All About Lips
Within all races and cultures, certain features of the female physique have been considered to be attractive. Certainly, in addition to larger upper face, smaller lower face and petite nose, one of those features are large, full lips. No wonder that our fascination with lips continues to this day.

Face Lift Information Guide
Face Lift is a procedure that most people can benefit from. This may sound too radical but most people feel a need and desire to look their best. When skin creams and lotions, Botox, lasers, chemical peels and fillers fail - face lift may offer the solution that is difficult to resist.

Important Changes in the Cosmetic Surgery Industry
Recent statistics reflect both increased demand for cosmetic surgery, as well as a growing acceptance in public opinion of cosmetic surgery in North America. The popularity of reality shows that feature cosmetic surgery, have perhaps increased public awareness and acceptance of cosmetic procedures.

Lip Rejuvenation Tips
My lips are disappearing over the last several years!!! I am getting older – I was expecting some wrinkles but I am surprised that my lips are getting smaller. Is there anything that I can do to get my lips back?

Nipple Surgery: The Last Frontier of Cosmetic Surgery?
Nipple aesthetics are a significant concern to both men and women. Nipple shape, size, symmetry as well as textural characteristics are all important when considering nipple revision or correction. The most common concerns include, among others, nipple size asymmetry, enlarged nipples in men and inverted nipples in women. Traditionally, nipple surgery has been a domain of plastic surgeons, but recently dermatologists have been asked to help patients with this rather common concern. Surgically inclined dermatologists are uniquely suited to perform these procedures and they are familiar not only with the regional anatomy but are also experts in skin function.

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Face-Lifting: An Overview
Numerous adaptations of face-lift techniques have been devised, and each surgical approach has its own risks and benefits, as well as proponents and detractors. All of the conventionally accepted techniques achieve removal of redundant skin.

Body Piercing: More Than Skin Deep
Young adult populations (18-25 years of age) throughout the world have latched onto the mainstream trend of body piercing. Best health care practices for these individuals involves the knowledge of proper procedural techniques, postsite care, common complications, and treatment modalities.

Rejuvenation of the Lip with Injectables
As the range of soft tissue augmentation products proliferates, most will be used (with varying degrees of success) to shape and augment the lip. The range of outcomes for this indication depends on the skill of the injector, the anatomy of the patient and the intrinsic properties of the product.

Reduction of Face and Neck Laxity With Anchored, Barbed Polypropylene Sutures (Contour Threadsâ„¢)
The use of nonabsorbable sutures for lifting lax, aging skin is an increasingly popular option for cosmetic surgeons. Contour Threads™ (Surgical Specialties Corp.) are novel modified polypropylene sutures recently approved for this purpose by the US FDA

The Forehead Flap for Nasal Reconstruction: How We Do It
The forehead flap is a useful technique to reconstruct deep and large nasal defects. It can safely be performed under local anesthesia in an outpatient setting. Advantages of this flap include the fact that it provides an excellent color and texture match to the missing nasal skin. Disadvantages include the fact that it is at least a two-stage procedure and that often patients require "touch up" surgeries to provide the best possible cosmetic outcome.

The Use of Lasers for Decorative Tattoo Removal
As the incidence of tattoo placement continues to increase, so does the demand for tattoo removal, with more than 10 million people in the US alone with a tattoo. Used in an appropriate clinical setting, Q-switched lasers provide relatively efficacious clearance of decorative tattoo pigment with minimal side-effects. We present our clinical experience along with literature findings on decorative tattoo removal and the important issues practitioners should consider in the management of tattoos.

Novel Flaps for Lip Reconstruction
Reconstruction of the lips requires careful attention to aesthetic and functional goals. We describe our approach to lip repair and present novel methods to maintain symmetry and function, and optimize cosmetic results.

Clinical Use of RESTYLANE®
There is no ideal filler, nor will there be a single product that can satisfy all requirements. However, RESTYLANE®, a non-animal, stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA, Medicis), is a very versatile augmenting agent. It has been in clinical use for 8 years and experience has shown it to be close to the ideal filler in many respects. This review will outline the background to the use of RESTYLANE®, and will focus on the clinical use of this material.

The Surgical Correction of Protuberant Ears
While prominent ears are considered a sign of good fortune in the Far East, Western society looks upon prominent ears in a far less positive manner. Children with prominent ears are often the subjects of verbal and at times physical abuse by their peers, resulting in adverse psychological effects. Advances in otoplasty have made it possible not only to "pin back" the ears, but also to reshape them, reduce their size, or make them more symmetrical. For a dermatologic surgeon, an otoplasty may be an unfamiliar surgical procedure, however, the surgery itself does not significantly differ from ear wedges or cartilage removal procedures for skin cancer, procedures with which the dermatologic surgeon is quite familiar.

Surgical Techniques for Scar Revision
Patients frequently seek cosmetic improvement for existing scars. While no scar can be completely erased, dermatologic surgeons can employ a variety of approaches to achieve more esthetically pleasing scars. Classification of a scar abnormality guides the choice of treatment technique. Lasers and injectables are useful tools; however, for certain scar abnormalities, scalpel-based surgery remains the mainstay. This review focuses on common incisional surgical methods for scar revision.

Combining Chin-Jowl Implants With Local Anesthesia Facial Rejuvenation
Mandibular implantation is an outpatient procedure that can be used in combination with other minimally invasive cosmetic interventions. Specifically, silastic chin implants can help create a strong chin and smooth the jawline in carefully selected patients.

Blepharoplasty: Indications, Outcomes, and Patient Counseling
A telltale sign of the aging face is upper eyelid skin redundancy and lower eyelid bags. These changes can contribute to a “tired” appearance. Upper and lower blepharoplasty procedures can correct these processes. By removing skin and muscle, an upper eyelid blepharoplasty can give the eye a larger appearance. A lower blepharoplasty can remove pseudoherniated fat, or transpose it to provide a smooth infraorbital contour. It appears that a transconjunctival approach for the lower blepharoplasty will lead to a lower incidence of eyelid malposition. An adjunctive procedure such as laser resurfacing may be appropriate. Patients should be counseled on all potential complications, including visual loss from muscle injury or hematoma, as well as the extent of postoperative recuperation.