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Case Study: Octogenarian Facelift

  Background:  Aging of the face is inevitable and is always dramatically seen in the lower face and neck. Sagging of the jowls and neck occurs as the ligaments weaken and the skin stretches. While initially seen as a little bit of jowling and loose neck skin it can eventually progress to a full blown Read More…

Case Study: Breast Rejuvenation in Older Women with Implants

  Background:  The popularity of breast augmentation surgery has much to do with its immediate effect at creating a larger and fuller breast mound. As the number of breast augmentation surgeries have continued to increase over the past decade, ‘older’ women are more frequently having the procedure. While once thought of as just a cosmetic Read More…

Case Study: Blepharoplasty for Puffy Eyes in Men

  Background:  The eyes may be the window to the soul but there are also good indicators of how the face is aging externally. Aging first starts around the eyes and continues to progress as one gets older. This occurs because of the frequent motion of the eyelids and the orbicularis muscle that surrounds them. Read More…

Case Study: Breast Augmentation in Pectus Excavatum Deformity

  Background:  The shape of the breasts is partially influenced by the anatomy of the underlying chest wall and rib cage. The bony ribs and sternum serve as the platform of support for the soft tissue of the breast mound. Asymmetries in the chest wall, therefore, will create overlying asymmetry and shape issues in the Read More…

Case Study: Liposuction of the Knees

Background:  As liposuction has evolved over the past thirty years, it has undergone numerous developments most of them technological. But besides improvements in how effectively fat can be extracted, the use of liposuction has been applied to every conceivable body part from the neck down to the ankles. The development and use of small cannulas Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implant Exchange for Larger Breasts

Background:  Breast implant surgery is all about, of course, making breasts bigger. But patient satisfaction comes from achieving or getting close to what size the patient wants. While breast implants come in a wide range of sizes, there is no exact method of picking an implant and achieving a certain size. This is because, while Read More…

Case Study: Foot Rejuvenation by Fat Injections

Background:  The feet age not unlike the many changes that occur throughout the rest of the body. Tissues weaken, muscle and fat loses volume, and ligaments and joints become less elastic. But the feet are unique because they have to sustain a greater amount of weight than any other structure in the body. Unlike the Read More…

Case Study: Cranioplasty for the Flat Back of the Head

Background:  The shape of the head is largely determined by the skull that lies underneath it.  Its normal oblong shape is created by the multiples plates of skull bone formed in utero that only formally fuse together after birth. The rapidly developing and expanding brain has great influence on forming the skull shape, much like Read More…

Case Study: Lower Buttock Lift for the Saggy Derriere

Background:  Buttock enhancement has become a popular contemporary procedure, offering improvements to a body part that historically has been thought of as having few choices. People have numerous aesthetic buttock concerns including size, shape and tone/firmness issues. Buttock augmentation with fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift) is most well known today as it has become Read More…

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