Tummy Tuck in Carson City – If you’ve been tossing around the notion of seeking out a plastic surgeon, you’ve probably already got a “problem area” or two in mind that you want addressed. Perhaps you have finally lost those irritating “extra” pounds and just can’t bring yourself to celebrate because, instead of shrinking with [...]
Breast reduction, technically known as reduction mammoplasty, is designed for such women. The procedure removes fat, glandular tissue, and skin from the breasts, making them smaller, lighter, and firmer. It can also reduce the size of the areola, the darker skin surrounding the nipple. The goal is to give the woman smaller, better-shaped breasts in [...]
Plastic surgeons use facial implants to improve and enhance facial contours. Frequently, these implants will help provide a more harmonious balance to your face and features so that you feel better about the way you look. There are many implants available, manufactured from a variety of materials. They may help strengthen a jaw line or [...]
Whose idea was it to squirt botulism into someone’s face to cure wrinkles? Does it really sound that much stranger than using bread mold to fight infection? Naturally it’s not as simple as directly injecting canned yams gone bad. Plastic surgeon Amir Karam of Carmel Valley Facial Plastic Surgery explains, “Botox® Cosmetic is a purified [...]
Facial rejuvenation includes both surgical and non-surgical options with the goal of achieving natural and pleasing results. Simple preventive steps can help delay the appearance of aging and improve surgical outcomes at any age. Facial rejuvenation and enhancement in the male patient is different than in the female patient. Often, techniques that are commonly utilized [...]
Here is a very popular Plastic Surgery Procedure that is designed to make your eyelids and the area around your eyes look younger, it is called Blepharoplasty or Eyelid Surgery. This plastic surgery procedure includes taking a look at your whole eye area and deciding what would be the best procedure to make you look [...]
A brow lift, also called a forehead lift or eyebrow lift, corrects the skin wrinkling and loss of tone that causes sagging of eyebrows and hooding of upper eyelids. A brow lift softens the deep creases across the forehead, reduces horizontal frown lines at the top of your nose and vertical lines between your brows. [...]
Liposuction is one of the most commonly practiced plastic surgery procedures, and it can be very safe and effective if it is performed properly. Although, this is not a proper way to control your weight and is best done to those specific areas of your body that seem to not be affected by dieting or [...]
Unfortunately for some, the body’s healing may result in the formation of scars that are unsightly or that cause unwanted symptoms such as pain or tightness. The plastic surgery or scar revision involves the removal of the offending scar and its replacement with an improved surrounding soft skin or tissue. This is capable of allowing [...]
The natural result of the body’s attempt to heal an open wound or tear in the surface of the skin or body tissues is a scar. Every person forms scars, and scars are always resulting from surgical incisions or trauma which goes all the way to the deeper layers of skin and sometimes the structures. [...]