It’s amazing how many people look for a nose job surgeon to correct only a small part of the nose – the nostrils. A common request in nose job surgery is lowering a nasal tip so turned up that others see right into the nostrils….
Cosmetic plastic surgery patients often have the choice of undergoing their procedures in: The surgeon’s office A free-standing surgical center A hospital Which would you choose? Many assume that a hospital would be best, but the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, a professional magazine for plastic surgeons,…
We have always advised that patients searching for a cosmetic plastic surgeon should consider top cosmetic plastic surgeons who do the procedure you want as often as two or three times weekly and has done so for a decade. (Watch a video about selecting…
Time was, back in the 1960s and 70s, many nose jobs could identify which nose surgeon performed the procedure. Back then, rhinoplasty was a status symbol so many young patients, their parents and even the nose job surgeon wanted a cutesy nose and a “done”…
Patients coming in for revision nose jobs consultations often have amazing tales to tell. Actually, their consult is a learning experience for we surgeons as well. And it’s becoming a tad dismaying about the state of nasal surgery today. Item: many post nose job patients…
Cosmetic surgeons use two types of nose job procedures. One is the closed approach in which the surgeon does everything through the nostrils. In the other, the open method, the surgeon makes a small incision in the columella, the skin between your nostrils. Then, the…
The latest statistics show that patients hankering for cosmetic surgery has just about doubled since 2013. A recent survey asked consumers why they wanted rejuvenation surgery. Top reasons: wanting to feel more confident, followed by wanting to feel more attractive and “wanting to look as…
The fallout back in 2012 from the PIP breast implant scandal has not yet settled for English cosmetic surgery clinics and practitioners. (PIP breast implants were found to contain industrial grade – and not medically safe – silicone. Hundreds of thousands European women were affected…
Everybody has a busy life, it seems, so a trip to visit a cosmetic plastic surgeon can complicate an already packed schedule, given traffic jams, parking, consulting for an hour or more about a possible plastic surgery, ponying up for the visit and then returning…
Last Sunday, August, 7th, the world of cosmetic plastic surgery lost a giant among plastic surgeons. Rio de Janeiro’s Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, 93, not only created new procedures, but had a worldwide patient list of famous names. Among those benefiting from his surgical skills were:…