Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Chin augmentation


Chin augmentation


Chin Implants

Chin Implants

The facial profile can be balanced when the structures on your face complement each other, (no longer nose, no shorter chin, no unbalanced teeth, and no deformed lips). If all these are perfect then you look awesome. Many people have the complaint of short chin that is just too small for their face.

If the chin on face is small then your nose look longer then it really is. When one this problem, lack of chin projection then the face looks weird. So to improve this many patients look for the surgery which is known as chin augmentation.


What is chin augmentation?


Chin Plastic Surgery

Chin Plastic Surgery

Chin augmentation is the technique to extend the chin in relationship to the nose. In this a small synthetic implant is inserted over the natural bone. Reconstructive mandibular sliding surgery to correct bite dysfunction can be performed in conjunction with chin surgery.


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Chin Augmentation Before And After Pictures

Chin Augmentation Before And After Pictures

Chin Augmentation Before And After Pictures


Chin Augmentation Before And After

Chin Augmentation Before And After

Thousands of genioplasties are performed successfully each year. The operation can also greatly enhance the results of a face lift, since loss of chin projection may occur with aging. Chin augmentation is an outpatient surgery but it can also perform in the surgeon’s office-based facilities or in hospital.

Chin augmentation is also commonly combined with facial liposuction where fat is removed under the neck area and under the chin.


In children:

Before the operation a general anesthesia is given to reduce or remove the uneasiness and provide a good sleep throughout an operation, which is not dangerous. In adults, clinical assessment including X-rays of the face and chin are used for preoperative planning.


Procedure:


Chin Implant
Chin Implant

First of all they make an incision inside the mouth next to the inferior sulcus (a "landmark" inside the lower gum) to put on contact to the chin bone. An osteotomy (horizontal cut) is made through the jaw bone (mandible) with a bone saw or chisel.

After this the lower portion of the separated bone is adjust to the desired positioned and it is wired in with titanium plates. While performing all this, mental nerves are carefully secluded. The incision is closed with sutures and an external pressure dressing is applied. There is no visible scarring since the surgery is performed through an incision inside the mouth.


Chin Augmentation

Chin Augmentation

When only a modest degree of chin augmentation is required to give outline, the surgeon may use prosthetic chin implant (artificial -- made of silicone, Teflon, or Dacron) or may use bone only. In this the incision is made either inside the mouth or outside under the chin.

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Chin Augmentation Before And After Picture


Chin Augmentation Before And After Picture



Chin Augmentation Before And After Picture



Chin Augmentation Before And After Photo


Chin Augmentation Before And After Photo


Chin Augmentation Before After


Chin Augmentation Before After


An appropriately sized prosthesis or chin implant is inserted in a pocket created in front of the chin bone and under the muscles. The incision is closed and the resulting scar is slightly visible.


Recovery:

Recovery from chin augmentation includes several stages, as you have given an anesthesia you may experience some nausea for the first whole one day and you will not like to eat sufficient amount of food. Little bit oozing may occur around the incisions.


Chin Augmentation Surgery

Chin Augmentation Surgery

Your lower lip may have some deadness for a few weeks, and eating may be uncomfortable for a few days. Limiting strenuous activity and keeping the head elevated will cut down on swelling.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Lip Augmentation

Lip augmentation


What is lip augmentation?

It is a cosmetic procedure of reshaping and enlargement of the upper or lower lip to improve the shape and size related with patient’s facial structure, nose and teeth. Lip augmentation involves removing the extra skin from the upper lip by making a small incision below the nose.



Lip Enhancement

Arrangement of teeth in a 3-dimensional space plays an important role in the appearance of lips by their animation and speech. Lip augmentation helps in reducing wrinkles providing you a fuller and plumper lip around your mouth.

Lip Augmentation Surgery

Lip Augmentation Surgery

In this process lips are injected with collagen or fat (fat transferred from other part of the patient’s body). Both liquid collagen and fat are absorbed and repeat treatments are necessary to maintain good results.



Lip Augmentation Pictures

Lip Augmentation Pictures


Lip Augmentation Photos

Lip Augmentation Photos


What is the process of lip augmentation?

A V-Y lip augmentation is performed under anesthesia. After giving anesthesia doctor will take a fat from other part of patient’s body using a small needle, your doctor will inject this fat taken from your body into your lips to fill them out. Doctors will probably use artificial substances like- Artecoll or Restylane to fill your lips, collagen is also popular for lips and wrinkles around the mouth.


Lip Augmentation Before And After

Lip Augmentation Before And After


Before choosing such injectibles discuss with your doctors about the advantages and disadvantages and which is the best for you. A more permanent augmentation of the lips can be attained by inserting thin tubes made up of Gore-Tex material. These tubes are inserted in the lips by directing anesthesia around the area for treatment.


