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Submalar Cheek Implants for Facial Lipoatrophy

Facial lipoatrophy is a not uncommon facial condition that all of us have seen but didn’t know exactly what to call it. Some people call it ‘gaunt looking’, others may refer to it as ‘hollowing’ of the face. No matter what you call it, it is the result of loss of the buccal (cheek) Read More…

Gas Prices, The Economy and Plastic Surgery

While the economy partly has been in a recent downturn, partly driven by higher gas prices (amongst many issues), there is no certainty as to how far south it may go. Where it stays as it is today or gets worse in the next 6 months is impossible to predict. What is possible to Read More…

Fat Injections for Calf Augmentation

Augmentation of the calfs is most consistently done with a synthetic implant. Most patients who seek calf augmentation are typically body builder types, those born with very thin calfs who have been unable to build them up, or sosmeone with significant calf asymmetry. Despite an implant’s predictable improvement in the size and shape of Read More…

Product Review – Prevelle Silk Injectable Filler

The number of commercially-available injectable fillers continues to expand. Most injectable fillers that are available today, and into the near future, are hyaluron or hyaluronic acid-based (HA) due to its human compatability and lack of any significant complications. HA is a sugar molecule well known to the human body being present in much of the Read More…

Fat Injections for Buttock Augmentation

Buttock augmentation is most consistently done with a gluteal implant. Despite its predictable improvement in the size and shape of the buttocks, buttock implants are not without complications. Intramuscular implant placement makes recovery more uncomfortable and having to sit on the implant predisposes it to positional shifting and the formation of fluid collections and Read More…

Scars, Scarring and Scar Revision

Scars from most plastic surgery procedures are an inevitable outcome. Most plastic surgery operations require an incision, and when this is necessary as it almost always is, a scar will result. While many incisions (and subsequent scars) can be relatively ‘hidden’ dependent upon the procedure (e.g., facelift, blepharoplasty), many plastic surgery procedures on the Read More…

Plastic Surgery for Real People

I read a recent article in People magazine this week entitled the same name as this blog. The fundamental premise of the article was that plastic surgery today is done on the ‘average person’, not necessarily the rich and famous. They go on to cite five people who had differing plastic surgery procedures and Read More…

The Numbers Game in Plastic Surgery

One of the very common questions that many patients ask, either through the internet or in actual consultations, is….how many of (whatever procedure they are interested in) do you do or have you done? On the surface, this question seems logical and appropriate and one that should lead to a level of greater or lesser Read More…

Getting Rid Of Those Crow’s Feet

Lines around the eyes give a variety of emotional expressions, most of which convey a negative impression. These periocular lines, or crow’s feet as they are commonly referred to, are the result of normal but excessive muscle action of the underlying orbicularis oculi or sphincter muscle of the eye. As wrinkle lines form perpendicular Read More…

A Minor Browlift with Botox

Botox is now the most well known injectable cosmetic facial treatment and is phenomenally effective at reducing undesired lines of facial expression, particularly in the forehead and eye area. The temporary paralysis effect of Botox works by reducing muscle pull on the overlying skin. Since lines and wrinkles form on the face from the pull Read More…