The Outer Face: Converting Double Concavities into Convexities The one thing that I cannot stand is seeing a face that appears disjointed, i.e., part of the face has been over augmented relative to another. Perhaps the two biggest problem areas that I see are the...
Category Archives: facial fillers
Cannulas for Facial Fillers: The Evolution of My Technique
Cannulas for Facial Fillers: The Evolution of My Technique Although I would estimate that only 1% of injectors currently use cannulas rather than standard needles to perform facial fillers, I truly believe that they have become the standard of care in my practice and...
Cosmetic Facial Enhancement: A Mechanic vs. an Artist
Cosmetic Facial Enhancement: A Mechanic vs. an Artist I had a lady come to my office a few months ago who said that she went somewhere else for a facial fat transfer because it was a couple of thousand dollars less than what I charged. She then came to me to touch...
Fat Grafting: A Little Everywhere
Fat Grafting: A Little Everywhere Good taste with clothing means that the items one wears are in harmony, possess style, cut well, and made of good material. Good cosmetic facial surgery is very similar. The products (materials) one uses can determine the outcome...
Hollywood’s Pillow Face is a Problem
Hollywood’s Pillow Face is a Problem As many of you know, I love facial volumization in which lost soft tissue of the face from aging is restored using fat grafting and/or injectable fillers. The word that has dominated the media is a “pillow face” to describe this...
Saving A Friend: When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery
Saving A Friend: When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery I had a patient of mine in whom I had done facial fillers and Botox treatments over a period of two years. In a word, she looked fabulous. At 47 years of age she looked like she was in her...
Fill vs. Lift in Facial Cosmetic Enhancement
Fill vs. Lift in Facial Cosmetic Enhancement This article is a corollary to my other article called the “Two-Finger Rule”. In the article on the “Two-Finger Rule”, I argued that taking two fingers and gently pulling up on the skin would not be achievable with any type...
Downturned Corners of the Mouth: How To Fix Them
Downturned Corners of the Mouth: How To Fix Them One of the banes of women's existence is the downturned corners of the mouth. Whether they are mildly present or severe, almost every woman regardless of age is overly focused on them to their own detriment. I often...
Why I don’t use Sculptra
Why I don’t use Sculptra First, let me say that I truly do not believe Sculptra is a bad product. In fact, I have many trusted colleagues who use it and use it well. However, I have used it in the past but I do not anymore for several reasons. The motivation behind...
Mastery Is An Asymptote: My Plastic Surgery Journey
Mastery Is An Asymptote: My Plastic Surgery Journey I am constantly refining my work so that you have a better and better result every time you see me. An example is I started to use microcannulas for facial fillers in November 2010. Since that time I have advanced...