https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj0XC6jMmDA When we perform a rhinoplasty we lift the skin off of the infrastructure, which is the cartilage in the bone. After we change that infrastructure, we re-drape the skin. The new contour emerges as the nose heals, but right after surgery
I like to refer to the term “one stitch facelift” as primarily a marketing term. Somebody put that on the Internet one day and people liked the concept of doing less for a big result. While in many cases, less
Depending on where incisions are placed during a facelift procedure, they can be virtually invisible, or at least well hidden. The face and neck are typically lifted with one procedure which, to me, is one of the best procedures to rejuvenate the
An endoscopic facelift is a relatively closed procedure done through small incisions where we dissect under the skin with a magnifying scope. Here’s a quick guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfm3vIoctE During a facelift our goal is to lift the cheeks, jowls and neck soft tissues
When we talk about getting rid of nasolabial folds we are talking about the line from the cheek to the mouth. Some people want this fold filled, but I find that’s like a dog chasing their tail, because it will never
With cheek fillers we are able to lift the face in small amounts by placing fillers in just the right spot. Do they lift like a facelift? Never. However, they do provide a bit of a lift or give the illusion of lifting.
A facelift, jowl lift, or buccal fat removal are a few ways to get rid of jowls. These pesky protrusions occur with age due to lax skin or lax muscle. The term jowls is sort of a euphemistic term that doesn’t have an
I rarely perform a neck lift alone. As people age, their neck skin becomes lax, sometimes along with fat accumulation and muscle laxity. There can also be vertical banding from tight platysma muscles. However, the sagging neck often doesn’t occur in the
The fox eye is a very stylized eye that looks very fox-like. During this surgery, the corner of the eye, the canthus, is lifted up along with the lateral brow. Many people have their own definition for the euphemistic term
Before we discuss the most effective treatment for a double chin, it’s important to first define the term. A double chin is a euphemistic term. Patients who come in with this problem don’t really have two chins. Instead there’s a
