If you are considering male chin implant or jaw contouring surgery to make your face look more masculine, an expert plastic surgeon can help you achieve the attractive and natural results you are looking for. Here’s a guide. What might be different about male versus female chin augmentation? When we think about what makes a …
Botulinum Toxin was first approved for cosmetic use nearly 20 years ago. At first, there was a certain stigma surrounding it — people assumed it was only for wealthy older women afraid of aging, and people joked about the “frozen” appearance of an overly-Botulinum Toxined face. These days, Botulinum Toxin use has become so widespread …
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Having full pouty lips is all the rage, today. If you look on the internet, women want to make their lips look full, pouty, and even sexy. Lip fillers can be a safe and easy way to enhance the perioral appearance. The viewer likes a youthful lip, without wrinkles in the skin. As we age, …
Chin augmentation can be performed in isolation, or it can be done as an adjunct to other aesthetic procedures, such as surgical or liquid rhinoplasty, buccal fat removal, a facelift, or neck liposuction. Younger patients with small chins may need only chin augmentation to enjoy noticeable and beautiful results. However, in some patients desiring complete …
Bulbous nose rhinoplasty is a procedure that benefits from an expert plastic surgeon. One of the most common complaints we hear from clients coming into our office is that they don’t like the size or shape of their nose. Otherwise beautiful features may go unappreciated because the eye tends to always be drawn to the …
Icing the eyes after blepharoplasty surgery helps to reduce swelling and discomfort, and should be done according to your doctor’s specific instructions. As we age, the muscles controlling our eyelids weaken, and excess skin and fat tend to accumulate above and below the eye. As a result, some people develop “hooded” upper eyelids, where the …
Rhinoplasty is a common but complex procedure that heals in stages, within a generally predictable timeline. In our plastic surgery practice serving Beverly Hills and Sacramento, we have done thousands of rhinoplasties. Our decades of experience in this procedure has given us a wealth of knowledge in terms of advising patients about what to expect …
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The goal of plastic surgery, and any cosmetic procedure in general, is to enhance the individual beauty of the client while making results look natural. If there is one area where practitioners routinely fail at this, it’s the lips. We’ve all seen celebrities with cringe-worthy “duck lips” that are so overdone, they become all we …
Facial feminization surgery is complex and highly individualized to each patient. When we look at a face, there are certain features we associate with classical femininity: A smooth, high brow line, full lips, round cheeks, a tapered jaw, a smaller nose and pointed chin. These are the shapes that tend to make a face look …
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The eyes are the windows to the soul, and most of us want those windows to be wide open. But as we age, the muscles around our eyelids gradually weaken, and we tend to accumulate excess skin and fat around the upper and lower lids. This can cause the eyes to look smaller, the browline …