Wayne Newton’s Browlift Wayne Newton has obviously had quite a bit of face work that has left him looking plastic, which is not the intended outcome of plastic surgery.  Most of you know that the plastic in plastic surgery comes from the Greek word, plastikos,...
Category Archives: facial rejuvenation
Differentiating Type 1 from Type 2 Eyes When Considering Fat Transfer to the Upper Eyelid/Brow Complex
Differentiating Type 1 from Type 2 Eyes When Considering Fat Transfer to the Upper Eyelid/Brow Complex A colleague of mine really got it right when he created a new perspective on seeing youthful eyes. He called them Type 1 and Type 2 eyes. I cannot recall which one...
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...
Madonna’s Cheek Implants
Madonna’s Cheek Implants Madonna has had some amazing work done and also some very bad work done as well. The one thing that gained my attention was her cheek augmentation she had a couple of years ago. I believe she underwent cheek implants to make her look younger...
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...
Dismissing Fat Grafting Myths
Dismissing Fat Grafting Myths After speaking with patients who are vaguely familiar with fat grafting I have encountered a lot of misunderstanding about how fat grafting works and a lot of this misunderstanding comes from other surgeons who do not understand it. Here...
Blink Effect: How We Perceive Beauty and the Role of Cosmetic Surgery Enhancement
Blink Effect: How We Perceive Beauty and the Role of Cosmetic Surgery Enhancement One of the most important things that a woman typically wants fixed is the fine lines around her mouth. I have found this to be the case no matter if she is 33 years old or 85 years...
The Importance of the Buccal Zone: Joining the Mid to Lower Face
The Importance of the Buccal Zone: Joining the Mid to Lower Face The buccal area is defined as the part of the face where if you sucked in your cheeks they would suck inward. It is the area that in a very skinny person can make one look gaunt, and the buccal area...
Recent Fat Grafting Video Testimonials
Recent Fat Grafting Video Testimonials I have had several recent video testimonials by patients who have had my fat grafting services that I thought I would post here in this blog in addition to putting them in the video testimonial section of this Web site. I would...