Question:
I'm interested in having a touch-up facelift. My first one was ten years ago. Are there doctors who specialize in secondary facelifts?
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An open forum for the discussion of facial aesthetics, from rhinoplasty and facelifts to skin rejuvenation and fillers
Welcome to my blog.
Every day I see patients who have spent many hours on the web researching procedures only to come to the conclusion that they would benefit from a procedure that is truly the wrong procedure for them. There is a lot of great information on the web about facial plastic surgery and related procedures; but there is also a lot of misguided information, and poorly explained information. I established this blog as a place where we can discuss facial aesthetics openly and without any hype. I hope through this blog that I can help divert people from misinformation and wrong conclusions about what would benefit them. You will not agree with everything I have to say, but isn't that what blogging is all about?
Thanks for visiting today,
Stuart Bentkover
Posted in Facelift, Mini Facelift on December 30th
Question:
I'm interested in having a touch-up facelift. My first one was ten years ago. Are there doctors who specialize in secondary facelifts?
Answer:
Very few do this only. A facial plastic surgeon who has been in practice over 10 -15 years should be able to do this well.
Posted in Chin Augmentation, Facial Implants on December 29th
Question:
I'm interested in getting a chin implant because I have a weak chin. Will this improve my jowls at all?
Answer:
Some implants will augment thinning bone in front of the jowls. This may de-emphasize them. The real treatment for the jowls is a cheek lift (minilift) or full face lift.
Posted in Fillers, Lip Augmentation on December 28th
Question:
I have an uneven upper lip line. Would injectable fillers make it look more even?
Answer:
This can be very difficult to accomplish but is possible.
Posted in Fillers, Lip Augmentation on December 27th
Question:
My lips have been thinning with age and it's really been bothering me. I used to have great luscious lips and I'd love to have them back to how they used to be, but I'm very hesitant of lip augmentation. The results I've ever seen look so unnatural. Are there other options that can augment the lips more naturally?
Answer:
Please take a look at the images on this page. I think you will find them largely very natural. The very large lips are done only on patient request.
http://www.drbentkover.com/photogallery/lip-augmentation
Posted in Necklift, Submental Platysmaplasty on December 27th
Question:
I have a double chin and my neck is very flabby. Will a necklift fix both of these?
Answer:
It certainly should improve those conditions.
Posted in Otoplasty, Surgery Recovery on December 26th
Question:
I've heard of both incisionless and traditional techniques for otoplasty. Are the results not as good with the incisionless approach?
Answer:
Thin incisionless technique is done by placing sutures through small needle holes in the skin. I think the traditional techniques give more flexibility and more possibilities to improve multiple factors in what is called the lop ear deformity.
Posted in Surgery Recovery, Uncategorized on December 26th
Question:
What's the difference between reconstructive surgery and plastic surgery?
Answer:
Plastic surgery can be divided into two categories, reconstructive and cosmetic. Reconstructive surgery changes function and structure that must be changed, eg for skin cancer or a cleft lip and palate. Here is a link to some of our reconstructive work:
http://www.drbentkover.com/procedures/reconstructive_photos-worcester-boston.shtml
Cosmetic surgery changes your appearance because you want to change it, not because it needs to be done.
Posted in Ethnic Rhinoplasty, Rhinoplasty on December 24th
Question:
I have a very crooked nose that I would like to have fixed. I've heard that it can be made straighter but that correcting a crooked appearance is very difficult and that I cannot expect it to be perfectly straight. Why is this?
Answer:
A crooked nose often has a crooked nasal septum. The septum must be straightened to straighten the nose. Also, sometimes the periosteum, the fibrous coating over the bone, is short on one side and will tend to pull the bones back to where they were as the nose heals. Straightening the crooked nose is always a challenge but is generally successful. While not all post op noses are perfectly straight, they are generally much straighter. Here are a couple of examples of crooked noses I fixed. Women’s sports are a constant factor with these noses, especially cheer leading.
http://www.drbentkover.com/photogallery/rhinoplasty/patient-21
http://www.drbentkover.com/photogallery/rhinoplasty/patient-30
Posted in Ethnic Rhinoplasty, Rhinoplasty on December 24th
Question:
I have a very Roman type of ethnic nose. How is this fixed with rhinoplasty?
Answer:
Usually this type of nose has a large hump, overprojecting tip and wide tip cartilages. The rhinoplasty would move the tip closer to the face (retrodisplacement) reduce the hump and make the cartilages appear smaller or more defined.
Posted in Facelifts, Surgery Recovery on December 23rd
Question:
When I wake up after my facelift surgery, what should I expect? How will I feel and look?
Answer:
You will feel tight and a bit sore. You will be wrapped and swollen. The pain should not be horrendous.
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Question:
I'm interested in getting a chin implant because I have a weak chin. Will this improve my jowls at all?
