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Case Study: Revision of Lip (Vermilion) Advancements

Background: While injectable fillers are the most common form of lip augmentation, there are limits as to the lip changes they can achieve. While fillers add volume, they have a limited ability to significantly increase the vertical height of the lip. The vertical or visible size of the lip vermilion is what all forms of Read More…

Case Study: Tummy Tuck for Waistline Reshaping and Weight Loss

Background: The tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is one of the most popular of all the body contouring procedures. Whether helping to reverse the effects of pregnancy or that of weight loss, it achieves what no amount of diet and exercising can do…the removal of loose/stretched out abdominal skin. But it does so with the aesthetic trade-off Read More…

Case Study: Full Facelift for Neck Wattle Correction

Background: The concept of a facelift is one of the most recognizeable plastic surgery terms/procedures. It is such a pervasive term in the world of anti-aging treatments that  the mere mention of its name evokes strong reactions, some positive and others very derogatory about it. But despite its familiarity and perceptions, it is one of Read More…

Case Study: Shaped Implants for Breast Augmentation

Background: In the evolution of breast augmentation, shaped breast implants offer a relatively new and exciting option. While round implants can certainly enlarge any breast, some women do not prefer the resultant rounded shape to the breast that may occur if they have fairly taut overlying skin. Even in loose breast skin, large implants can Read More…

Case Study: The Pseudolifting Effect of Breast Implants

Background: There is a common perception that an implant can lift up a sagging breast. The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. In most cases of sagging breasts (breast ptosis) an implant will actually making the breast shape worse. It will fill out the upper pole of the breast while having Read More…

Case Study: Superior Crescent Nipple Lifts in Breast Augmentation

Background: One of the most vexing problems in breast augmentation for the plastic surgeon is the women with breasts that has some sagging. No woman electively wants the scars from a breast lift unless their breasts have severe sagging and even they know it is an unavoidable issue. It is the women that wants only Read More…

Case Study: Calf Implants in Bilateral Clubfeet

Background: Calf augmentation using either a synthetic implant or fat injections is a well known surgical procedure to increase the prominence of the calf muscle. While many people think of the typical calf augmentation patient as a body builder or an athlete, aesthetic enhancement of normal calf muscles is only one reason to have the Read More…

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