Very often I hear from patients whose airways were fine until they had rhinoplasty. That should never happen. Now they cannot breathe; they may have runny noses, they may awaken at night with dry mouths, they may have tried nasal sprays without effect, and they may have new trouble when exercising. Some have already had […]
Read MoreWhile still on the American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Norwegian cruise, I gave a second lecture on rhinoplasty and the importance of recognizing the limits of the skin. So much attention is paid to the nasal skeleton, manipulating it with sutures and struts, that not enough attention is placed on the skin, which limits […]
Read MoreCharlotte and I just returned from a cruise sponsored by the American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery that began in Southampton, England, and traveled to Scotland and into the Norwegian fjords. There were 7 different ‘ports of call’ on this Oceania Cruise itinerary, and during the 3 days we were at sea, the educational meeting […]
Read MoreI have often been struck by the differences in facial expressions between revision rhinoplasty patients who were later happy with their surgical results, compared to patients who were later unhappy. The unhappy patients have a non-engaged, defocused, unhappy appearance around their eyes. We have commonly observed that a patient’s eyes reveal a great deal about […]
Read MoreMy third book, The Face of Trauma, is in its revision phase now, with only one chapter left to write and my recent research data to be added. The details of putting all the pieces into a book, photographs, consents, legends, and of course editing, always take more time than I anticipate. Yet I like […]
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