewer being done in men. There are numerous reasons for the relative low incidence of facelifts in men including better Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Weight of Breast Implants

Breast implants obviously add weight to one’s chest, just like real breast tissue would. But how much do breast implants weigh? The answer to these questions is based on the material’s density and atomic composition. This is why comparing cc (a volume measurement) does not necessarily compare to grams. (a weight measurement) Similar-sized silicone breast Read More…

Options in Aesthetic Jawline Enhancement

The jawline is the defining feature of the lower face. It is quite simple from a structural standpoint being a u-shaped arc and serving as the transition between the face and the neck. But it can have lots of aesthetic problems that are extremely common complaints. A weak chin, a sagging neck, a double chin, Read More…