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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Ten Year Old Silicone Breast Implants

Background: While the effects of breast implants can last a lifetime, the implants themselves may need to be replaced due to mechanical failure. This is a well known reality of breast implants and the younger of age one has them placed the near 100% probability they will need to be replaced over one’s lifetime. But Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Asian V Line Surgery

Background: Reshaping of the entire jawline to a more slim or narrowed shape has become known as V line surgery. It is most commonly done in Asians to change a wide and more square jaw to a more narrow and triangular one. It is a bony reshaping surgery which focuses on the chin anteriorly and Read More…

Case Study – Minimal Incision Bone Cement Occipital Skull Augmentation

Background: Skull deformities of the back of the head are very common. It is probably the one skull area that has the greatest incidence of shape distortions. This likely occurs because it is the most exposed skull area to deformational force both in utero and after birth due to fetal and neonatal positioning. Thus flat Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Abdominal Etching Liposuction

Background: A well shaped and toned abdomen is a goal of both men and women of all ages alike. While some have it naturally, particularly at a young age, most have to work to maintain or create it through some regular diet and exercise. A trim waistline and a flat abdomen is a reasonable and Read More…

Case Study – Asian Nasal Implant Rhinoplasty

Plastic SurgeryBackground: The need for augmentation of the nose can be due to congenital, traumatic or iatrogenic saddle nose deformities or for elective ethnic rhinoplasty surgery. Ethnic rhinoplasty indications are usually for the Asian or African-American patient in my practice and are dorsal line augmentations that usually involve the tip as well. The debate Read More…

Case Study – Extreme Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are available in a wide variety of sizes based on volume. (ccs) Implant size ranges from 150cc to 800cc for most manufacturers. The vast majority of women achieve their breast augmentation goals in the median of these numbers in the 300cc to 500cc range. Large breast implants would be judged by Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Buttock Implants in Asian Gluteal Augmentation

Background: Buttock augmentation is the fastest growing body contouring procedure in the U.S. which is primarily done by fat injections. Known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) it is a natural procedure that has a coincidential body contouring effect from the liposuction areas. (primarily abdomen and flanks) When adequate fat is available this is the Read More…

Case Study – Rhinoplasty for the Aging Overprojected Nose

Background: The shape of the nasal tip is primarily affected by its anatomic composition. The size, thickness and length of the lower alar cartilages create the major shape of the lower third of the nose. Combined with the thickness of the nasal skin over these cartilages the shape of the nasal tip is defined. The Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Chin Cleft Creation Surgery

Background: One of the very unique aesthetic features of the chin are dimples and clefts. While often perceived as being similar, they are not. Chin dimples are central circular indentations in the central mound of the chin pad. A chin cleft is a vertical groove located more along the inferior chin pad and crosses along Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Jaw Asymmetry Correction with Custom Implant

Background: Symmetry of the lower third of the face, and the jawline specifically, is one of the most important components of facial aesthetics. Asymmetry in the jawline can occur in any of its components from the chin, body or ramus of the mandible. Differences in lengths of the ramus due to development is one of Read More…