Lip Augmentation Before After

Lip Augmentation Before After


Results of lip augmentation are immediate, you can feel it. The swelling after the operation will take one or two weeks to refurbish. You are able to return in your daily work in 7 to 10 days.

In lip augmentation the extra skin from the upper skin will remove by making the small incision below the nose. This helps lifting the pink portion of the lip (vermilion), which has the effect in more visibility of the vermilion.


Permanent Lip Augmentation


Permanent Lip Augmentation


It also shortens the vertical height of the skin portion of the upper lip between the nose and mouth. Visible stitches will remain for one week, after this you can return to your daily work.


Restylane Lip Augmentation

Restylane Lip Augmentation

Lip augmentation is performed under anesthesia. Incisions are made in the inner side of the lip and the inner line is elevated. To improve the lip contour the elevated lining is elevated. After this there will be a large amount of swelling of the lip which could be marked for two weeks, gradually decreasing each day. It will be fully improved after 8 or 10 days.

Restylane Lips


Restylane Lips


Lip augmentation is done with an anesthesia, during graft process lips may be completely numbed with a local anesthetic. Normally lip lifting procedure takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour depending upon the procedure employed.


Basic 3 categories of lip augmentation:

Injections: the surgeon injects a small semi liquid substance (most popular fat and collagen) into the lips to enhance them. This method is also used to correct asymmetries of the lips. These injections can be repeated little with no danger.


Lip Injections

Lip Injections

Grafting: This involves more active work as opposed to injection fillers. A substance or material is inserted or grated to the body. There are a few types of materials used.

Local flaps: in this process flaps are placed inside and outside the mouth. It is more invasive and it is used when other techniques are diminished. This process involves an incision in the upper lip that follows the lip line.

After this skin is removed and the lip is lifted and turned outward to give a fuller look. However there will always be a permanent scar on the lip edge.

Lip Implants


Lip Implants


Recovery of local flap depends on the technique used but there will be still some side effects. There will be minimal discomfort, a little bruising and swelling in the hours and a days following most lip augmentation processes. After local flaps patients can return back to their work either the same day or within 48 hours.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty (nose surgery)


What is Rhinoplasty?


Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is a cosmetic surgery which is used to refurbish or reshape the nose. This cosmetic surgery is used to correct an abnormality which may be due to injury or birth defect. The good thing about Rhinoplasty is there are no visible cuts or consequent scars to the face because almost all of the operations can perform all the way through nostrils.


Rhinoplasty Picture
Rhinoplasty Picture


How it is performed?

Rhinoplasty is an outpatient surgical process it can also performed in a hospital. During this process surgeon may direct you an anesthesia.


Rhinoplasty Image

Rhinoplasty Photo

First of all surgeon makes a small incision inside your nose, after giving you an anesthesia which is combined with a mild sedative. This is known as closed rhinoplasty.


Closed Rhinoplasty
Closed Rhinoplasty


The nose then changed with small scarring. There is a small bridge of tissue between nostrils may need to cut in some cases. This is called an open rhinoplasty.


Open Rhinoplasty

Open Rhinoplasty


Open rhinoplasty takes slightly more time to recover while it offers a surgeon improve admittance to the internal structures of the nose. Closed rhinoplasty leaves the columella integral.

Nose Surgery

Nose Surgery

After this the surgeon makes incisions to contact the bones and cartilages which support the nose. These incisions are made inside the nose so that they are invisible after the surgery. According to your desire some bone or cartilage can be removed or tissue may be added from either side of your body.

After rearranging and reshaping the bones and cartilage, surgeon will redraft the skin over the structure of your nose. After this a splint is positioned outside the nose to give a support to the new shape of the nose. To provide supplementary support nasal packing may be used inside the nose.


Rhinoplasty Results


Rhinoplasty Results

Rhinoplasty Results


Results will be best according to what are your expectations. If you are able to explain correct things with your surgeon and if your expectations are realistic then your surgeon will probably be able to give you best results.

The results of rhinoplasty will be slight and significant. It is important that your doctor should agree on the goals of the surgery.


Rhinoplasty Nose Surgery

Rhinoplasty (nose surgery)


The results of rhinoplasty (nose surgery) are permanent, even though later injury or any other factors can change the appearance of nose. This surgery should be only done by the age 15 or 16 in females and 17 or 18 in males because at this age nose will be fully developed.





Rhinoplasty Before After

Rhinoplasty Before And After


This surgery should be done only to the fully developed nose. If this cosmetic surgery is done before this age then many complication may arise.