The Plastic Surgery Trifecta: Education, Experience, and Results Many times my patients say that all they care about are the results. However, although I agree that results are king, everything else matters too. First, education is the cornerstone to every...
Unfortunately, celebrities seem to be victims of shysters and crooks. As far as what I have heard, Priscilla Presley had silicone injected into her face by an unlicensed individual leaving her permanently scarred. As you can see in this photo, her cheeks were made...
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...
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,...
Functional & Cosmetic Rhinoplasty in My Facial Plastic Surgery Practice Most of what I do is cosmetic in nature with very little functional surgery for the face. About the only thing that I do that is functional in nature is rhinoplasty, i.e., to help one breathe...
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...
Nicole Kidman’s Lips: The Non-Disappearing Lip Celebrities all are subject to bad plastic surgery like the rest of us. They just so happen to have their mugs plastered across magazines and television appearances, making their mistakes ever so more glaring. Nicole...
Notched Noses: How To Fix Them Without Rhinoplasty For me one of the biggest telltale signs a nose underwent previous rhinoplasty is the nostril is notched like an upside V-shape rather than a gentle upside U-shape. This notching that occurs after previous aggressive...
Botox Personal Trainer: Guiding You To Long-Term Success As any of my patients can attest, I am very passionate about Botox and believe that it is one of the most important products to make the face as youthful and as bright as possible. In another blog article, I...
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 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...
A Boutique Surgical Plastic Surgery Experience in Dallas, Texas To me, your facial plastic surgery experience is as important as to me as your results. Why? For many reasons. First, safety. My nursing administrator, Dianne Bourque, who is a certified nurse of the...
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...
Depression: The Dirty Word After Plastic Surgery The first week following a plastic surgery procedure can be a difficult one for some people. I try to help my patients not only through the physical elements of the experience but also the mental and emotional...
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. ...
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...
Why People Fly in for Botox Almost Every Day This may sound boastful, but I have people fly in from both Coasts almost every day for my Botox injections. Why is that? The simple reason is my passion for doing all that I do the best that I can do. Many surgeons look...
Understanding Double Dome Highlights in Rhinoplasty One of the major issues with traditional rhinoplasty has been to create an overpinched nasal tip that has been dubbed the “unitip”. This unitip simply looks unnatural because it is not the natural shape of a nasal...
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...
Adrian Brody versus Tom Cruise’s Nose: Should They Have Rhinoplasty? Adrian Brody and Tom Cruise both have pretty big noses, the former winning by a stadium length. Would you perform rhinoplasty on either one of their noses to make them less big? That is a matter...
Why I Prefer Botox over Dysport I have been a faithful Botox user now for a decade and recently experimented with Dysport. Although I have nothing against Dysport as a product, it has not worked well in my hands. For all the many questions that my patients ask me...
Botox: First Time is the Most Important Time Many individuals who desire to have Botox get obsessed with the quick fix of how Botox looks during the 3 months or so that it is effective. However, as many of my patients know, I try to emphasize the importance of...
Depression After Plastic Surgery The goal of these blog articles is to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with regard to facial cosmetic surgery. Depression is an ugly word but it is important to mention it to understand when someone experiences it after plastic...
Jody, Dr. Lam's patient, gives her testimonial 1 year after her upper and lower lip reduction procedure and talks about how it has changed her life.
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...
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Sam Lam, discusses his ideas on artistry and design in excellent facial cosmetic surgery and how he differs from his colleagues who practice facial enhancement procedures.
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...
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...
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 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 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 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...
3 Levels Of Botox Healing I always say that if you forget everything I teach you about what Botox can do for you, remember one short phrase, “Botox heals”. I know that may sound counter to initial thoughts about what Botox does since it is deemed a “poison” or a...
Megan Fox’s Lips In general, I am not opposed to a more aggressive policy with lip augmentation for women in their late teenage to early twenties. A full set of lips can actually look natural in this narrow window of time. However, even by the late twenties when the...
