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Case Study: Male Subnasal Lip Lift

Background: The lips in women are a major focus of aesthetic attention as demonstrated by the infathomable number of lipsticks, glosses and other topical enhancement products. Injectable fillers serve as a major means of temporary increase in lip size in women. Injectable lip fillers in men, by comparison, is very rare. While men can Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in Sternal Depressions (Pectus Excavatum)

Background: The dramatic effect of an implant on the size and shape of the breast is more than well known. Expanding the breast skin in three dimensions elevates the nipple and widens the base of the breast, creating a fuller and more youthful breast appearance. Often overlooked is the effect of breast augmentation on Read More…

Oral Supplements and Botox

Every cosmetic Botox (also Dysport, Xeomin) patient would love to have it last longer. Whether it would be a new molecular form of Botox or some additive method of drug prolongation, there is considerable interest in that effect. The offshoot of lasting longer is most manifest for patients in that they would be exposed Read More…

Jowl Correction in Facelift Surgery

Sagging of the jowls is considered to be among the top facial features that contributes to an aging look. This is clearly more true for women than in men in my experience. Woman notice the appearance of jowls much quicker than men and are generally more bothered by them. As the jowls droop, that once Read More…

Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Extreme Plastic Surgery

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a well recognized psychological classification that is not a rare sighting in a plastic surgeon’s office or surgery center. Most of the time BDD patients are ‘discovered’ after a surgical encounter due to either good camouflage by the patient or lack or recognition during the presurgical discussion(s). While outsiders Read More…

Botox Smoothes Out A Really Big Wrinkle

It looks like Botox just smoothed the largest wrinkle it has ever seen. Calling it a wrinkle might be an understatement, a better description would be a very deep furrow. News from today reports that Allergan, the manufacturer of Botox the world’s number one wrinkle reducer, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle Read More…

The Scar from the Direct Necklift

The aging neck is one of the most bothersome features of facial aging, whether it be a man or a woman. This is very evident as patients get older (greater than 55 or 60) and often is the sole focus regardless how the rest of the face is aging. For many men, the sagging neck Read More…

Case Study: Combined Vertical and Horizontal Chin Lengthening in Men

Background: The chin is one of the facial prominences and the most noticeable part of the lower jaw. Horizontal chin shortness has been recognized for many decades and has largely been improved through the use of synthetic implants. Placing an implant on the front edge of the bone is a simple and relatively uncomplicated Read More…

Case Study: Reduction of the Prominent Nipples in Men

Background: The nipple, technically known as the nipple-areolar complex, is present in both men and women. While it has a functional role in women, it is a non-functional vestigial structur in men. While a man’s chest would look strange without it, it aesthetically should blend in and be relatively non-prominent. Changes in the size and Read More…

Improving the Comfort of Facial Injectable Fillers

Injectable fillers are a tremendously popular method for immediate enhancement of the lips and cheek-lip grooves. They have revolutionized cosmetic improvements of thin lips, lip lines, and a deepening nasolabial groove. With over a dozen injectable fillers to choose from, patients have a variety of options in both the cost of treatment and how Read More…