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Jan

Is a traditional facelift the best option for drooping skin?

Question: There seem to be an awful lot of facelift alternatives these days, from thread lifts to liquid facelifts. Is there ever a time when a traditional facelift is the best option? Answer: Most of the time, for a droopy neck, a traditional facelift is the best option. Youn...

Jan

Will eyebrow tattoos affect my brow lift surgery?

Question: I have eyebrow tattoos. Will this be a problem if I were to get a brow lift? Since my brows are already pretty well positioned would surgery raise them too high? Is there some way to remove my tattoos? Answer: The surgery will absolutely raise eyebrow tattoos, someti...

Jan

Is there such a thing as a mini brow lift?

Question: Is there such a thing as a mini brow lift? Answer: Mini brow lift might be a procedure. Most of the time we will perform an endoscopic brow lift which is a very minimal or small incision type of procedure. ? Sometimes we perform laser resurfacing or a temporal lift to...

Jan

Do you perform neck lifts using an endoscopic method?

Question: Do you perform neck lifts using an endoscopic method or more invasive techniques requiring neck and chin incisions to manipulate the muscles? Answer: An endoscope is something that is rarely needed in a neck lift. Small incisions are used any way with good visualizat...

Jan

What's the difference between a neck lift and a facelift?

Question: What's the difference between a neck lift and a facelift? How do you know if you’re a candidate for one over the other? Answer: There’s a blurry line between neck lift and facelift. It usually has to do with the degree of dissection. Patients need t...

Jan

How long is an eyelid surgery procedure?

Question: My eyelid surgery is a week away. I need to tell my husband what time to pick me up for the hospital. About how long is a typical procedure? Answer: Surgery is more than just time involved in the surgery. There's always waiting times before and after the pro...

Jan

What happens during blepharoplasty?

Question: What happens during blepharoplasty? Answer: During blepharoplasty, skin and fat or skin without fat is removed from the upper and lower eyelids. This is one of the approaches for correcting the upper and lower eyelids...

Jan

Is it possible to have my ear lobes reduced in size during an otoplasty?

Question: Is it possible to have my ear lobes reduced in size during an otoplasty? Answer:It is possible to reduce ear lobes during an otoplasty or a facelift or without any associated other surgery. It? s a small incision on the ear lobe and a wedge is usually excised and...

Jan

How long is the recovery for otoplasty?

Question: We are allowing our 17-year-old son to have an otoplasty as he is very self-conscious about his ears. I? d like to time the procedure so that this has little to no impact to school or sports. How long is the recovery period? When can he play sports again, soccer an...

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