Yes. The most common incision is made between the lower part of the breast and the chest wall (inframammary incision). The other two incisions (thus scars) are around the areola and in the axilla, (the transaxillary incision). My preference for years was the transaxillary approach until silicone implants became unavailable and we had to use [...]
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January 2nd, 2012Fillers after a Facelift
December 29th, 2011Are fillers necessary after a facelift? The answer is maybe, according to the patient’s problem and expectations. A facelift will restore some of the lost volume by rearranging the volumes in the face. The jowl, for instance, came from an area above the jowl. If this is moved in an upward direction, it will help [...]
SavannahNow.com: “Finding ‘New Youth’” – Mary Carr Mayle
December 19th, 2011Local plastic surgeon Dr. Ronald Finger was formulating a line of skin-care products for his patients long before the term “cosmeceuticals” was coined.
“I’ve done a lot of facial rejuvenations in my nearly 40 years of practice,” he said. “And I learned early on that when you lift damaged skin, you simply get lifted damaged skin — and that’s not pretty.
An Insider’s Peak into the Latest Groundbreaking Plastic Surgery Seminar
December 4th, 2011Listen up plastic surgery enthusiasts. I just returned home from New York City where I attended one of the most interesting and innovative seminars I have attended in years called The Cutting Edge in Plastic Surgery 2011 There were so many innovative subjects discussed, it’s a challenge to choose, but here are the top [...]
Artefill® for Rejuvenation of the Face
November 28th, 2011Artefill is filler that is an excellent volumizer as well as wrinkle filler. Advantages are the duration of several years, plus, it is a soft filler, meaning it feels like your own tissue. The treatment takes about 30 minutes, and using the DermaSculpt® soft tip needles the bruising is minimal to none. Photos represent a [...]
How long does Sculptra last?
November 28th, 2011I have been injecting Sculpta since 2004, and it is one of my favorite products for re-volumizing the face. However, I find that most people in their 60′s and older do not create collagen as well as younger people, and the collagen doesn’t last as long. Their studies are for 25 months and it apparently [...]
BOTOX® + fillers = Non-Surgical Liquid Facelift
November 23rd, 2011Your face changes as you age: collagen and elastin diminishes over time and skin becomes less toned, less elastic, thinner, and begins to show signs of aging like wrinkles, creases, age spots, and shows various shadows from loss of volume, which causes sagging. The once plump youthful cheeks lose their volume, and they drop to [...]
Facelift or Fillers?
October 31st, 2011The question often arises as to whether one should have a facelift or injectable fillers, such as Restylane, Juvederm, Artefill, or Sculptra. The answer is another question: What is the primary problem? Let’s examine the physiology of looking older. Everyone knows that we lose some elasticity, but another primary cause of looking older is loss [...]
What should I do: get a facelift, fillers, or both?
October 30th, 2011Patients ask me this question all the time. While there’s no pat answer, because each patient’s case is different, here’s some overall rules of thumb. Facial volume loss: one of the reasons you look older First, think about what happens when you age. Everyone knows that we lose elasticity as we get older [...]
Diary of My Facelift & Brow lift with Dr. Huntly
October 18th, 2011By Shannon Newman Night before Dr. Huntly gave me an ativan which decreases anxiety and helps the patient get a good night sleep. I felt so comfortable and confident in Dr. Huntly and his team’s ability that I did not need to take the medication. I went right to sleep and slept all night without [...]
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