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OR Snapshots – Lateral Vermilion Advancements for Improving Upper Lip Shape

The shape and size of the lips has great variability amongst individuals. Each set of lips is so unique that ‘lip prints’ are almost as individualized as finger prints. There is a natural difference in shape between the upper and lower lips due to the presence of the cupid’s bow in the upper lip which Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Effects of a Facelift on a Regional Scar

One of the basic tenets of how facelift surgery works is by translocation or repositioning of tissues. Sagging and loose skin along the jawline and neck is relocated up and back towards the ear where it can be removed with a more discrete scar location. This then means that some fixed structures on the side Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Ruptured Silicone Gel Chin Implant

Chin augmentation is an aesthetic facial procedure that has been done for just about 100 years. The first reported procedure was done way back in 1928 using a cartilage graft to the chin. The use of carved ivory was also done in the early chin augmentation days. But the procedure never achieved any popularity in Read More…

OR Snapshots – Difficult Custom Jawline Implant Removal

Despite the tremendous benefits of a custom jawline implant there is always the need for revision of it. Whether due to its size, design or placement the potential need (risk) of revisional surgery always exists. In fact that risk is higher for custom implants than standard implants which can be very confusing to patients. What Read More…

OR Snapshots – Buccal vs Abdominal Fat For Facial Fat Injections

Fat injections are a common method today for soft tissue augmentation whether it is for reconstructive or aesthetic purposes. An injection approach offers a versatile method of instilling a soft tissue graft in almost any anatomic location. How successful such fat injections are depends on a variety of factors from method of harvest and preparation Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Implant Incisions

Implants provide the most definitive and sustained volume augmentation for temporal hollowing. Available in different sizes and thicknesses they are placed under the deep temporal fascia to exert their augmentation effect. Unlike other facial implants which are placed on bone and have a firm feel to them, temporal implants are uniquely different in that they Read More…

OR Snapshots – Wedge Latissimus Dorsi Musclle Resection in Rib Removal Surgery

Rib removal in my practice is a common body contouring procedure to improve the shape of the waistline. It is the final possible procedure for those patients who have been through prior surgical efforts (BBL,liposuction, tummy tucks) or for those who are so lean that these standard surgical procedures are not of much value. Reducing Read More…

OR Snapshots – Free Floating Rib Removal for Waistline Reduction

Waistline reductive reshaping with rib removal involves manipulation of the lowest level of the ribcage. The so called free floating ribs, numbers 11 and 12, are partially removed to reduce the support for the sides of waistline. These ribs are unique as they are not attached to the rest of the ribcage like the other Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Extended Pennant Corner of Mouth Lift

The sagging or downturned corner of the mouth is not a facial feature that anyone requests to have. While the fall of the corner of the mouth is most commonly associated with aging, due to the weight of the overlying falling softy tissues, some people have a natural downward slant to the corners of their Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Artery Ligation in Females

A not uncommon esthetic abnormality of the temporal region are prominent arteries. Unlike temporal veins which will have a bluish hue and run in a relatively straight vertical, the superficial branch of the temporal artery has a classic serpiginous course as it proceeds superiorly from the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the Read More…