Category: cosmetic surgery | Did You Know

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Cosmetic Surgery for Animals

Plastic surgery is not unique to just humans. Dogs and cats undergo routinue physical alterations such as tail docking, ear cropping, ear straightening declawing, facelifts, nose jobs, testicle replacement and even braces. Many of these procedures, while effective, are very controversial. Unlike cosmetic surgery in humans which is elective, these changes in animals are involuntary Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Rise in Chin Augmentation

The fastest growing cosmetic plastic surgery operation in 2011 was…chin augmentation. Done primarily with an implant, enhancing one’s profile by improving the projection of the chin increased over 70% last year. The rise in chin augmentation has been linked to the increasing use of Skype and FaceTime, applications where you are forced to look at Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Silicone in Breast Implants

Silicone breast implants are composed of both a silicone gel (filler) and a more solid silicone containment bag. But this silicone should not be confused with silicon, number 14 on the Periodic Table, a crystalline metalloid element. While silicone does contain some silicon atoms, it has many more carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules which give Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Importance of the Nasolabial Angle in Rhinoplasty

The relationship of the nose to the lip is an important consideration in facial aesthetics. Known as the nasolabial angle, this is a measurable angle in profile view between the columellar skin of the nose and the philtrum of the upper lip. This relationship is often changed in rhinoplasty surgery. A recent clinical study has Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Rectus Diastasis Plication in Tummy Tucks

A common component of tummy tuck surgery is repair of a rectus diastasis. This is a separation of the vertical rectus abdominus muscles into right and left halfs. Often thought of as a hernia, it actually is not as it is neither a defect or hole in the abdominal wall fascia. The muscle may be Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Facial Beauty and the Importance of Symmetry

One of the important elements of facial beauty, if not the most important, is symmetry. The more symmetric the two halfs of the face are, the more attractive one is rated to be. This is frequently seen in illustrated TV commercials and print ads. When the person shown is sick or ill, their face is Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Botox for Bruxism

Botox is tremendously effective in stopping unwanted facial expressions, such as frowning, by blocking the nerve input to the injected muscles. But weakening facial muscles is useful for more than just making one look better, Botox injections can also help one feel better as well. Facial pain from grinding one’s teeth, known as bruxism, Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Vanity and Plastic Surgery

People undergo plastic surgery to have physical changes of the face and body. In so doing many feel somewhat guilty and wonder if they are simply being vain. But the definition of vanity is quite different. Vanity is defined as having excessive pride in oneself and their appearance. Conversely almost everyone that I see in Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Earlobe Lengthening

The earlobe is uniquely different than the rest of the ear. Not because of his shape or location but because it does not contain cartilage. The earlobe only contains skin and fat. This is why the earlobe is soft and stretchy while the ear above it is more stiff and has minimal stretch to it. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Lower Eyelid Bags

Lower eyelid bags and abdominal hernias may seem very dissimilar but are actually caused by a similar anatomic problem. Lower eyelid bags are usually the result of fat protruding out from underneath the eye. The eyeball is encased in a cushion of fat which is held back in place by tissue attachments between the tarsus Read More…