There are many reasons that patients request breast augmentation. One of the more common reasons that patients request breast augmentation is to help correct breast asymmetry. Congenital heart defects are repaired via median sternotomy incisions and often through subcostal incisions. These incisions can impair the blood supply to the developing breast and can affect overall breast growth and symmetry. Silicone…
Build muscle through lifting weights. Larger muscle groups such as your legs as well as the core musculature (rectus abdominus, external obliques, internal obliques, transversus abdominis) are muscles with large surface area. Strengthen and utilize these muscles to increase your basic metabolic rate. Doing cardiovascular exercises such as running, biking, rowing ergometer can increase your cardiovascular health. Performing these activities…
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The neck is often one of the first places to show facial aging. This facial aging affects both women and men and is frustrating equally to both. The lower face and neck lift can help restore a younger appearance to the face. The lower face and neck lift is performed under a general anesthesia and patients stay over one night…
The lower face and neck lift can be an effective procedure for facial rejuvenation. One of the more common reasons for patients to undergo a lower face and neck lift is to improve the appearance of crepey skin of the neck. This skin often occurs from years of sun exposure, advanced age, or also from periods of weight gain and…
The lower face and neck lift can be combined with a chin implant. The chin implant can provide projection to the lower third of the face and also help to contour the neck like. Often subtle changes to the laxity of the skin of the neck can have a significant impact on the jawline. In some patients only skin and…
The lower face and neck lift is a common procedure for facial rejuvenation. There are three areas to address in the aging neck: the skin, fat, and muscle. Some patients develop excess neck skin which is excised via incisions behind the ear and into the hairline. Excess fat of the neck is removed with liposuction or with direct excision. Muscle…
The lower face and neck lift is one of my favorite procedures to perform. As many of us age we develop laxity in the neck. This can occur from changes in weight during adulthood, sun exposure, level of physical fitness, as well as hereditary factors. In many women and men, the neck appears older as a result of excess neck…
One of the most common questions that we receive from patients in consultation, is “Can I have my breast reconstructed after a lumpectomy and radiation therapy?”. The answer to this question is “yes”. However, the degree to which breast tissue can be rearranged might be limited, but there are definitely options. Radiation tends to cause capsular contracture when an implant…
Breast reconstruction is an extremely challenging aspect of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Not only does the cancer need to be appropriately addressed, but implants are also placed in less than optimal environments. During a mastectomy, the breast tissue is removed and the only soft tissue that remains is a skin envelope. Tissue expanders and implants are placed beneath the pectoralis…
