Archive for 2013

Silicone Injection for Facial Scars and Defects

  Patients often present to my office with scars from previous accidents or surgery and seek cosmetic improvement.  Most scars can be improved by laser treatments and generally lighter skin is easier to treat than darker skin.  Some scars are treated with subcision which involves separating the scar bands under the skin and some scars […]

Facial Piercing Problems

With the popularity of body art, surgeons are seeing more and more patients with problems with piercings, gauged earlobes and tattoos.  Some people want them reversed and some have actual problems where the piercing is grown into the tissues and cannot be removed. Generally this happens in the ear and lips, but can occur anywhere […]

Laser Video Sampler by Dr. Joe Niamtu, III

Lasers are a big part of our practice and this is a subject that I lecture, teach and publish on frequently.  Patients frequently ask about what procedures can be performed with laser technology.  This video shows a partial sample of common laser procedures and some selected before and after  pictures of laser treatment.   For […]

Dr. Niamtu Featured on CBS Discussing bullied Children and Cosmetic Surgery

For over 30 years Dr. Niamtu has provided surgery for children with facial deformities (and at no cost for low income families).  Recently there has been an uptick in children having cosmetic facial procedures due to bullying.  This was recently and tragically highlighted by the suicide of a Florida child who was a victim of […]

Voluma, the Only FDA Approved Cheek Filler Now Available from Dr. Joe Niamtu

Voluma, the Only FDA Approved Cheek Filler Now Available from Dr. Joe Niamtu There has been a lot of buzz about Voluma, the newest filler to hit the U.S. market.  This filler is special because no other filler is FDA approved solely for cheek augmentation. There are numerous options to rejuvenate the midface including cheek […]

Facelift Recovery

Dr. Joe Niamtu, III interviews a patient one day and one week after facelift surgery and full face CO2 laser resurfacing.  The before and after pictures are also shown at 3 months after surgery. While recovery is different for all patients, this case is relatively typical for these procedures.To find out more about facelift surgery […]

Dr. Niamtu Celebrates 30 Years of Practice and Community Service and Awards 5 “Niamtu’s Heroes”

I finished my maxillofacial surgery residency in July of 1983 and entered private practice in Richmond, hoping to build a successful facial surgery practice.  I had no idea how great this experience would be and that I was building one of the largest maxillofacial practices in the country.  This was due to a lot of […]

5 Minute Cheeks: Small Changes Make Big Results

Most patients don’t realize that volume loss in the cheek regions make them look old and tired.  They also don’t realize that in less than 5 minutes, this area can be volumized and rejuvenated and look younger.  This video explains midface volume loss and how easy it is to look younger in several minutes. For […]

Gauged Earlobe Repair: A growing Request

    People have been intentionally expanding their earlobes for thousands of years.  Over the last 20 years this has become more popular with the rise in body art including piercing and tattoos.  Ear gauging is most common in college aged men and women.  As the popularity of gauging has increased, cosmetic surgeons are seeing […]

Casey Perkins: One of my hereos

Here I pose with my buddy Casey Perkins.  I read about Casey  years ago when he was severely burned in a fire from a Christmas tree.  I have had the honor to reconnect with Casey recently and we have been trying some of the new scar lasers on his burn scars and skin grafts.  We […]