Niamtu Cosmetic Facial Surgery

If you asked a doctor about injectable fillers 20 years ago, the answer would have been easy…..collagen.  Bovine collagen (from cows) was about the only FDA choice for plumping lips and wrinkles.  It worked pretty well, didn’t last very long and required allergy testing a month before injection.  Hard to believe that surgeons and patients […]

Recently the news media has been blitzed with warnings about Botox treatments resulting in patient deaths.  Obviously, this is a very serious matter, but it also begs some investigation into the facts of the matter. Botox is the trade name for botulinum toxin A.  This is a protein derivative obtained from bacteria.  In the concentrated […]

  Providing patients with a natural rejuvenation requires a firm understanding by the surgeon and the patient of all the areas of the face.  Brow and forehead lift are common surgical procedures used to improve the upper face.  Facelift and liposuction are used to rejuvenate the lower face.  Botox and fillers are used to enhance […]

One of the most common points of confusion in cosmetic facial surgery is  understanding the diagnosis and treatment options between eyelid surgery and brow and forehead lift surgery. Put plain and simple, the brow and forehead are intimately related to the eyelids in youth and aging.  If you look at your picture in your 40’s […]

Earlier this year the life of rapper Kanye West’s mom ended tragically after undergoing a cosmetic surgery procedure.  This is an unfortunate and tragic event and besides the personal tragedy it also brought light to many other aspects of cosmetic surgery. First of all, it shows that there is risk with any surgery.  Every year, […]

 In this day and age of sensational media coverage for cosmetic surgery it can be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff in terms of what is good and what is hype.  There is no doubt that many things in cosmetic surgery have gotten easier.  The average hospital stay for a facelift 3o years […]

Welcome to word one, day one of my blog.  A lot has changed since the last century (8 years ago)!  While in my surgery residency I, one-day, saw a bunch of people in the surgery office huddled around a new fangled machine shaking their heads in disbelief.  One of the doctors was saying “you mean to […]