HomeGeneral 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.”My secret dates back to — my heart is racing — it dates back to when I was 25 years old and I was working as a local news reporter in Dayton, Ohio,” said Chen, […]
HomeGeneral Dermal Fillers
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. The effects of some dermal fillers can even be reversed following injection if the patient is not satisfied with the results.
The Diversity of Juvederm
Beauty injections of the skin […]
HomeGeneral A cosmetic surgery that treats the upper-third of the face is called the brow lift, or forehead lift. Typically, this area of the face shows obvious signs of a person’s years due to the expressiveness of the eyes and forehead. Few are the facial expressions that do not prompt movements that eventually contribute to skin maturity. The procedure is designed to smooth the skin of the brow, lessen the look of lines and wrinkles of the forehead, and perhaps most importantly, raise the eyebrows.
In addition to aging creating unwanted changes of the upper face, a surgically suitable candidate of […]
HomeGeneral Skin cancer is a growing health concern in the United States, and it is often the result of unprotected skin exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, also known as UVA and UVB rays. In places like Newport Beach, California, where there is a lower chance of cloud cover and a temperate climate that is ideal for outdoor activities, people may be more susceptible to sun damage. In addition to the overexposure of sun, it has also become fashionable to sport sun-kissed skin, so the lack of sunscreen may be intentional.
Tan skin has been an American trend since Coco Chanel […]
HomeGeneral Skin cancer is a growing epidemic among Americans. The media conveys to us that glowing skin equates to attractiveness, while our doctors tell us that these beautifying rays are actually extremely harmful to our skin at the cellular level. More recently, the use of sunscreen has become more than just a suggestion; there has been extensive research that links a high exposure of UVA and UVB rays to skin cancer.
According to the University of Pennsylvania’s medical site, there are three common forms of skin cancer. They are:
Malignant melanoma – This is the most serious form of skin cancer. The […]
HomeGeneral Strawberry nevus, Cavernous hemangioma
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. Though it is not quite clear why these red-purple tumors appear in some children, genetics may play a role in their development. According to the Mayo Clinic, babies who are most at risk are female, Caucasian, and premature. Often, the growth appears on the […]
HomeGeneral 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.
Rhinoplasty and Mentoplasty
One such instance of a successful dually-performed plastic surgery procedure is the rhinoplasty (nose job) performed alongside a mentoplasty […]
HomeGeneral Also called Chemical Resurfacing, Chemexfoliation, Chemoexfoliation or Derma Peeling
Ancient Egyptians are credited with creating a number of cosmetic products and procedures still in use today. To our knowledge, these innovators developed eyeliner in the form of a stick covered in kohl, tooth brushes and breath fresheners consisting of cinnamon and other natural ingredients, and even chemical peels. It is thought that lactic acid was the original topical ingredient used to smooth the skin.
Chemical peels are performed to chemically slough off problem skin to reveal the fresher, new epidermis below. In our modern day, patients have the luxury of undergoing […]
HomeGeneral Also called Facial Reconstruction or Orbital-Craniofacial Reconstruction
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. Typically, an aesthetically pleasing outcome, and often more functional features such as the nose (septoplasty for a deviated septum) and eyes (blepharoplasty for hooded eyes that decrease vision), are requested. Other patients may seek a sense […]
HomeGeneral 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. Intense pulsed light treatments are safely and effectively used on most areas of the face and body.
The light utilized by IPL is powerful, and directs energy below the surface of the skin. Though […]
