Saddle Nose Deformity is a condition where the support of the nose is weakened whereby the nose is “saddled” in the middle. This deformity has also been called a boxer's nose deformity or pug nose. The underlying cause is typically less of septal support. This c...
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Finesse rhinoplasty is where specific small changes are made to a nose to fine tune it and improve its appearance. As opposed to other rhinoplasty or nasal reshaping procedures, finesse rhinoplasty maintains many of the features of the nose while changing a few spe...
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After aggressive rhinoplasty, a portion of the nose termed the ala can retract. In primary rhinoplasty, it is beneficial to preserve existing structures of the nose in an effort to decrease the chance of this occurring. In revision rhinoplasty, patients may need corre...
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Options for both the cosmetic surgeon offering and patients seeking treatment for cutaneous aging have expanded greatly in recent years and continue to grow. Increasingly sophisticated aesthetic patients are seeking procedures to rejuvenate in record numbers but many are unwilli...
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What is the Combined CO2 and Erbium Yag Laser? A combined, dual-wavelength CO2/Er:YAG laser system has the ability to deliver both clean ablation of skin with the erbium wavelength and a simultaneous deeper penetrating subablative thermal pulse of CO2 for full-face resurfacin...
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What is the CO2 Fraxel Laser? The CO2 laser is the gold standard for laser skin resurfacing in order to treat the effects of facial skin aging. The latest laser technology, the fractional CO2 laser, offers many of the benefits of the full face CO2 laser, with a fraction of the d...
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Middle Eastern noses may have thicker more sebaceous skin, ptotic or drooping tip, wider nasal tip and a dorsal hump. The goal of rhinoplasty for any ethnicity is to improve the appearance of the nose so that the rest of the face is more attractive. Some patients of Middle Easter...
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Middle Eastern patients are seeking facial rejuvenation in increased numbers. Historically, Middle Eastern individuals have had rhinoplasty and facial contouring as the most common procedures performed. Because of the levels of melanin within Middle Eastern skin, most Middl...
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List of Medications andSupplements to Avoid Attached is a list of medications to avoid prior to surgery. Please see additional list containing herbal medications as well. Medications to avoid generally thin the blood. Some of these medications are in the NSAID f...
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What are Jowls? Jowls are a technical term describing fullness along the jawline. Nancy Etcoff, author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, described the universal sign of beauty is a taut jawline. However, with aging, the jawline can develop areas with dips and bu...
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Harvesting costal cartilage or rib cartilage for rhinoplasty can be done with a small incision in specific cases. Dr. Shah typically uses an incision from 1-3 cm in size, limiting the size of the scar when possible. Factors which allow a smaller incision include female ...
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