Facial Plastic Surgery Blog

I’m interested in laser resurfacing and wondering if there’s one type of laser that’s considered the best or if different lasers are used for different problems. There are several great lasers in the market to address sun-damage skin and lines, wrinkles.  I tend to favor a fractionated CO2 laser.  I will do this procedure on […]

How do you avoid “pillow face” with injectable fillers? I avoid the over-filled appearance with injectable fillers through a conservative approach in the volumization of the face.  For example, the cheek region is a common area that we volumize with filler.  The reason we volumize this region is because it is the cheeks that lose […]

I live in Duarte and am self-conscious about my appearance, which is one reason I am having a rhinoplasty.  How large and conspicuous are the bandages for rhinoplasty recovery? I place a small bandage over the bridge of the nose after your rhinoplasty, and leave it in place for one week after surgery.  After one […]

Do you ever perform necklifts on men? What sort of results do they get? Yes, we do perform necklift surgery on men. Men who seek out necklift usually have fullness underneath the chin due to excess fatty tissue as well as neck muscle bands. As well, they have excess skin. Typically, I perform neck liposuction […]

I used to smoke and I’ve just started to notice that I’m getting some awful vertical lines above my lip. Can fillers fix these? Vertical lip lines have a few potential treatment options, depending upon the severity of the lines as well as your skin type and preference. One option is Botox to soften the […]

I had a nose job two years ago. It was to repair a broken nose I had as a child. It looks good except that the bridge is too wide.  I didn’t think it was too wide at first but now it seems so. Is a full rhinoplasty required to narrow the bridge? If the […]

Are there general things that Hispanic patients want changed about their nose with rhinoplasty? Some of the more common requests I hear from my Hispanic patients who seek rhinoplasty include a desire to refine the appearance of the nasal tip and narrow the nostrils. The nasal tip refinement in Hispanic patients can be a challenge […]

I’m interested in getting a chin implant in Newport Beach but I’m concerned about how it will look and feel afterward. Does it feel unnatural? The chin implants I use are made of silicone and anatomically shaped to coincide with the patient’s chin.  These implants are placed in a small pocket and stitched into place, […]

What scar revision techniques are best for children? It depends upon the scar. If a scar is relatively new (less than 1 year old), then I would recommend conservative measures such as silicone-based scar medication, sunscreen, and time to allow the scar to fully heal. There are several types of scar revision techniques available, from […]

I’m Asian and have a very thick nose. I would like this refined. How is this done? My method for nasal tip definition is a graduated approach. First, I use suturing techniques to achieve more refinement of your tip cartilages. In thick skin patients, this tends to provide minimal refinement of the nasal tip. Therefore, […]