Exploring the Recovery Period after Plastic Surgery: The Concept of Personal Time Many times during a recovery following plastic surgery we imbue that time with heavily negative connotations. We reflect on everything that we could otherwise be doing. We think about...
Category Archives: fat transfer
Robert Downey, Jr.: A Double Standard for Attractiveness
Robert Downey, Jr.: A Double Standard for Attractiveness I am always looking to understand what makes someone attractive. I find Robert Downey Jr. better looking now in his 40s than when he was in his twenties. Same thing goes for George Clooney. The gray hair and...
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...
Fat Processing for Fat Grafting: Does It Matter?
Fat Processing for Fat Grafting: Does It Matter? One of the most common questions that I get on the forum is “How do you process your fat?” This question pertains to how fat, once harvested from the body, is treated before injection into the face and/or hands. I know...
Fat Grafting Master’s Seminar in Las Vegas 2011
I gave this Master's Seminar on Fat Grafting in Las Vegas on June 22, 2011, at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2011 conference.
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...
Understanding The Anterior Chin: The Upside Down U
Understanding The Anterior Chin: The Upside Down U Aging of the chin area is one of the most confusing areas because people I believe focus on the wrong thing. Most oftentimes the concern is about a jowl or about a sagging puppet line. Alternatively, it is about the...
Bruce Jenner and Thoughts About Bad Facelifts
Bruce Jenner and Thoughts About Bad Facelifts Unfortunately, the time that plastic surgery gets publicized is when it looks bad. I too often hear, “Well, I can always spot out plastic surgery.” Two things. First, if facial plastic surgery is done well you should...
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...