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Injectable Rhinoplasty Using Diced Cartilage

The concept of a non-surgical rhinoplasty or nosejob has emerged with the popularity and widespread use of injectable fillers. For select nasal defects, most commonly to camouflage a small nasal hump, fillers are introduced by needle through the skin to get an immediate result. While it is not permanent, the use of longer lasting fillers Read More…

Case Study: Philtral Column Augmentation with Dermal Grafts in Lip Enhancement

Background: The lips have become a significant focus of facial enhancement, largely attributed to not only existing cultural standards but the use of injectable fillers. Adding volume and increasing the size of the lips has become relatively easy and immediate with a few simple sticks of a needle. Increasing the height and volume of Read More…

Case Study: Chin Augmentation Revision with Implant Exchange and Repositioning

Background: Chin augmentation is the original and the most common area of facial skeletal enhancement. As a projecting edge of bone that is fairly easy to access, placing a chin implant is understandably perceived as a very simple and near error-free facial implant procedure. Despite this commonly-held belief, however, chin implants do have problems Read More…

Case Study: Surgical Decompression for Occipital Migraines

Background: Migraine headaches are a common and potentially debilitating disorder. Affecting both men as well as women, they account for a significant amount of lost productivity and a hampered lifestyle for those severely affected. Why migraines occur is still largely unknown. Treatment of migraines is largely done by drug therapies which focus on either Read More…

Complications from Laser Liposuction (Smartlipo)

There has been an influx of patients who have presented for treatment of secondary problems after undergoing laser liposuction. While liposuction has been around for almost 30 years, its traditional method of the manual loosening of fat has seen some recent technologic advances. One of these is the heating or melting of the fat Read More…

The Use of Makeup and Concealers after Facial Plastic Surgery

One of the most common questions that a female patient may ask after any form of facial cosmetic surgery is…how soon can I apply makeup? While that time period will vary based on the type of facial procedure you have had, a general rule is that cosmetics may be applied as soon as the Read More…

Matristem for Wound Healing and Graft Stimulation

Wound healing and the science behind it is an integral part of plastic surgery. No medical specialty is faced with more diverse wound healing challenges being a referral source for difficult and non-healing surgery sites and wounds. Plastic surgery offers a wide spectrum of wound healing methods from tissue flaps, skin and fat grafting to Read More…

Case Study: Secondary Liposuction after a Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)

Background: A tummy tuck is the most successful body contouring operation in plastic surgery that we know. Its dramatic removal of excess skin and fat, and vertical rectus muscle tightening, produces an outcome that patient’s can not otherwise achieve on their own. While there is a resultant scar, that is a worthwhile trade-off in Read More…

A Methodology For Choosing Implant Size in Breast Augmentation

Beauty has always been in the eyes of the beholder. The parameters of beauty also differ from one culture to another and also change with time and fashion. What does that mean for breast size, particularly in a Western culture? Well the eye of the beholder is highly influenced by the culture in which they Read More…

Breast Augmentation Under Local Anesthesia

Breast augmentation remains a very popular body contouring procedure. It is a relatively simple outpatient procedure that takes about an hour to complete under general anesthesia. No matter how it is done, it fundamentally involves placing an implant behind the breast tissue. The breast implant essentially does all the work in terms of making Read More…