Natural looking breast augmentation enhances the appearance of the breast without sacrificing how the breast looks, feels, and moves. Patients considering breast surgery should know that a natural result comes from choices made by her surgeon in the operating room.
It could be argued that the face and the hands are the two most expressive zones of the body. For many years plastic surgeons have looked for ways to revitalize the aging face. Only recently have we turned our attention to the hands.
Patients ask me, “What is the best facial filler?’’ There is no single filler ideal for all purposes. Each material works best in specific applications.
In plastic surgery, as in the rest of medicine, optimum treatment proceeds from an accurate diagnosis. To accurately diagnose facial aging the surgeon needs to look at the three key regions of the face: the upper cheek (some call it the midface), the jaw border, and the neck. In each of these areas there may be problems of tone, which improve with lifting procedures, or volume, which improve with the addition or removal of fat.
