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Dysport Clinical Study – Is It Better than Botox?

Dysport, with its recent FDA approval, offers a competitive product to Botox. Another neurotoxin for aesthetic use is highly welcomed by many as some are frustrated by the service and price that comes from a monopolistic manufacturer. As Dysport has become commercially available, rumors abound that it lasts longer than Botox and its price Read More…

The Next Wave of Injectable Fillers – More or Better?

The use of injectable fillers as an in-office procedure has become a mainstay of contemporary aesthetic facial treatments. Millions of such procedures are performed per year. Between 2002 and 2008, a dozen injectable filler products have become commercially available. While the pace of new product release has been brisk, ongoing development promises that more such Read More…

Cosmetassure – Insurance for Complications from Cosmetic Surgery

Having a complication after an elective cosmetic surgery procedure is usually something no patient envisions…or even gives much thought about. While it may be explained before surgery that there are risks involved, most patients understandably are not focused on those issues. This potential problem is given no more thought than the risk of being in Read More…

Three Considerations in Chin Augmentation Surgery

Chin augmentation has been a procedure that has a near seventy-five year history of being done in humans. It remains as a fairly simple and highly effective method for improving the most prominent area of the lower third of the face. Many different materials have been used to serve as a chin implant but synthetic Read More…

Liposuction – An Evolving Science but still an Imprecise Art

Liposuction continues to be the most commonly performed of all body contouring plastic surgery procedures. The large surface areas that can be treated make for significant changes in the contours of one’s body. The marketing and promotion of liposuction across all types of media strongly suggest that it is a precise surgical procedure. Inferences are Read More…

Diced Cartilage Grafts for Dorsal Augmentation in Rhinoplasty

Building up the nasal bridge, known as dorsal augmentation, is needed for certain types of rhinoplasty surgeries. These include secondary correction of traumatic nasal injuries and saddle nose deformities as well as in some primary ethnic rhinoplasties. Often a rebuilt or elevated dorsal line is one of the most important objectives to achieve in these Read More…

Submentoplasty for Isolated Neck Rejuvenation

The neck, or more properly the neck angle, is a hallmark of both youth and a well defined jaw line. As one ages, the neck angle will change…it is only matter of how much and when. While the aging neck problem is usually addressed by some form of a facelift, this involves incisions around Read More…

Combination Laser Treatments for Difficult Burn and Acne Scar Problems

On the Today Show yesterday, many may have seen the burned triplets who had their scars treated with a ‘new’ laser technique. This is a very interesting story from both the perspectives of the girls themselves as well as the form of laser scar treatments that had been done on them. The Berns triplets were just 17 months Read More…

Another Injectable Filler Goes Away (Evolence)

The past five years has seen numerous injectable fillers come onto the market. From just a few in 2002 to now over a dozen presently, the rush to enter the multi-billion dollar injectable anti-aging market has been near feverish. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I have seen more sales representatives for injectable fillers Read More…

Breast Reduction and the Risk of Breast Cancer

Breast reduction remains as a very popular and commonly performed plastic surgery procedure. It provides a dual reconstructive and cosmetic benefit by making the large breast better shaped and more uplifted and improves back, shoulder and neck pain by breast volume reduction. As part of the breast reduction procedure, segments of breast tissue are Read More…