Facial Plastic Surgery Blog

A person may be genetically predisposed to a certain facial shape, and the cheekbones may not be as prominent a structure as one prefers. Others may have perfectly normal or even attractive cheeks, though over time the malar fat pads can begin to slip from their high location to a less desirable, lower position on the face. Trauma or disease can deform the structure of the cheek, and may affect tissues as deep as the bone. Each of these issues can be addressed by Dr. Batniji

Fat transfer goes by many names: Autologus Fat Transfer, Facial Fat Injections, Fat Grafting and more. Fat can be injected anywhere in the face to restore or increase volume or to create more contour around various structures. The patient’s own fat source is utilized and it can be harvested through a small cannula during a minor liposuction procedure. The extra fat is often found around the waist, thighs or buttocks.

This surgery is commonly referred to as chin implant surgery, mentoplasty, genioplasty, and chin augmentation These terms generally refer to procedures which reshape the chin, often with the use of implants.

All eyes have been focused lately on Julie Chen, co-host of CBS’s The Talk, who has had to defend her decision to have facial plastic surgery earlier in her career. The CBS daytime television personality revealed her “secret” that she had undergone eye surgery after a news director – her boss – told her she couldn’t make it in the television broadcasting business without it

Cosmetic injections, or dermal fillers, have become a more mainstream approach to aesthetic beauty over recent years. The procedure can be performed alone or alongside other procedures, both surgical and non-surgical. The option is attractive to patients because the effects are long-lasting (usually several months and up to one year), injections are less-costly than a surgical procedure, and the results can be as subtle or dramatic as the patient wishes