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What is a spreader graft in Rhinoplasty? What purpose do spreader grafts serve in the nose?

Posted on February 14, 2024 by admin

Spreader grafts were initially described in the ’80s by a rhinoplasty surgeon named Jack Sheen, who used them through an endonasal – or closed, scarless – approach to provide support in patients with short nasal bones, and to reconstruct the … Continue reading →

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What is a deep-plane facelift? How is it different from a SMAS facelift?

Posted on February 14, 2024 by admin

During a traditional SMAS facelift, the skin and subcutaneous tissue is elevated from an incision designed around the ear in a single layer. The layer deep to the skin and subcutaneous fat is the SMAS, or superficial musculo-aponeurotic system, a … Continue reading →

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Where are the scars for a deep-plane facelift? How much downtime is there for a facelift?

Posted on February 13, 2024 by admin

The beauty of a well-designed and well-performed deep-plane facelift is that the result is youthful and natural, and the scar is virtually undetectable. The incision is hidden in the temporal hair tuft, along the back of the tragus, and in … Continue reading →

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Considerations during Asian Rhinoplasty and Asian Nose Job using your own rib cartilage and DCF (diced cartilage fascia)

Posted on February 7, 2024 by admin

Asian rhinoplasty and Asian nose job surgery has enjoyed a surge in popularity as the interest in rhinoplasty surgery more broadly has also increased due to the wider social acceptance and emergence of techniques and surgeons capable of producing predictably … Continue reading →

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Buccal Fat Removal

Posted on April 21, 2020 by admin

Buccal fat removal (cheek fat removal) is a surgical procedure designed to create facial slimming by reducing the volume of the cheeks along the lower third of the face. The surgery is performed through small incisions hidden on the inside … Continue reading →

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Nearly 3 Weeks Since Rhinoplasty, and I Have a Small Bump on the Bridge of my Nose, Will It Go?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

Q: My surgeon reduced my tip making my profile smaller, and thinned the bridge of my nose a little bit, I had internal and external splints, a little after 2 weeks I began to feel a bump on the right … Continue reading →

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Unhappy After Second Round of Rhinoplasty. What Can I Do?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

Q: First Rhinoplasty: 10 months ago. Main concern: hump but bridge was narrowed, cartilage removed from tip and lifted. Had to go back in March as I developed a huge hump on the side where original hump was removed – … Continue reading →

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Revision Rhinoplasty in March. Still Have Hump, But it is Soft?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

Q: Hi there – I had Rhinoplasty last November and a small revision at the same surgeon in March this year since my nose was crooked after the operation due to a bigger hump on the one side. I now … Continue reading →

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How Difficult is It to Fix a Pinched Bridge?

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

Q: Hello, I got my first revision about 3 months ago to fix pinching, but the sides of the bridge is still pinched. The tip looks great but the bridge still looks pinched. Not as bad as before, but it … Continue reading →

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I have an Asian bulbous nose. Which procedures would be best for rising the bridge and giving the tip more definition?

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

Q: I have an Asian bulbous nose that I would like slim down with rhinoplasty. I would also like the bridge raised and the tip defined. Any recommendations on what procedure to go with and what would be necessary to … Continue reading →

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