A bullhorn lip lift describes the shape of the incision that we’re going to make when we do a central lip lift. I actually don’t like this term. I like to call this is a sub-nasal lip lift. Sub-nasal means that the incision is in the crease immediately beneath the nose. The reason we make …
If you’re wondering if you should massage your lips after getting lip fillers, maybe we should start with a bigger question: “What do I need to do after lip fillers to minimize my swelling and minimize my problems?” I think that depends a little on who injects you and what they think. I’ll tell you …
I am frequently asked how long lip fillers take to settle. They ask because they like the volume of the lip filler, but they don’t want their lip to look too unnatural. How do we change the lip, make it look bigger, but not make it look unnatural? The night that I do the lip …
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The answer to this is yes, absolutely yes. Let’s explain the anatomy. The corner of the mouth is acted upon by various muscles in much the same way that our biceps and triceps act on our elbow. Some of the muscles depress the corner of the mouth and some elevate the corner of the mouth. …
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Can I get a facelift and rhinoplasty at the same time? This is a question I often get, and it really begs a bigger question, and that is what procedures make sense to do simultaneously and what shouldn’t be done? Often with surgery we like to get as many things as we can safely get …
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Patients ask for a dental block for lip fillers all the time. They want full, voluptuous, and natural lips, but don’t want to have too much pain. Their general impression is: “If you’re going to stick something into my lip, that’s going to hurt me, isn’t it?” They want to know that they’re not going …
A lot of my patients ask, can I get a corner lip lift? I’m going to tell you right at the beginning, I’m not in favor of this procedure for the most part. I’m going to tell you why I’m not, and also, what small subset of the population I would do a corner lip …
Patients love the concept of mini lifts, but they don’t always want mini lift results. In order to change someone’s neck and reverse the signs of aging, a careful diagnosis of what causes that individual’s neck aging is necessary. I believe that successful results in neck rejuvenation surgery start with an individualized diagnosis. That is …
PDO threads are used by many modern plastic surgeons to achieve impressive anti-aging results on male and female patients of all ages. But surprisingly, many people have never heard of the procedure. When patients want to turn back the clock without going under the knife, they often first think of facial paralytics like Botox, or …
A liquid “nose job” (injectable rhinoplasty) offers immediate natural results beautiful in patients who either want a minor change in their nose, or who are not psychologically or financially ready for a surgical rhinoplasty. A liquid rhinoplasty may be the correct choice for those patients who want to see what their nose looks like with …