If you have been considering breast augmentation , you probably already know that there are four different incision options for placing the breast implants: around the areola (periareolar), under the breast (inframammary), in the armpit (transaxillary), and in the navel (TUBA). Two of these options (periareolar and inframammary) are traditional surgical methods, and two of them are endoscopic surgeries (transaxillary and TUBA), which involve incisions far from the breast. Doctors who...

Spider veins are small unsightly veins near the surface of the skin. They can appear red, blue, or any shade of purple. They sometimes appear as single veins separated throughout the face, or in a number of clusters. These veins commonly appear in the face and in the legs. There are three main treatment avenues for spider veins.

Sclerotherapy

Sclerotherapy is the process of injecting spider veins with a compound that causes them to collapse and...

If there is some method of communicating without speaking a word, it is through our eyes. The eyes are really the mirror to one's soul and it is easy to judge a person's intention by simply judging the look in their eyes. Besides being the gateway to our soul our eyes are also, one of the primary connection to the outside world. We get to know the people around us, the colors, and the objects and in fact our whole surrounding as we perceive it is based on our senses, out of which our...

Dr. Mazin Al Hakeem is a board certified plastic surgeon at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California. Dr.Hakim graduated from the University of California, Irvine.

He also studied advanced level mathematics and physics from South East London College, London, UK.

Dr.Hakim completed his post graduation from the Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic Rochester, and MN.He served surgical residencies at the Plastic Surgery Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY,...

Chin is an important feature of the face and contributes to the first impression. A strong chin can help define the rest of the face, while a weak chin will put the rest of the face out of proportion.

It's unnerving and is an immediately visible facial defect that can be humiliating if left untreated.

With age, the facial skin tends to sag and lose its youthfulness. Liposuction chin surgery is a plastic surgery procedure very effective for eliminating and getting...

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a new form of minimally invasive surgery which eliminates traditional skin incisions by accessing internal body cavities through natural orifices such as the mouth. NOTES represents a radical breakthrough in less invasive surgery. By eliminating skin incisions patients have dramatically reduced post operative pain, less scarring, fewer potential complications, and are able to return to most normal activities in a fraction of the...

Liposuction surgery and the techniques employed have advanced a great deal. One of the latest advancements is the BodyTite™ liposuction procedure. When compared to other liposuction techniques, the advantages of BodyTite™ liposuction procedure are many. BodyTite™ liposuction provides faster results and is much safer than other forms of procedures, involves much less bleeding and guarantees a more rapid recovery.

BodyTite™ Ensures Effective Body...

Non laser liposuction is the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedure in the world. Yet as many as 20% of people who have had this surgery have skin irregularities, lumps, bumps and wavy line on the skin after non laser liposuction. Many more people complain of loose skin after non laser liposuction. The new laser liposuction accomplishes fat removal but also leaves the skin smooth without the lumps, bumps, wavy lines, and skin irregularities called contour deformities. This...

Rejuvenative Health of the Face : Lip Augmentation & Facial Liposculpture

Introduction

Maintaining a rejuvenated face is todays social requirement and more so for personal psychological relief. The nagging though of not being good looking or the thought of being old is disabling, and particularly when today we can modify a person’s looks by the skillful use of Plastic Surgery. Some of the procedures we use are fat injection, restylane injections and...

Deviated Septum Definition

Deviated septum happens whilst nasal septum (thin wall) inside your nose is dislocated to one side. The septum segregates your left and right nasal holes and the right location is in perfect middle of the nose, separate the nose in the same way. Nevertheless, 80% of people have non-ideal condition where their nasal septum is dislocated, so one nasal have smaller opening than the other does. Serious deviated septum will block the smaller passage of the...