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Injectable Fillers in the Advanced Aging Face

Injectable fillers are just a close second behind Botox as a very popular anti-aging facial treatment. Beyond making lips bigger, the primary benefit of injectable fillers is that they add instant volume to aging facial tissues. It has become appreciated that as the face ages, for most people, fat is lost and the face Read More…

Surgery for Temporal Migraine Sufferers – Potential Hope with Vascular Decompression

The prevalence of migraine headaches, specifically those that are disabling and life-altering, is not rare. When traditional neurologic approaches, such as drugs destined to prevent or abort a migraine, fail to provide relief through a centrally-mediated mechanism then peripheral therapy should be considered. A lot of new information is forthcoming that supports the peripheral Read More…

The Role of Graft Preparation in Fat Injection Therapies

Fat grafting is a hot topic in plastic surgery. Over the past ten years, it has emerged from its dark ages in which it was viewed as unsuccessful and in disrepute. Historically, fat grafting in cosmetic surgery was completely unpredictable. The transferred fat would usually completely resorb and, if not, it left lumps and contour Read More…

Facelift Surgery Goes To The Dogs

While everyone knows a facelift by name, very few know actually what it is. I have yet to meet a prospective patient or even an interested person on the street who truly knows what the facelift operation is or does. Apparently this is a similar problem in the dog world as well. In Read More…

The Scar Differences Between The Limited and Full Facelift

For nearly fifty years, or the last half of the past century, the full subcutaneous facelift has been the treatment of choice for reversing the effects of facial aging on the neck and jowls. Many modifications have been done to it including SMAS plication, platysmal tightening, and deep-plane approaches all with the intent of Read More…

Reducing Seromas in Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Surgery

A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is one of the most common body contouring procedures. It is unrivaled for what it can do to the waistline when there is loose skin and excess fat for which there is no other satisfactory solution. Despite the success of the procedure, it is not complication free. The most Read More…

Stretch Marks – Difficult Problem, A Few Hopeful Treatments

Stretch marks remain one of the few cosmetic skin deformities in plastic surgery that defies a really convincing treatment. Known medically as striae, stretch marks often appear after rapid weight gain and loss and most commonly as the result of pregnancy. They frequently appear in the teen years when growth spurts and increased levels of Read More…

Dermal Grafting for Upper Lip Philtral Augmentation (Philtroplasty)

The desire for fuller and more shapely lips has been achieveable for some time through injectable fillers. The ability to spot place plumping volume anywhere on the lips can really allow for some true sculpting of certain lip areas. The lips are comprised of numerous anatomic areas which are commonly injected, mainly along the Read More…

Fat Injections and Stem Cells in Plastic Surgery – Hype or Hope?

The use of the words ‘stem cell’ and ‘reconstructive surgery’ is a charismatic combination that brings to mind a simple and seemingly obvious biologic solution. With the knowledge that fat cells are an excellent source of adult stem cells and liposuction is an easy way to get them, the procedure of lipofilling or fat-stem Read More…

Diagnosing and Treating Complications from Injectable Fillers

Second only to Botox, injectable fillers are a common method of facial enhancement. In but a few minutes, one can quickly add volume to small lips, deep nasolabial folds, skin depressions and areas of facial fat loss. With this ease comes millions of such injection procedures done per year by a wide range of Read More…