Breast reduction surgeries are some of the more satisfying procedures for both the physician and the patient. Ideal candidates for breast reduction include those who experience pain in their neck, back, or shoulders from the weight of their breasts on their chest wall. These patients also have grooving in their trapezius muscles from their bra straps and hypertrophy of their trapezius…
There are two different types of breast implants or mammary prosthesis, saline or silicone. The outer shell of each implant is exactly the same it is composed of a silicone elastomer. What differs is what goes on the inside. The saline implant is filled by the operating surgeon with saline at the time of the augmentation. The silicone implants come pre-packaged…
Liposuction of the lower back is a common procedure. Quite frequently patients will have been successful with weight loss, but may not be able to loose weight in areas with localized deposits of fat. Liposuction can be very helpful in loosing these localized fat collections.
Mastopexy Augmentation is a common surgical procedure for patients who have had implants for over ten years. Patients who had implants placed many years ago many now want them replaced or may notice that their breast implants over time may have migrated too far laterally. In these cases the breast implants need to be repositioned more centrally. In this scenario,…
It is common for many patients who have breast implants for quite sometime to want to either change their implant size or to undergo a breast lift procedure. The medical term for a breast that sags or droops is ptosis. A ptotic breast is one where the nipple areola complex lies below the level of the breast crease. When the nipple areola complex…
Rhinoplasty procedures are common procedures in the United States. Occasionally after rhinoplasty procedures, the position of the nasal tip or columellar-labial angle can inadvertently increase. This can often create a nose that is too up-turned on profile view. Patients often will state that they dislike the way the inside of the nose can be seen on frontal view. Correcting the position…
The dorsal hump is one of the most commonly requested nose reshaping procedure. It is quite common for patients who have a dorsal hump to have a deviated septum and an obstructed airway. The dorsal hump is anatomically an excess of septal cartilage and often this excess septal cartilage can buckle. When the septum demonstrates an excess of cartilage the…
Tuberous breast deformity is a common breast deformity. In the tuberous breast deformity, the breast base is constricted. The inframamary fold is high riding.
A common reason patients may come to our Orange County office requesting a rhinoplasty procedure is to reduce a dorsal hump. Often the reduction of a dorsal hump in conjunction with decreasing the tip projection can soften the features of the face. The dorsal hump is composed of both bone and cartilage. The reduction of the dorsum may require changes…
An overprojecting nose is a common reason people come to our Newport Beach office seeking out Rhinoplasty. Typically, their complaint is that their nose sticks out too far from their face or their nose is too big for their face. Occasionally, the development of an overly projecting nose can occur from a previous rhinoplasty. One common sequela of trying to…
When discussing breast augmentation with fitness models and body builders, there is often debate regarding the placement of an implant above or below the muscle. I often tell patients that either location is perfectly fine. What determines whether the implant is best placed above or below the muscle is how much soft tissue coverage the patient has in the upper…
Lower face, neck, and eye rejuvenation are some of the more common rejuvenation procedures performed in Southern California. These procedures when summed together can yield a very youthful result to the face. When one looks at the before and after photos, a very powerful yet subtle difference is the youthful appearance in the eyes post-operatively.
