There’s nothing intrinsically male or female about being unhappy with your nose. In fact, certain nasal characteristics are considered undesirable for both the male and female nose, like humps or bumps and pointy nasal tips. If your nose is out of proportion with your other features or negatively affects your facial profile, it doesn’t matter…
Fat transfers are often praised for their big benefits and low risks, but many patients are unclear on exactly what those might be and whether a facial fat transfer procedure is right for them. Understanding the risks of any procedure is an important part of the decision process, even with a surgery that has such…
Sometimes patients need more than one procedure for them to get the results that they want. For example, if you’re looking to get a little better contouring in your face, you might need both a rhinoplasty and a chin augmentation. Grouping procedures together is becoming more and more prevalent in plastic surgery, so it is…
Breast augmentation continues to dominate the plastic surgery world as the number one cosmetic surgery in the country. Over the years, the technology behind the implants has made the procedure one of the safest available to patients. There are a few different types of breast implant materials, the three most common being saline, silicone, and…
There are a lot of features on your face – eyes, nose, chin, etc. Each of those features is a special part of you and come together to create your appearance. When your features are in balance, you have a more attractive appearance. That’s why when one of those features is thrown off, it can…
One of the biggest concerns that patients have when they are considering plastic surgery is the fear of complications. Every time you have surgery, despite how minimal the surgery is, there are still some inherent risks involved. Technology and research have made plastic surgery the safest it has ever been, which has greatly reduced the…
Though the trend only began growing in popularity towards the end of the 20th century, earlobe stretching has been around since the pharaohs of Egypt. People can stretch their earlobes from a few millimeters to a few centimeters with special gauges that keep a hole in the soft tissue and slowly increase the diameter over…
Recently a story broke out in the news about a woman in Maryland who died after trying to get her butt enhanced with silicone injections on the black market. While this type of occurrence doesn’t always make the news, it happens more often than you would think. Patients who want to save money on plastic…
