There are many patients who come to the office for consultation regarding their lower face and neck to reverse the signs of facial aging. Many of these patients are also candidates for an upper and/or lower blepharoplasty. In some cases, we perform the upper and lower blepharoplasty prior in a procedure several months to years before we perform the lower…
Breast cancer is a common cancer among women. There are two different surgical ways to treat breast cancer. One way is to perform a mastectomy and the other way is to perform a lumpectomy. One simple but consistent way to approach the question to have either a lumpectomy or mastectomy is the size of the tumor relative to the size…
There are many clinical scenarios where a patient chooses to revise or improve upon her previous breast augmentation. One of the more common reasons for a patient to desire revision of her breast augmentation is when the breast implants have palpable or visible rippling. Rippling of the breast implant can be related to the patient’s body habitus, for example in…
In the ptotic patient and when the patient would like to have an autologous reconstruction, it is helpful to reconstruct the breast with an inverted-T skin pattern. The photograph demonstrates before and after breast reconstruction with a Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap. The left breast underwent mastopexy reduction to set a new goal position to match. The right breast…
