Niamtu Cosmetic Facial Surgery

The first question of this article is “can a patient become addicted to cosmetic surgery?”  The first answer is absolutely! Cosmetic surgery is a means of artificially enhancing or reversing the aging process.  First and foremost is the fact that “no one needs cosmetic surgery, it is totally elective.”  So, here we have an entire […]

  One of the true joys of being alive in this day and age is the Internet.  For those of us that are older than 20 years of age it is hard to imagine life without it.  The Internet has empowered us and made encyclopedias and dictionaries obsolete.  It seems that you can find out […]

Facial scars are very common from injuries or surgical procedures.  If you call your average cosmetic surgeon and tell them that you have a recent scar, the chances are they will tell you that there is nothing that can be done for a year after the injury.  Unfortunately, this is frequently misinformation. There is evidence […]

    Having a blog requires keeping it up to date and therefore bloggers are continually looking for new, interesting and relevant content.  I have recently read a fantastic journal article in Dermatologic Surgery about Tanning and the associated dangers.  Ibrahim SF, Brown MD. Tanning and cutaneous malignancy. Dermatol Surg. 2008 Apr;34(4):460-74. This article by […]

    There is no more unreliable media than the cosmetic surgery media.  It is fueled by promises of miracle treatments that provide something for nothing.  As good as it sounds, it is a rare innovation that allows dramatic results with little or minimal treatment.  The only thing that I can even think of that comes […]

If the eyes are the seat of the soul, they are the foundation of beauty.  The eyes are a beautiful, intricate and unique structures and are the first thing that humans notice about the face of other humans.  The youthful eyelid is tight, well defined, sculpted and is one of the basic clues about ones […]

Although it seems like a minor problem, thousands of people with pierced ears have torn earlobes and with the popularity of body piercing the number will surely grow dramatically.  The torn earlobes can result from the continual wearing of heavy earrings, trauma, getting earrings snagged on phone cords, pull over sweaters, bath towls, hairbrushes or children […]

  Liposuction is one of the most common cosmetic surgery procedures and has become much easier over the past 20 years.  Unlike body liposuction where large volumes of fat may be removed , the procedure is much more conservative in the head and neck.  Most patients do not have large areas of fat in the […]

  Although most patients are interested in augmenting their lips, some patients are interested in making their lips smaller.  This is more common in certain ethnic or racial groups and is popular with men and women.  Some patients also have lip enlargement due to trauma and this can be treated similarly. At the consultation, the […]

Chemical peeling is one of the most time tested procedures in cosmetic facial surgery.  It was practiced by the Egyptians using fermented fruit acids and has been safely and effectively utilized since then.  The basis of chemical peeling is to intentionally damage the outer layers of the skin.  This is done by coating the skin […]