Lip Augmentation: Defining a Natural Lip Shape This article is a basic primer on lip shape and balance to help a prospective individual interested in lip augmentation to attain the best looking lips that are 100% natural but still worth undergoing augmentation. There...
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...
Otoplasty: When do I split cartilage and Why? Otoplasty refers to cosmetic reshaping of one’s ears. Typically, the problem is one of protrusion where the ears stick out too far from the head. There are two major types of protruding ear deformities: lop ear...
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 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...
Fat Grafting Recovery: Things You Need To Know Following Your Procedure One of the biggest concerns in our busy workaday America is “What is my recovery like after fat grafting?” This is something that I will try to explore in this brief article to help prepare a...
Otoplasty: Looking at the Ear in Thirds Otoplasty, or cosmetic ear pinning, is typically performed for individuals who were born with ears that stick out too far (see our otoplasty procedure page for more info). Although frequently performed in children, the majority...
Injectable Rhinoplasty: When, Why and Why Not With the desire for non-invasive techniques today, many patients are turning to injectable rhinoplasty to make themselves feel better about their nose shape without undergoing surgical rhinoplasty. However, is this a good...
Stem Cells and Fat Grafting: My Thoughts Perhaps the hottest topic that we have today in cosmetic surgery is stem cells. Do they exist? How do we use them? What are they good for? Are there risks? Unfortunately, even the most dogged proponents or detractors do...
Lips and Teeth: Relationships that are Important When Planning for Lip Augmentation The number one concern that most women have when they visit a plastic surgeon when it comes to lip size is “Please make my upper lip bigger, but I don’t want it to look unnatural.” ...
Fat Grafting Eyelid Series Part 2 of 2: Rethinking the Lower Eyelid This second article in the series focuses on techniques for lower eyelid rejuvenation. The traditional way to manage the lower-eyelid aging was through a cutting procedure that involved either a...
Fat Grafting Eyelid Series Part 1 of 2: Rethinking Aging of the Upper Eyelid and Brow Traditionally, we have looked at the aging of the upper eyelid and brow through a gravitational model, i.e., we believe that the aging of the upper eyelid and brow sag over time. ...
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 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...
Lip Enhancement: Why I Hate Solid Implants in Lips Beautiful lip enhancement can make a woman look more alluring and feminine. However, we all know that lips can be the most overdone element of a face, drawing unwanted attention to how unnatural they appear. I...
Managing Fine Lines Around the Mouth Fine lines around the mouth is perhaps the most important and at the same time least important topic for a written blog on facial plastic surgery. Why is that the case? Because almost every woman young and old is bothered to some...
Dr. Lam appeared on CBS News on Monday, March 21, 2011 as part of an effort to educate consumers on the health benefits of regular spa going rather than seeing spa visits as merely a frivolous luxury item. At his Spa at Willow Bend, Dr. Lam offers a wide-range of...
Who is a Candidate for Lip Reduction Our society has been deluged with desires for lip augmentation or enlargement but who is a good candidate to have his or her lips reduced? There are two principle groups of people desiring lip reduction. The first group includes...
Scooped, Straight, High, and Low Bridged Noses: My Personal Aesthetic View on the Bridge, or Dorsum, in Rhinoplasty When we talk about rhinoplasty, we are focused on both the technical skills as well as the artistic judgment of the surgeon. If you visit 10 surgeons...
Fat Grafting Using a Hair Transplant Model for Understanding Part 3: Donor Dominance A new concept that really did not mature fully until I was preparing for my Vegas lecture in mid-2010 and then refined further as I was finishing my prep work for my St. Louis lecture...
Fat Grafting Using a Hair Transplant Model for Understanding Part 2: The Dip The early swelling of fat grafting that dominates the first 1 to 3 weeks after a procedure can be misconstrued as a result when it in fact is a mixture of engorged fat cells and postoperative...
Fat Grafting Using a Hair Transplant Model for Understanding Part 1: Graft Growth Looking at my fat grafting results I was puzzled initially as to why I saw results continue to improve in patients somewhere between 6 months to 2 years after a procedure. Being a very...
