Plain-language articles on aesthetic surgery: what each procedure actually involves, who tends to be a suitable candidate, how recovery usually unfolds and which questions are worth asking before any decision. General information only; suitability is always decided in a consultation.
Preparing for facial surgery usually means a pre-assessment visit where blood tests check clotting, blood count and kidney function, an anesthesia review covers your…
In the first days after a neck and face lift, a helper's main tasks are keeping the head raised, emptying and recording any drains,…
Facial fat transfer uses a person's own fat, taken by gentle liposuction and injected into the face, to add soft, natural-looking volume; facial implants…
Surgeons combine facial procedures in one operation when the areas heal on a similar timetable, the patient is medically well, and total anesthesia time…
Surgeons may combine facial procedures such as a facelift, eyelid surgery and fat grafting in one operation when a person is healthy, does not…
Facial implants are usually considered for adults whose bones have finished growing, who have a specific structural gap such as a recessed chin or…
Solid silicone and porous polyethylene are the two most common facial implant materials, and the difference is mainly about how tissue attaches. Silicone is…
You may be a reasonable ethnic rhinoplasty candidate if you are in good general health, your nose has finished growing, you have a specific…
Before orbit surgery, a CT scan maps the bony walls of the eye socket in fine detail, showing fractures, wall thickness, sinus anatomy and…
Ethnic rhinoplasty results depend on reshaping the nose in proportion to a person's own face while keeping the features that signal their heritage, rather…
Microtia is a congenital condition in which the outer ear is small, misshapen or absent. Assessment begins soon after birth with hearing tests and…
A combined neck and face lift usually makes sense when jowls, vertical neck bands and loose skin under the jaw appear together, because the…
A bichectomy procedure, also called buccal fat removal, slims the lower cheeks by removing part of the buccal fat pad through a small incision…
Before a facelift, surgeons usually ask patients to stop anything that raises bleeding risk or starves healing skin of oxygen. That typically means blood-thinning…
Abdominal etching is a specialized liposuction technique that removes small amounts of fat in precise lines over the abdominal muscles to mimic a six-pack.…
Neck lift complications are unwanted events caused by the surgery itself, as opposed to expected effects such as bruising and swelling. The three most…
Before prominent ear surgery (otoplasty), ask the surgeon which technique they plan to use on your cartilage and why, how they measure and judge…
Before a rhytidectomy, ask which facelift technique the surgeon proposes and why, where the incisions will sit, how scars usually mature, what the operation…
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