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Is it OK to use fillers in the nose? | |
| We are often asked about using fillers in the nose. We usually don’t advocate the use of fillers or fat in the nose for anyone who needs more nasal support, structure, or definition. Your nasal cartilage and bone are hard tissues and their appearance seen from the outside can’t be reproduced using fillers. In these [...] | ||
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To Crush or Not To Crush: What is the fate of crushed cartilage used in rhinoplasty? | |
| To crush, or not to crush, — that is the question: — Whether ’tis better in the mind to only think about crushing The cartilage, but leaving it intact for grafting, Or to take arms against the cartilage, And by crushing it? — To sleep, knowing the cartilage will not show through, — The [...] | ||
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Forehead Lifts 10 Years Later: Is Endoscopic as Good as Open? | |
| Recently, the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reviewed the progress made and things learned regarding brow lifts by facial plastic surgeons over the last 10 years. For many people reading this blog you may be wondering why do open forehead lift when endoscopic techniques are available? For some people, when they hear about open browlift, they [...] | ||
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Can nostrils be narrowed to look natural? | |
| Many rhinoplasty patients are interested in narrowing their wide nostrils at the base of their nose but many are afraid of obvious scars or of having a distorted or pinched look. There is the potential for these sorts of problems if nostril narrowing is not planned and done properly but, with care and appropriate technique, this can [...] | ||
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Is Fat Sometimes Good? | |
| With all the interest in dark under eye circles and injectible fillers used under the eyes, we decided to post a little youtube video. For those interested we review why we prefer fat to other fillers in this area and show one of our patients who underwent the procedure. www.youtube.com/bhprofiles We welcome your thoughts and questions. And [...] | ||
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The ‘concertina effect’: what do traffic jams and eyelid surgery have in common? | |
| Why do many people who have eyelid procedures often look like a deer caught in the headlights? Are their surgeons just pulling their lids a little too tight or is it something more? Recent studies have shed some light on this issue and shown us that the whole concept of eyelid aging has been wrong and [...] | ||
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The Final Result: How close is it to the result you think you’ll get from Imaging? | |
| You may remember back in May we began reviewing the 10 most common rhinoplasty mistakes that we see in our revision rhinoplasty practice here at Profiles. You can also see these and other details at our dedicated rhinoplasty site. We wanted to share with you how this patient’s revision rhinoplasty is turning out so far. The photos below show [...] | ||
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Are Fillers Under the Eyes Safe? | |
| A few months back we posted a blog titled: Why is the NY Times promoting off label usage of Fillers for the Treatment of Dark Eye Circles? In the blog we ruminated that while they noted the off label nature of this treatment, we thought that they understated the number of problems encountered by patients who [...] | ||
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Last But Not Least: Rhinoplasty Mistakes #10: Twisted Nose | |
| The final problem we will talk about is the twisted nose. A twist in the nose can happen anywhere from the nasal bones to the middle third of the nose and down to the tip. Getting a nose completely and perfectly straight is one of the hardest [...] | ||
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Rhinoplasty Mistake #9: Open Roof Deformity | |
| The nasal bones are not so much like a pyramid but more like an arched covered bridge or tunnel. When a bump is made smaller, the top of the bones are shaved or cut shorter to reduce the bump. This leaves an opening in the roof of the tunnel. That’s one of the reasons why [...] | ||
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