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Three Joes and Two of My Heroes

  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 […]

How Botox Treatments have Changed

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 […]

An Honor Bestowed

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 […]

Some Doctors Say Cheek Implants Don’t Work!

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, […]

Farewell to One of My Most Memorable Patients Ever

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 […]

Endoscopic Removal of Forehead Osteoma: Minimally Invasive, Maximally Effective

Dr. Joe Niamtu, III is a cosmetic facial surgeon in Richmond, Virginia and is well known for his treatment of forehead osteomas with minimally invasive endoscopic surgery.  This is a simple technique that is virtually scarless and has a very short recovery when compared with older approached to forehead osteomas.  Be sure to view other […]

I’ve Got Friends in No Places!

I went to add a friend request on Facebook and was surprised to see the following message! Dang!  Why would Facebook limit the number of friends?  Does not make sense, you would think the more the merrier?  I bet Mr. Zukerberg has more than 5,000 friends as he has 68 million followers. Evidently, if you […]

The Ups and Downs of Father’s Day

I was asked to write an essay for the Richmond Times Dispatch in 2010 about the experience of Father’s Day for parents of children with disabilities.  Yes, Father’s day for parents of disabled children is different from normal families because every day is different from normal families.  There is not doubt that it is tough […]

Jim Kelly’s 30th Celebrity Golf Tournement

Once again we headed for Buffalo on the first weekend in June for our buddy Jim Kelly’s annual celebrity golf tournament to benefit “Kelly for Kids”.  This is Jim’s charitable foundation and he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help children in need over the past three decades.  Always a great time and […]

One Girl’s Journey with Protruding Ears, Bullying and Otoplasty: by Dr. Joe Niamtu III

This 12 minute video details the journey of a 17 year old high school female with protruding ears.  The video follows her through the pre operative, intra operative and post operative phases of her surgical experience.  She highlights her experiences with bullying, low self esteem and physical problems associated with her protruding ears.  Dr. Joe […]