Niamtu Cosmetic Facial Surgery

  I have been an instructor and advisory board member for Allergan (maker of Botox, Juvederm, Voluma and Latisse)  for years and had a great experience this weekend in Dallas with the Allergan Harmony Advisory Board meeting.  I joined other Allergan instructors who represent some of the top injectors in the USA from plastic surgery, […]

Although my practice is limited to cosmetic facial surgery of the head and neck, I am one of top 3% of Botox injectors in the country and therefore see a wide range of Botox patients.  Some of these patients are referred for Botox injection in the facial muscles that involve facial pain syndromes, TMJ and […]

In this video Dr. Niamtu discusses a treatment for nasolabial folds and scars.

I have had numerous requests from doctors to demonstrate subcision technique.  The following video shows subcision for nasolabial folds.  Although not as effective as injectable fillers, it is a simple treatment that can provide results. For more information about cosmetic facial surgery visit www.lovethatface.com   Joe Niamtu, III DMD Cosmetic Facial Surgery Richmond, Virginia www.lovethatface.com

  I had the opportunity to meet two of my heroes last night and it represented a lot of things coming together quickly that encapsulated a 40 year passage of time. I grew up in Canton, Ohio and went to Lehman High School with a guy named Joey Vitale.  Joe was an excellent drummer and […]

For better or worse, most of my blogs have to do with my profession.  I apologize in advance for those readers who don’t share the same interest and from time to time I try to add non-surgery topics. I wrote this article for Medical Aesthetics Magazine and it was published in this month’s edition. Click […]

Over the last three decades I have done hundreds of pro bono cases on patients that needed help but could not afford a surgical procedure.  Their gratitude and “giving back” is the only payment I needed. Recently I treated a patient named Marie Carey and assisted her with a significant problem. Marie is not a […]

From time to time I hear patients say that their surgeon told them that cheek implants are not a good option because “they don’t work” or they “dissolve bone” or they have “taken out more than they have put in”. Having placed hundreds and hundreds of implants and having cheek implants in my own face, […]

From time to time I hear patients say that their surgeon told them that cheek implants are not a good option because “they don’t work” or they “dissolve bone” or they have “taken out more than they have put in”. Having placed hundreds and hundreds of implants and having cheek implants in my own face, […]

While reading the Richmond Times Dispatch on Thursday I was shocked to see the obituary of Casey Perkins.  Casey died at the age of 28. Casey was a normal healthy 6 year old and awoke on Christmas morning in 1996 to the smell of smoke.  He proceeded downstairs and at the moment he got to […]