Abdominoplasty procedures are common in women over 50 who have a loss of skin elasticity due to age or weight fluctuations. The abdominoplasty procedure requires an incision from hip to hip. During the procedure, the skin is elevated from the abdominal wall and the borders of the rectus abdominis muscles are identified. The umbilical stalk remains on the body wall.…
Abdominoplasty procedures are becoming more common in men these days. Men often go to the gym to lift weights or increase their amount of cardiac exercise to lose weight. The resulting excess skin that men accumulate often does not dissipate without a skin resection. That is, the abdominoplasty procedure in men is typically a skin excision only and does not…
One of my favorite aspects of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery is Rhinoplasty & Airway Surgery. And, within rhinoplasty, one of my favorite surgical challenges is the aesthetic management of the “Ethnic Rhinoplasty”. The term “Ethnic” in these cases is used to denote an aesthetic terminology and proportion that differs from those angles and distances used to define a “Caucasian” nose. …
Airway obstruction is very common and can significantly impair many daily activities such as exercise and can even prevent a good night of sleep. It is quite common for many patients to present to our Newport Beach office with significant airway obstruction. Typically, airways can be obstructed from a deviated septum, from enlarged inferior turbinates, or weak internal and external…
Rhinoplasty procedures are common. Patients present to the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon for many different reasons requesting rhinoplasty surgery in Newport Beach. Often we initially see patients in the Emergency Room or patients are referred to our office from the Emergency Room regarding a nasal bone fracture. Nasal bone fractures can cause the septum to deviate or fracture the nasal bones…
I find that the most common reasons why patients undergo nose reshaping surgery is for a “dorsal hump”, “bulbous tip”, “wide dorsum”; and now I am seeing more commonly in the Asian population “radix augmentation”. I find that more and more patients are coming to our practice because they want to make a significant change to the shape of their…
