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Breast Sagging (Ptosis) and Lifting After Extreme Weight Loss

While all breasts naturally sag as a result of aging, this problem is significantly exaggerated by extreme weight loss. Much like letting air out of a balloon, the breast deflates with weight loss and the breast mound and nipple sag and, in many cases, end up with the breast pointing south and the nipple pointing Read More…

Eyelash Enhancement With Semi-Permanent Extensions

Women have long sought to improve the appearance of their eyes by enhancing their eyelashes. Whether it be from the application of mascara or synthetic eyelashes which attach to the eyelid, longer and fuller eyelashes provide real beauty to the eye area. The newest method of eyelash enhancement are semi-permanent eyelash extensions. They offer the cosmetic benefit of lengthening Read More…

Faster Recovery and Healing After Plastic Surgery

Healing after many plastic surgery procedures is uneventful and expected. However, certain types of patients and plastic surgery procedures result in outcomes that have wound healing problems. While not all wound healing complications can be prevented, some can be averted or lessened in their severity by preoperative preparation I like to think of major Read More…

Dosing Recommendations for Botox Facial Injections

The elimination or softening of unwanted facial expressions has been made possible by drug-induced chemodenervation, otherwise known as Botox injections. Botox continues to increase in popularity because it is highly effective at achieving facial expression manipulation through a simple set of injections without any visible signs of having it done or recovery. Botox is Read More…

Fat Injection Enhancement of the Aging Face

As the face matures ages over time, some people will develop fat loss which can make the face appear somewhat hollow and sunken. While this may have been a good look when one was young, in the older face such fat loss makes it appear much older and even a bit ill-appearing. A good Read More…

Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Bariatric Plastic Surgery

The treatment of obesity with bariatric surgery is a commonly done and highly effective procedure for generating large amounts of weight loss. (> 100 pounds) This has led to a large population of such weight loss patients seeking body contouring surgery to deal with their hanging skin issues. Many of the body contouring surgery Read More…

Assessment of Patient Satisfaction With Botox Facial Injections

Botox is the world’s most popular minimally invasive facial treatment for cosmetic purposes. Temporarily decreasing or eliminating certain forehead and eye wrinkles that result from reflex facial expressions has proven to be highly desired throughout much of the civilized world. I have always said that Botox is so popular because it simply works well Read More…

Avoiding An Unnatural Cheek Implant Result

Cheek implants are a fairly simple and effective method of enhancing this important aesthetic part of the face. By placing implants through an incision on the underside of the upper lip, the cheek area can be enhanced in various three dimensional ways with different types of implant designs. While once used exclusively for people Read More…

Hump Reduction in Rhinoplasty

A bump or hump on the nose is one of the most common reasons one seeks a rhinoplasty procedure. Reducing a hump and having a smoother bridge of the nose makes it appear more pleasing. Even if many other features of the nose are being changed , one of the signs of a successful Read More…

The Suture Suspension Facelift (Threadlift) – Does It Work?

The appeal of using specialized sutures to resuspend sagging facial tissues in a minimally-invasive operation is enormous. Doing a little facial tightening or tuck-up as an office procedure with little downtime has its obvious advantages. As a result, numerous types of barbed sutures have become available over the past five years and many such procedures Read More…