Category: Did You Know | rhinoplasty

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Anatomy of a Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is well known as being one of the most difficult and challenging of all plastic surgery operations. The obvious reason is that the nose is the most prominent feature on just about anyone’s face and it is easily judged and critiqued. While this is certainly true, it is not the only reason that good Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Laser Hair Treatments

Your hair is not in your skin¦technically. The dead hair shaft which we see comes through the skin but the hair follicle or bulb, the live part of hair, sits below the deepest part of the skin. This bulb is what laser hair treatments target. Specific wavelengths of laser light are geared towards the dark Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Biology of Scar Redness in Wound Healing

While everyone acknowledges that incisions and scars take time to heal and look better, the natural history of this process confuses most patients. Immediately after surgery or a laceration repair, the skin edges and scar line looks great and has a natural color. This will continue to look this way before it changes for the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Botox for Men

Botox is not just for women. More and more men are getting Botox injections to soften their facial wrinkles. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of men getting Botox increased over 250 percent over the past 10 years. While the number still pales in comparison to women, the increase shows the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Anatomy of Undereye Bags

The development of undereye bags is a well known sign of aging. Some people only get them as they age. Other people have them when they are quite young, only to have them worse as they get older. The main cause of undereye bags is fat. But where does it come from? The design of Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Risks of Large Volume Liposuction

Liposuction is a well known procedure for removing targeted areas of fat. Many new technologic developments have occurred in liposuction, including the use of ultrasonic, laser and water-based methods to assist the fat extraction. While these methods may impact efficacy, they do not influence safety. The safety of liposuction has been clearly shown to be Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Counting Tummy Rolls in Abdominal Reshaping Surgery

One of the common conundrums for many patients is whether their stomach should have liposuction or a tummy tuck to get a better and more flat shape. Liposuction removes fat, seems simpler and has a more rapid recovery. A tummy tuck removes a large amount of skin and fat, is more complex to undergo and Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Rhinoplasty Name

Surgery of the nose has long been known as a rhinoplasty. Nose reshaping is one of the oldest forms of plastic surgery dating back at least two thousand years ago. It is not clear when nose reshaping acquired its rhinoplasty name, but books that date back hundreds of years use the term. Rhinoplasty, however, has Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Repeat Surgery Patients

While more people than ever before are having plastic surgery, many of them are not new patients to the experience. Traditional thinking is that once one has a procedure, it is a one-time experience. And that the increase in the number of plastic surgery procedures performed in the past decade has been new patients. But Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Saline Breast Implant Noise

There are numerous differences between saline and silicone breast implants. All of these differences revolve around it being filled with essentially a water solution. One of these differences is that saline breasts can make a noise during the recovery process. For a period of time after surgery, these implants can be occasionally heard to be Read More…