•A Facelift That Is Quick and Fits Your Lifestyle
As we age, our face starts to show jowling and loose neck skin. This happens due to the pull of gravity on our facial tissues whose attachments to the underlying bones and tissues gradually loosens. While there are other signs of facial aging, these are often the most bothersome to many people. Most do not notice these facial aging signs that much until they see themselves in pictures from a side or profile view, to which they may be quite surprised that their neck or jowls looked 'that bad'....
•Breast Reduction Surgery - Can It Be Covered By My Health Insurance?
? Breast reduction is a tremendously effective procedure are reducing the size of the breasts and the associated musculoskeletal neck, back and shoulder pains that result from them. Frequently, although not always, breast reduction can be covered by your medical insurance if it is part of their covered benefits.
Whether one qualifies for medical insurance coverage is not a mystery as most insurance companies have very specific criteria to qualify for eligibility. In fact, it is one of the most...
•Chin Implants For Facial Harmony
One of the most straightforward and most satisfying procedures in plastic surgery is chin augmentation. Enhancement of the deficient chin can make a dramatic difference in one's facial profile.
Like the nose, although not as well appreciated, the position of the chin not only plays an important role on the silhouette of the face and neck but helps form an impression (accurate or not) on one's character. A well-defined chin that is in proportion to the rest of the face suggests favorable...
•Contemporary Facial Rejuvenation Based on the Anatomy of Aging
A smaller lower face has been shown to be more attractive and youthful looking. Recent research (at the University of Texas - Southwestern and published in the journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2008 by Dr. Joel Pessa) has shown that, as we age, the lower jaw continues to grow more so than the rest of the face. Therefore, there is a change in the shape of the face as we get older that in some patients makes it less attractive. These bony changes combined with the loss of facial fat...
•Debunking The Myths of Silicone Implants for Breast Augmentation
Since silicone gel breast implants have been released back for commercial use in late 2006, nearly 15 years after they were initially pulled from the market, they have rapidly become the breast implant chosen by most women for their breast augmentation.
I have seen many women come in for breast augmentation consults that are initially dead set against silicone breast implants and want saline implants, only to change their minds once they have accurate information. In talking to patients over...
•Fat Injection Grafting for Facial Enhancement
While now nine different synthetic injectable fillers exist for the cosmetic treatment of facial lines and wrinkles, none of them are permanent. As they are all artificially-created materials, the body will eventually absorb or break them down so their plumping effect dissipates with time. Fat from your own body remains as a very appealing injectable filler material with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.
Because fat is taken from your own body, it will never be rejected or cause...
•Getting Rid Of Those Crow's Feet Lines
Lines around the eyes give a variety of emotional expressions, most of which convey a negative impression. These periocular lines, or crow's feet as they are commonly referred to, are the result of normal but excessive muscle action of the underlying orbicularis oculi or sphincter muscle of the eye.
As wrinkle lines form perpendicular to the action of the encircling muscle around the eye, wrinkles develop and radiate outward in a 'sunray' effect. Elimination or softening of these lines is a...
•Getting That Pain Out Of Your Neck and Shoulders With A Breast Reduction
Large breasts, medically known as macromastia, is associated with a range of musculoskeletal symptoms involving back, shoulder, and neck pain. The weight of the breasts eventually causes grooving of the skin across the shoulder from the straps of a bra which is weighted down. While insurance companies often insist on conservative treatment measures such as weight loss and physical therapy before approving surgery, only actual breast reduction surgery can truly alleviate the associated medical...
•How to Get Rid off Those Facial Parentheses (Nasolabial Folds)
How to Get Rid off Those Facial Parentheses (Nasolabial Folds) One of the most common facial areas that bothers many patients is the development of the nasolabial folds, also referred to as the lip-cheek groove, or in a recent television commercial known as the parentheses. You can argue whether it is a fold or a groove but it is probably closer to a fold. It develops as the cheek tissue from above ages and begins to sag....falling over its border with the upper lip. The upper lip is...
•Is Permanent Makeup (Micropigmentation) For You?