Balance vs. Symmetry We have all heard that symmetry is one of the cardinal signs of a beautiful face. Studies in the animal kingdom have led us to believe that symmetry truly makes all the difference when selecting an ideal mate. However, I would like to propose...
Rethinking Facial Implants When considering a cheek augmentation, consider truly what would benefit you most. In many young individuals with weak bone structure, a cheek implant made of silicone or other material can be an ideal choice since it is reversible, easily...
Fat Grafting: Rethinking Aging of the Face A revolution is upon us today in how we see aging of the face and how we understand the aging process. In the past, the gravitational model held that all things fall including the brows, the eyelids, the cheeks, and the...
An Introduction to My New Facial Plastic Surgery Blog “To access Dr. Lam’s other blog on life philosophy, lifestyle and self-development, please visit www.LFP-Blog.com.” Hi Everyone, As many of my faithful blog readers know, I have written about 600 blogs on peace,...
Title: LFP's Holiday Party Location: Plano, Texas Description: Dr. Lam hosts his annual holiday party for his staff at his home. Date: 2010-12-11
Title: Advanced Facial Rejuvenation Location: St. Louis, MO Description: Dr. Lam lectures on facial fat grafting in St. Louis, MO at St. Louis University. Start Date: 2010-11-19 End Date: 2010-11-20
Title: Dr. Lam's hair transplant book, Hair Transplant 360 is published. Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam's two volume hardcover books on hair restoration include 8 DVDs and are unique in their scope and approach. Volume 1 is dedicated to teaching physicians...
Title: Advanced Facial Rejuvenation CourseLocation: St. Louis, MOLink out: Click hereDescription: Dr. Lam lectures on fat grafting and assists in the cadaver workshop at St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO.Start Date: 2011-11-18End Date: 2011-11-19
Title: International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Annual Meeting Location: Anchorage, Alaska Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam should be lecturing at the ISHRS meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Start Date: 2011-9-14 End Date: 2011-9-18
Title: American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) 2011 Fall Meeting Location: San Francisco, California Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam lectures on facial fat grafting at the annual fall meeting of the American Academy of Facial...
Title: Multi-Specialty Conference Location: Las Vegas, NV Description: Dr. Lam lectures on facial fat grafting at the Multi-Specialty Conference held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Start Date: 2011-6-22 End Date: 2011-6-26
Title: International Facial Plastic Surgery Meeting Location: Hollywood, Florida Description: Dr. Lam lectures on alloplastic implants versus fat transfer and also lectures at a session that he moderates on facial fat grafting. Start Date: 2010-4-28 End Date:...
Title: 2nd Annual Hair Transplant Workshop Location: St. Louis, MO Description: Dr. Lam is the course director for this annual hair transplant workshop and also lectured on crown design and consultation techniques. Dr. Lam's hair staff also lectured at this meeting....
Title: Multi-Specialty Conference Location: Las Vegas, NV Description: Dr. Lam lectures on fat transfer and moderates a panel on fat grafting at the Multi-Specialty conference in Las Vegas held at the Bellagio. He also moderates a panel on latest advances in facial...
Title: XX Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Location: Bruges, Belgium Description: Dr Lam is invited to lecture as a keynote speaker and to deliver a master class on fat grafting in Bruges, Belgium at the XX Congress of the...
Title: I8th International Hair Restoration Surgery Conference Location: Boston, MA Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam participates in running the live cadaver workshop for the basic course in hair restoration. Date: 2010-10-20
Title: Advanced Facial Rejuvenation Location: St. Louis, MO Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam lectures at St. Louis University on how fat transfer is like a hair transplant. Start Date: 10-1-19 End Date: 10-1-20
Title: Rejuvenation of the Aging Face Location: San Diego, California Description: Dr. Lam will lecture of facial fat transfer and also moderate a session on the use of the Internet during which time he will also give a talk on the subject. He will also participate in...
