Face Lift Surgery Dr. Kenneth Kim is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon born in South Korea, and raised in both Seoul and Southern California. As an active member of the American Society of... By: Kenneth Kim … Continue reading →

Introduction Fighting the effects of aging on the outside; your guide to the risks of cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures Trying to fight the effects of aging? Below is a basic guide to the risks involved in both surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures. For more information on each procedure, click on the highlighted links of the procedure. Breast Augmentation: Breasts are enlarged by placing an implant behind each breast. Breast Lift - Extra skin is removed from the breast to raise and reshape breast. Breast Reduction - Fat, tissue, and skin is removed from breast. Eyelid Surgery: Extra fat, skin, and muscle in the upper and/or lower eyelid is removed to correct "droopy" eyelids. Facelift: Extra fat is removed, muscles are tightened, and skin is rewrapped around the face and neck to improve sagging facial skin, jowls, and loose neck skin. Facial Implant: infection feeling of tightness or scarring around implant shifting of implant Forehead Lift: Extra skin and muscles that cause wrinkles are removed, eyebrows are lifted, and forehead skin is tightened. See original here: Plastic Surgery (Cosmetic Surgery): Facts on Procedure Types … Continue reading →

Marie McCullough, Inquirer Staff Writer Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 1:08 AM Aaron Storck was 12 when he started stretching holes in his earlobes, aspiring to be as cool as his big brother. Storck wound up with 11/2-inch-wide earlobe plugs (a.k.a. flesh tunnels, spools, flares, gauges) - bigger than bottle caps. What he didn't foresee was that he would mature, move into the work world, and rue having eye-catching ears that the staid mainstream found unappealing. Now 29, Storck, of Easton, Pa. spent $1,200 on reconstruction of his holey lobes this year. "Every now and then I miss having them," said Storck, an information technologist in Pen Argyl schools. "But when you're trying to have a serious conversation and people keep staring at your ears, it's a problem." Physicians and professional piercers agree that over the last six years, plastic surgery on enlarged earlobes has become common enough to earn a name: Earlobeplasty. Cosmetic surgeons' groups aren't yet surveying members about it, unlike procedures such as liposuction, breast implants, tattoo removal, and otoplasty (fixing protruding or defective ears). But that could change. Earlobeplasty is still new, said Gloria Gasaatura, spokeswoman for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Only time … Continue reading →