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It’s all the craze now! Change your nose without surgery and at a fraction of the cost. Almost sounds too good to believe. Every day, thousands of men and women trek to the offices of dermatologists, plastic surgeons and health spas alike to have hyaluronic gel based filling material injected under the skin to improve their nasal shape. So are these treatments all that they are advertised to be? Can they really help patients? The answer is yes but the answer is also that things are a little more complicated than just a simple yes. So let’s parse out the pluses and minuses of using fillers to improve nasal shape....

Studies have long shown that breast augmentation surgery is very gratifying for women seeking to not only enhance their size but also improve their shape. Breast shape can be lost as the result of pregnancy and breast feeding. Some patients may feel that they never had the shape they wished from the start. In either case, breast implant surgery can help patients with size and form. ...

For established under eye wrinkles, throw those wrinkle creams, eye creams, and anti-aging creams and serums away! Laser treatment for wrinkles can remove 90% or more of the wrinkles and a host of other changes women want to make their under eye area look great....

Wrinkle creams are a multi-billion dollar business that preys on our own worst fear that we are getting old. And according to the American Academy of Dermatology, anti-aging creams and serums, eye creams and even very expensive topical creams do little to nothing to treat wrinkles. But there is one treatment that is highly effective, is very safe and can last many years. More on that later but let’s talk about how wrinkle cream companies say their products work....

In the TV show "Botched", Drs. Nassif and Dubrow who are competent plastic surgeons, try to undo the horribly disfiguring complications their patients have suffered as the result of having bad, or at least ill advised cosmetic surgery. The doctors treat these patients with respect, caring and often use humor to both entertain TV watchers and as support for the patients. But their lightheartedness also provides some shade for the seedier side of cosmetic surgery....

As a child, I remember the joy of being at family events in the company of my much older relatives. I remember them bending down to hug me and have a mental snapshot of someone leaning down, nose first. At the time, I just thought it was because they were bending down to greet me and it wasn't until much later that I discovered that some people's noses naturally droop and that drooping was more common in older people. ...

The Cause of Under Eye Bags One of the most common issues mentioned to plastic surgeons by their patients is what they refer to as “under eye bags”. They note the accumulation of fat that bulges from the lower eyelids and want to do something......

You have just decided to take the plunge and have a breast augmentation. There has been the back and forth deciding and listening to your friends and relatives telling you what to do but now you have finally decided....

A frequent discussion by plastic surgeons centers on why patients are so pleased after breast augmentation surgery. ...

1) Transconjunctival Lower Lid Bleharoplasty (TCB) TCB is a cool way to remove "fat bags" from the lower eyelid as no incision is required on the skin and there is no weakening of the lower lid as does occur with the usual lower eyelid surgery....

In the right patient, a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) can have a dramatic effect. It not only can flatten the front and sides of the tummy but restores prepregnancy youth and vitality and really streamlines the body by creating visual lines that extend from the chest to the legs....

Breast enhancement is one of the most gratifying procedures offered in Plastic Surgery and more than twenty million women have had the procedure....

Fillers are a class of injectable medication designed to soften and sometimes flatten folds, depressions and wrinkles of the skin. They are produced predominantly by US companies and are sold as syringes containing one cc. of clear gel product that is sterile and ready for immediate use....

Rhinoplasty (nose jobs) vary in cost depending upon the surgeon, the type of surgery that is being performed and the location of the procedure. Rhinoplasties are one of the most gratifying surgeries performed by plastic surgeons today because of the prominent place the nose has on the face....

Advances in fillers have led to their safe and effective enhancement of lip shape and size. Lip injections not only contain the filler material but also lidocaine, the local anesthetic used by dentists to numb tissue and so the procedure is more comfortable than ever. Most patients feel that both the upper and the lower lip are small...

Among the most exciting changes in plastic surgery have been the development and widespread use of different types of implants used in breast augmentation. These additions have helped plastic surgeons achieve excellent cosmetic results in nearly all patients. Today, there are more implant choices available......

Breast Augmentation is one of the most gratifying cosmetic procedures offered by plastic surgeons today, and in fact, studies show a 95% satisfaction rate with this surgery which is one the highest rates among all procedures. A large number of patients have breast augmentation when they are in their younger years where they are just joining...

TIPS FOR MAINTAINING YOUR COSMETIC SURGERY RESULTS You have worked hard to achieve excellent cosmetic results through plastic surgery. You have invested in surgery of the body (tummy tuck, liposuction, and breast surgery) or facial treatment including facelifts, brow lift or laser treatment for wrinkles.......

HOW TO CHOOSE A COSMETIC SURGEON Cosmetic surgery treatment has become a part of our modern everyday living. It not only helps us look better, but it improves our self-confidence. Cosmetic surgery gives others the notion we care about ourselves, and therefore care about how......