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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Four Ways to Take the Guess Work out of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Sometimes it is difficult for patients to envision or visualize the results of Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Sculptra or Radiesse fillers about the face. Other patients may also not appreciate how a poorly performed rhinoplasty or “nose job” can be improved by filling injections. Even [...]
Cosmetic Surgery Office Procedures
Friday, May 28th, 2010Why Patients Love “Demo” Office Procedures
1. Computer imaging. On a computer screen, you can see the predicted result of the procedure. If your nose has a bump or is too long or the tip is too wide, all of the changes that the surgeon proposed can be seen after the “before” is morphed to the “after”. [...]
Blocked Air Passages
Thursday, May 20th, 2010How Do You Correct Blocked Air Passages?
Blocked air passages are extremely common. Common causes include deviated septum, nasal allergy, enlarged turbinates (turbinates are normal, shelf-like structures within the nasal passages). Some blocked noses are permanent due to abnormal architecture. For example, after a broken nose, the bones and cartilages may be shifted out of position [...]
Plastic Surgery For Neck Wrinkles
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Plastic Surgery For Neck Wrinkles
The one great truism about cosmetic procedures is that surgery is incapable of removing wrinkles. Surgery’s role is to correct sags and bags and reconstruct tissue.
Wrinkled skin is a matter of the skin’s deterioration. A loss of elasticity. The causes include too much ultraviolet light from years of suntanning, cigarette smoking, [...]
Septoplasty Specialist
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Specialist in Septoplasty Surgery
Internal nasal surgery to correct a deviated septum is called septoplasty. The root words are “septum” which means partition and “plasty” which means changing form or shape.
The object of a nasal septoplasty is to correct a deformed, crooked or perhaps broken nasal septum which is blocking the airway. The end game is [...]
Successful Plastic Surgery
Monday, April 19th, 2010Plastic Surgery’s Batting Average
“Some turn out great. Some turn out lousy. You win some, you lose some. Every doctor makes mistakes. If they tell you they have never had an operation that turned out like they did not want it to, they are lying.”*
I find the above statement preposterous. It is not good enough for [...]
Cosmetic Surgery Dangers
Monday, April 5th, 2010Dangers Lurk When Surgery Is Performed in an Inappropriate Location
Recently, the news about some cosmetic treatments has not been good. Non-physicians injecting non-medical grade silicone – the equivalent of WD40 – into women’s buttocks. What is going on here?
The common denominator in some of these stories of outlandish and non-professional conduct is that procedures, which [...]
Rhinoplasty or Septoplasty?
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Complete Nose Blockage
There are some people who almost have no need for their nose. They are not using it to breathe. But if so, something is wrong. Nature gave us a nose for a reason. We are not supposed to bring air into our bodies through the mouth; the nose is the preferred route. Long [...]
Cosmetic Surgery Dangers
Friday, March 19th, 2010The Dangers Lurk When Cosmetic Surgery is Performed in an Inapporpriate Location
Recently, the news about some cosmetic treatment has not been good. Nonphysicians injecting the equivalent of WD40 into women’s buttocks. Skin peels being done in doctor’s homes. What is going on here?
The common denominator in some of these stories of outlandish and nonprofessional conduct [...]
Cosmetic Surgery, Should You Keep It A Secret?
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Recently, Allure Magazine, ran an excellent story concerning how and why some people “fess up” to having cosmetic surgery and others don’t.
Coincidentally, a recent consumer survey conducted by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery reported that “71% of respondents believe society is less judgmental about cosmetic surgery compared with five years ago.”
I suspect that may [...]