Facial Plastic Surgery Blog

A person may be genetically predisposed to a certain facial shape, and the cheekbones may not be as prominent a structure as one prefers. Others may have perfectly normal or even attractive cheeks, though over time the malar fat pads can begin to slip from their high location to a less desirable, lower position on […]

Fat Injections Fat transfer goes by many names: Autologus Fat Transfer, Facial Fat Injections, Fat Grafting and more. Fat can be injected anywhere in the face to restore or increase volume or to create more contour around various structures. The patient’s own fat source is utilized and it can be harvested through a small cannula […]

This surgery is commonly referred to as chin implant surgery, mentoplasty, genioplasty, and chin augmentation These terms generally refer to procedures which reshape the chin, often with the use of implants. Experienced facial plastic surgeons like Dr. Batniji understand and adhere to the notion that the most successful cosmetic corrections are fully customized to a […]

All eyes have been focused lately on Julie Chen, co-host of CBS’s The Talk, who has had to defend her decision to have facial plastic surgery earlier in her career. The CBS daytime television personality revealed her “secret” that she had undergone eye surgery after a news director – her boss – told her she […]

Dermal Fillers Cosmetic injections, or dermal fillers, have become a more mainstream approach to aesthetic beauty over recent years. The procedure can be performed alone or alongside other procedures, both surgical and non-surgical. The option is attractive to patients because the effects are long-lasting (usually several months and up to one year), injections are less-costly […]

A cosmetic surgery that treats the upper-third of the face is called the brow lift, or forehead lift. Typically, this area of the face shows obvious signs of a person’s years due to the expressiveness of the eyes and forehead. Few are the facial expressions that do not prompt movements that eventually contribute to skin […]

Skin cancer is a growing health concern in the United States, and it is often the result of unprotected skin exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, also known as UVA and UVB rays. In places like Newport Beach, California, where there is a lower chance of cloud cover and a temperate climate that is ideal […]

Skin cancer is a growing epidemic among Americans. The media conveys to us that glowing skin equates to attractiveness, while our doctors tell us that these beautifying rays are actually extremely harmful to our skin at the cellular level. More recently, the use of sunscreen has become more than just a suggestion; there has been […]

Strawberry nevus, Cavernous hemangioma A hemangioma is a bulbous collection of excess blood vessels in the skin. The growth, which is the most common tumor infants and children experience, can first be noticed as a bright red, flat patch of skin. About 30% of the time, a child with a hemangioma was born with this […]

Patients may visit Dr. Batniji with an issue regarding a specific facial feature without realizing that one or more areas of the face may contribute to their dissatisfaction. Often times, a person is unable to recognize what would equate to facial harmony. Some individuals will seek the improvement of one feature, but their expectations of […]