Facial Plastic Surgery Blog

A hemangioma is a bulbous collection of excess blood vessels in the skin. The growth, which is the most common tumor infants and children experience, can first be noticed as a bright red, flat patch of skin. About 30% of the time, a child with a hemangioma was born with this condition.

Patients may visit Dr. Batniji with an issue regarding a specific facial feature without realizing that one or more areas of the face may contribute to their dissatisfaction. Often times, a person is unable to recognize what would equate to facial harmony. Some individuals will seek the improvement of one feature, but their expectations of change may exceed the limitations of their facial anatomy. Below are suggestions of common dually-performed plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures that complement one another.

Also called Chemical Resurfacing, Chemexfoliation, Chemoexfoliation or Derma Peeling

Facial plastic surgeon Dr. Rami K. Batniji, M.D., F.A.C.S. sees a wide array of patients whose facial features are presented to him in various conditions. Some patients may seek their first plastic surgery of the face, while others come to him requesting a secondary procedure from a previous cosmetic surgery that did not produce the desired results.

Intense pulsed light treatments, or IPL, are available to patients seeking to eliminate cosmetic irregularities of the skin such as spider veins (broken capillaries) and brown spots (age spots, liver spots, solar lentigines). In addition to treating these discolorations, photofacial treatments can actually improve the quality of the skin through the promotion of collagen and elastin production. In addition, this multitasking machine addresses hair removal needs.