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Weight Loss Before Liposuction – How Much and When?

One of the common questions from potential liposuction patients is how much weight should they try to lose before surgery. Should they not try to loss any weight, loss some weight, or loss as much weight as they can before liposuction body contouring? The crossing of paths between surgical and non-surgical weight loss is Read More…

The Aging Mouth – Fat Injections for Volume Loss

Like the appearance of the back of one’s hands, the mouth area can be a telltale sign of one’s age. The best facelift ever done will do little for this expressive island of the central face. Focused treatment strategies must be applied to the lips and mouth. As their aging problems do not respond Read More…

Surgery Center vs. Hospital Infection Risks in Elective Plastic Surgery

In the February 26, 2010 issue of the New York Times, an article on hospital-acquired infection and antibiotic-resistant bacteria was published. While a hospital is the place to recover from severe illness or undergo major surgery, there is a flip side to concentration of illnesses… being a depot and breeding ground for bacteria of all Read More…

The Sternal Notch Tuck-Up: A Low Horizontal Neck Lift

As one’s face ages, there is a gradual downward shifting of tissues from the cheek down into the neck area. The combination of time, gravity, and loss of skin’s elasticity and its underlying anchoring ligaments accounts for this inferior movement. Because the jaw (mandible) acts like a ‘fixed fence line’, the falling over of Read More…

Case Study: Reconstruction of the Torn Gauged Earlobe

Background: Earlobe stretching (often incorrectly referred to as ear gauging) is the deliberate expansion of an initially healed piercing into a much larger through and through hole. The purpose of earlobe stretching is for the ultimate purpose of wearing jewelry in the hole. Stretching is usually done in small amounts over time to avoid Read More…

Rhinoplasty for the Boxy Nose (Wide Tip)

“ My nose is too wide…My nose is big and troll-like nose… My nose is thick and bulbous…I have a nose with a boxy tip” Many patients seeking rhinoplasty have what they commonly describe as a wide, boxy, or bulbous tip of the nose. What they really want is to have it look more refined Read More…

Minimally Invasive Brow Lifting – Does It Work?

Minimally invasive cosmetic surgery techniques continue to have great appeal. Most everyone would like to look better without a major effort like some form of surgery. Or, at the least, they would like the surgery to be ‘minimal’. Sagging brows, or brow ptosis, is one sign of facial aging that makes one look tired Read More…

Myths about Fat Removal in Liposuction

Liposuction remains the single most commonly performed body contouring procedure. If for no other reason than the omnipresent of fat throughout the body, it represents the largest surface area procedure performed in any type of known surgery. Because fat is extracted, there are numerous misconceptions about the fat that is removed as well as Read More…

The Tear Trough Deformity: Surgical and Injectable Filler Treatment Options

A very common patient concern is that of dark circles under the eyes. While patients frequently try a variety of creams to improve the dark discoloration that they see, they are usually chasing the wrong ‘rabbit’. Most dark circles problems are really a tear trough deformity, an indentation problem that is creating a shadow Read More…

Chemical Peeling of the Lower Eyelid for Wrinkle Reduction

Contrary to the perception of many, upper and lower eyelid (blepharoplasty) surgery will not do much to improve wrinkles around the eyes. Eyelid procedures are for removing redundant skin and herniated fat. For wrinkle improvement around the eyes, chemical peels are one good option for wrinkle reduction. If chemical peeling is to be done Read More…