Title: 3rd Annual Hair Transplant Workshop Location: St. Louis, MO Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Lam will be the course director for the 3rd Annual Hair Transplant Workshop at St. Louis University. Start Date: 2011-10-14 End Date: 2011-10-16
Dr. Lam was featured on 33 News at 9 pm discussing Zach Middleton's Botox treatment for a square face, or commonly known as Botox Jaw Reduction, Botox Facial Slimming, or Botox Masseter Reduction:
Managing smoker's lines around the mouth is a hard thing to do. Dr. Lam offers a brand new perspective on how to manage these annoying lines that can be helpful in achieving long-term success:
This African-American patient shows her recovery the week following a lip reduction surgery with Dr. Sam Lam. Here is her video:
Dr. Lam was featured on national radio with Kim Iverson discussing his feelings about Botox and teenagers. Here is a rebroadcast of that show with Dr. Lam's interview:
Dr. Lam talks about your face like a bed to understand how fat transfer, fillers, and Botox will help the face for facial rejuvenation.
Dr. Lam's mom is now 3 years after Fat Transfer and is nearing 71 years of age. Here is her video testimonial:
Dr. Lam's patient, Amber, who is 1.5 years following a fat transfer and upper blepharoplasty talks about her experience and her results.
Della tells her story of her fat grafting with Dr. Lam and her feeling about her results.
This patient discusses the reasons why he underwent a lower lip reduction and his thoughts about his results.
Fat grafting vs. implants lecture given in Miami by Dr. Sam Lam at the 10th International Symposium of Facial Plastic Surgery:
Fat grafting lecture given in Miami by Dr. Sam Lam at the 10th International Symposium of Facial Plastic Surgery: Part 1: Part 2:
This woman came to have a correction via Lip Reduction of her lip that was augmented incorrectly with fat grafting and SMAS by another physician. She talks about her experience for one day following the procedure.
Watch this video on a cup ear deformity otoplasty correction, a one-week diary:
Dr. Sam Lam's grandfather, Dr. Lam Chi-Fung, was a generous man who gave tirelessly to all who knew him. He founded Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Baptist Hospital along with richly endowing Pui Ching Middle School.
Dr. Samuel Lam offers his staff at LFP thanks for their great service this year:
Dr. Samuel Lam (aka Luke Laminator) would like to wish Yoda, Emina, his hair transplant coordinator a very special birthday wish!
Using fat transfer/fat grafting, Dr. Sam Lam, corrected bad browlifting, midfacelifting, facelifting, and cheek implants that made the person look unnatural, older, and more masculine. 1.5 years following a single fat grafting session into the hands and face, this...
African-American Lip Reduction Testimonial This very kind African-American woman who underwent a lip reduction about 7 months ago started to cry and express how much her life has changed since her lip reduction. She then presented me with the following testimonial...
Fat Grafting Testimonial "I cannot express how much I enjoyed the facility, Dallas, and the whole experience. Thank you soooooo much!!! Excellent job from all."
Fat grafting, fat transfer as Dr. Samuel Lam discusses must be a safe procedure. Dr. Lam talks about his considerations for safe fat transfer based on the concept of weight fluctuations following a fat grafting procedure in this video:
Revision rhinoplasty and ethnic rhinoplasty may be better conceived by virtue of Dr. Sam Lam's thinking of a tent pole metaphor, as exemplified in this video:
Dr. Sam Lam lectures for Essential Energy in Plano, Texas on facial fat grafting also known as fat transfer, the most natural way to rejuvenate the aging face. Watch his video on fat transfer here below:
Sorry, despite a ton of testimonials with , I have not posted them here, but here I will start again: "The staff is exceptionally friendly and courteous. I was well taken care of; Dr. Lam is exceptional. I would recommend...
Fat grafting is a technique used to rejuvenate the aging face in the most natural way all without incisions. This permanent technique has been the main focus of Dr. Sam Lam's practice and which he spoke on today in St. Louis, MO at the Advanced Techniques in Facial...