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| Facial Surgical Procedures |
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| Face Lift |
| This operation is the gold standard of plastic surgery. While many new things such as botox, fillers and laser treatments help postpone surgery, nothing recontours the face and removes facial folds and neck laxity like the face lift. This surgery requires incisions above the ear in the hairline, in front of the ear, around the earlobe and then behind the ear and into the hairline at the back of the neck. The operation is usually at a surgi-center under deep sedation, but one usually goes home the same day. After two to three weeks most post operative swelling and bruising is gone and you're ready to show the world the dramatic results |
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| Forehead Lift |
| This procedure involves an incision in the scalp or right at the hairline from temple to temple. It allows the surgeon to elevate the eyebrows and smooth out the forehead. Most patients are back at work in a week. Of course, no one wants to look surprised, but a good forehead lift takes age and anxiety off the upper face and replaces it with serenity. |
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| Brow Lift |
| This is a procedure that can sometimes be done in the office procedure room under local anesthesia. Small incisions are made just over each eyebrow to lift the brows upward. Sometimes this simple procedure is all that is needed to "open up and brighten" the eye area. |
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| Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery) |
| Commonly known as an "eye tuck" it involves removing a slip of upper and/or lower eyelid skin and trimming a little underlying fat. This operation removes the "bags" that form under the eye and the "hooding" seen over the upper eyelids that comes with maturity. This operation has the most bang for the buck in plastic surgery. It takes less than an hour per lid. It takes less than a week to recover. It delivers a tidy clean appearance to the eyelids that never looks overdone. |
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| Rhinoplasty |
| The "nose job" is an operation that has evolved from the clipped, ski jump post operative appearance of the '60's to the subtle changes now achieved in the new millennium. Sure noses can be completely redone, but sometimes simple "hump removal" or shortening is all that is required. Patients wear a splint for a week and then return to full activity. |
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| Ear Pinning |
| Also known as otoplasty, this operation is done to children usually. Some adults do go through life up to a point and then decide their "flop" ears or very asymmetrical ears need to be seen to. The surgery is done on an ambulatory basis, but it requires a week of a bandage around the ears and head (like a ski band). This surgery has no down time after that first week. |
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| Chin and Cheek Implants |
| The science of facial implants has advanced significantly over the last decade. Now the materials are well tolerated and do not deteriorate. What hasn't changed is the requirement that the surgeon have good judgement and a sculptor's eye. The incision for the chin leaves a small scar, about an inch long just underneath the jawbone. The cheek implants are placed through incisions inside the mouth, leaving no scars. |
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| Torn Earlobe Repair |
| One of the most common office procedures done, it seems many people's pierced earlobes can't hold up to sweaters removed over the head, babies tugs and heavy hoop earrings. The repair is a simple and quick surgery under local. Six weeks afterward the ears may be re-peirced. |
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