Is Permanent Makeup (Micropigmentation) For You? An appealing alternative to the daily regimen of applying cosmetics is the concept of permanent makeup which can be a good option for many patients. Whether it is the common practice of eyeliner application, the need to fill in a thin eyebrow or reconstruct a lost one, or to accentuate one's lips, the placement of permanent pigments into the skin provides long-term relief from daily makeup applications.
Permanent makeup, medically known as...
•LipoDisolve Injections For The Treatment Of Liposuction Irregularities
LipoDissolve, or the injection introduction of a fat-emulsifying chemical solution to treat small areas of excessive fat for cosmetic improvement, is a controversial procedure that is not FDA approved. (or even off-label as it has no approved medical uses)
Despite its regulatory status in the United States, I have found LipoDissolve in my practice to be a valuable adjunct for mild to moderate fat reductions if it is used carefully and on those patients with very small fat issues. I have not...
•LipoDissolve Injections For The Treatment Of Lipomas
LipoDissolve, or the introduction of a chemical formulation by injection to treat spot areas of undesired fat for cosmetic purposes, remains a controversial and non-FDA approved procedure at this point in time. Despite these issues, I have found in the past 3 years in my practice a role for LipoDissolve if it is used judiciously and with good patient selection. I have not experienced any of the complications or problems that I have read about on the internet and I suspect that rigid patient...
•Liposuction vs LipoDissolve For Fat Removal
Even though we are in the middle of the summer (or maybe because we are), you may have decided to get serious about getting rid of those unsightly fat areas that diet and exercise just won't. But with different methods of fat removal available, which one is right for you? It may be tempting to think that a non-surgical method such as LipoDissolve which offers low cost and no recovery time is best, but let's examine the facts first.
Traditional liposuction is still the gold standard to which...
•Plastic Surgery For Real People
I read a recent article in a popular newstand magazine this week on plastic surgery in everyday people. The fundamental premise of the article was that plastic surgery today is done on the 'average person', not necessarily the rich and famous. They go on to cite five people who had differing plastic surgery procedures and their stories.
This article was refreshing because they all had positive experiences, which is usually the norm, as opposed to many articles which talk about patient's...
•Plastic Surgery Techniques For Reshaping The Round Face
Not infrequently I get requests from patients for the desire to transform a round face into a more shapely appearance. One cause of a round face is that the patient is overweight. A full neck, round cheeks, and a lot of subcutaneous fat throughout the face creates a generalized fullness that creates a fat and round face. These patients know full well that they are overweight and some liposuction of the neck and buccal lipectomies may make some difference. But weight loss will probably make the...
•Surprising Procedures In Plastic Surgery
As plastic surgery has worked its way into the mainstream of American society, it is no surprise that procedures are being done today that were not imaginable a mere ten years ago. And I am not referring here to surgery wonders of technology and scientific advancement (although that exists also), I am talking about what patients desire to have done. This is a reflection and commentary on contemporary American culture, not necessarily how far the science of plastic surgery has come.
As I talk...
•The Treatment of Upper Lip Lines and Wrinkles
I read a recent article that reports that drinking directly from water bottles can cause just as many upper lip wrinkles as smoking. I wouldn't doubt it as any activity that makes your lips pucker, which activates the orbicularis oris muscle which encircles the mouth, can cause wrinkles to appear on the upper lip. The development of such wrinkles is a function of both the activity and how often it is done. Drinking water these days for some people is about as frequent as a regular smoker who...
•What Makes Botox Work Well?
? Botox is the #1 injectable cosmetic treatment and has been largely responsible for the wave of non-invasive aesthetic office treatments and for the widespread development of the medical spa concept. It has also been the major impetus for the number of non-cosmetic physicians offering beauty treatments. The simplicity of its use and the predictability of its results makes such treatments seem easy with few complications or problems. For these reasons, many nurses (and even aestheticians and...
•What To Do With That Aging Neck
While there are many changes that occur in the face as we age, one of the most bothersome to many patients is the changes that occur in the neck.
Progessive fullness of the neck, loose sagging skin, the development of vertical banding, the numerous horizontal wrinkles that appear low in the neck and the loss of a good sharp neck angle all capture the eye of the patient and others as well. These neck changes rank right up there with aging around the eyes as the most concerning facial aging...
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