Joan Rivers Plastic Surgery: From Overlifted to Overfilled Joan Rivers has been the poster child of bad plastic surgery for quite some time now. She was one of the most overlifted individuals that anyone has ever witnessed, but I believe that she may have gone...
Category Archives: facial fillers
Dr Samuel Lam Featured In NewBeauty Magazine
Dr Samuel Lam Featured In NewBeauty Magazine National Glossy Magazine Heralded As The Ultimate Cosmetic Enhancement Guide. Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, is featured in the Winter/Spring 2012 edition of NewBeauty magazine, which is due on newsstands in January 2012. The...
How I use Permanent Facial Fillers: Fat, Silicone, Bellafill(Artefill)
How I use Permanent Facial Fillers: Fat Transfer, Silicone, Bellafill(Artefill) In my clinical practice I use both temporary and permanent facial fillers depending on a mixture of budget, desires, and safety. Although permanent fillers carry the risk that they are...
Runner’s Face News Story Featured on 33 News Tonight
Runner's Face News Story Featured on 33 News Tonight I was featured on 33 News tonight at 9 pm on a segment entitled "Runner's Face" for those hyper athletic individuals who prematurely age due to volume loss. Melinda Arai goes through multiple syringes of fillers to...
Leveraging the Hardness of Products in Cosmetic Injectable Fillers
Leveraging the Hardness of Products in Cosmetic Injectable Fillers How hard an injectable product is can be a very good thing or a not so good thing. In any case, I try to use products based on its hardness factors for differing effects on the face. One of the softest...
Use of Microcannulas: A Revolution in My Practice Using Fillers
Use of Microcannulas: A Revolution in My Practice Using Fillers Many of my patients who have been with me for many years have witnessed the revolution in techniques that I have developed for injectable fillers. Early on I started with rudimentary needle injections. ...
The Liquid Facelift Debunked
The Liquid Facelift Debunked A term that has become the bane of my existence is the “liquid facelift” due to a recent appearance on Dr. Oz that has caused quite a media stir. Although I perform a huge volume of facial fillers and fat grafting in my practice, it is...
Suzanne Somer’s Facial Injections: Oh My God!
Suzanne Somer's Facial Injections: Oh My God! Recently, I performed a fat transfer on a lady from Houston who showed me a photograph of Suzanne Somer's during our preoperative visit the day before the procedure. She had already sent me an email terribly worried...
Fillers versus Fat: Shifting Sand Concept
Fillers Versus Fat: Shifting Sand Concept Many of my patients try to weigh the merits of fat grafting versus fillers since they both seem to be equally beneficial to fill in the hollows of an aging face. However, I would disagree. For younger faces still replete...
Understanding The Aging Process Using Fat Grafting: A Glass Of Water Emptying
Understanding the Aging Process Using Fat Grafting: A Glass of Water Emptying The face undergoes significantly less gravitational descent than was once thought. Although everyone oftentimes takes two fingers to lift up what appears to be sagging, this maneuver does...