07
Oct
Alar base reduction is a procedure to narrow the nostrils. When performed, it ususally is done in conjunction with rhinoplasty. Sometimes, patients may wonder, if over-corrected narrowing can be repaired. When planning alar base reductions, both patient and plastic surgeon shou...
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Oct
A 20-year old patient asked us: Am I too young for blepharoplasty? With any cosmetic procedure, the patient goals, motivation and anatomy have to be considered first. The age is really secondary. In rejuvenation procedures such as facelifts, age is an impo...
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Oct
Patients sometimes ask about the benefits of an laser eye lift which they may have heard about. Because the term “laser eyelid surgery” is not well defined for plastic surgeons, the discussion has to start by asking what it actually is. There are a couple of pos...
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Oct
Some patients report the observation that closed rhinoplasty result may be better than what they saw after an open operation. Does the rhinoplasty surgeon’s experience play a role? It sure does! Dr. Fechner stresses that the cosmetic outcome after nasal plastic ...
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Oct
Prominent Veins may develop around the eyes – how can they be treated. These veins are located superficially, just underneath the skin. Fat grafting is very effective for under the eye hollowness (a. k. a. tear troughs). We reserve Sculptra for other facial region...
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Oct
We feel that blepharoplasty is well suited to be performed under local anesthesia with pre-operative relaxing medications. Although everybody is very protective of one's eyes, our patients are usually surprised how relatively easy the procedure is for them. The ...
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Oct
Not uncommonly, patients come to see us for rhinoplasty who had septoplasty surgery performed previously in order to improve breathing difficulty. This septal straightening procedure may have been performed as part of a rhinoplasty, nasal fracture repair, sinus surgery, or as a s...
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Oct
Droopy eyelids develop after Botox injections represents a rare complication. The lid levator muscle hold the lids in their normal position. If just a little Botox ends up in this muscle, the lids will go down just a bit. Brow droop usually re...
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Oct
State-of-the-art rhinoplasty relies on reshaping the nasal cartilages and maintaining the nasal support. The unusual pinched look can be avoided by the experienced nasal surgeon. Commonly, pinched nasal collapse will also interfer with nasal breathing. These rhinoplasty complic...
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Oct
The hairline and size of the forehead are very important to discuss before any browlift procedure. Most browlifts are performed in women; browlifts in men requires an entirley different discussion. Most techniques used for brow lifting (i. e. endoscopic b...
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Oct
I assume that this is after transconjunctival (“inside the eyelid”) blepharoplasty with additional wrinkling developing after the fat was removed. Most patients have some skin excess before the eyelid lift which can worsen after the puffy lid is deflated through fat...
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Oct
Resurfacing options like facial peels, dermabrasion or laser resurfacing may all improve the scars a little. Personally, I focus first on options that address the deeper aspect of acne scaring as it is the deep scar that is responsible for the common scar depr...
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