Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Education
Six-Pack Abs with Vaser HD Liposuction
There’s nothing more frustrating than spending months or even years working out but despite these efforts, you just can’t seem to shed that last bit of stubborn abdominal fat or love handles to get those six-pack abs.
Quite often, patients come to me with this very problem. They hope for a procedure that can finally make their underlying muscle or “six-pack” visible.
Well, the answer to this problem is VASER High Definition Liposuction, a revolutionary procedure that works by selectively removing small deposits of fat surrounding specific muscle groups to enhance the visibility of the natural muscle contours underneath. This technique requires the precision removal of the superficial and deep fat layers surrounding the muscles to enhance the underlying musculature and achieve well-defined or “ripped” six-pack abs. To ensure the very best results it is imperative that your surgeon possesses an expert understanding of the underlying muscle anatomy, as well as, an artistic eye.
Tummy Tuck – Optimizing Belly Button Shape
Optimizing Belly Button shape during Tummy Tuck Surgery The tummy tuck surgery is a staple of plastic surgery. Optimizing belly button shape during tummy tuck surgery is critical to a successful outcome. To show off your new belly in a bikini, it is important […]
Total Body Transformation by Dr. Laguna
Total Body Transformation refers to 360°, circumferential contouring of the body. Subsequently, this result in “jaw-dropping” results that will revolutionize your life. Whether you are trying to push yourself to the next level or have lost hope of ever regaining your youthful figure, our total body transformation surgery will elevate your figure to the next level. In order to achieve a total body transformation, you will complete a full evaluation and establish a starting grade based on Dr. Laguna’s high definition liposuction Body Scale. Afterward, he will recommend a comprehensive and customized surgical plan for you.
The HDL Body scale establishes your starting point, helps design your surgical plan, and then objectifies your gains. Dr. Laguna is well recognized not only for his precision but also for his ability to consistently transform you to a near-perfect 9 or 10 grade. Dr. Laguna specifically uses a combination both of VASER liposuction and skin tightening methods with minimally invasive Renuvion skin tightening and more invasive skin tucking procedures to achieve his total body transformations.
Optimizing Male Chest Appearance – Creating the Armor Plate
Optimizing male chest appearance requires an appreciation of the ideal chest aesthetics and a sound strategic plan to achieve the ultimate masculine appearance. Moreover, an armor plate appearance describes the ideal masculine chest. As such, this appearance describes a flat, yet bold chest with straight lines and a pentagonal shape seen below.
The chest denotes strength by virtue of a dominant armor plate chest appearance. This appearance comes from the contrast on the more sleek lower abdomen. Furthermore, a flat yet bold contour created by straight lines and strong borders depicts this masculinized appearance.
High definition liposuction of the chest can be optimized by following guidelines that attempt to accentuate the above pentagonal shape with straight yet prominent border lines. Specifically, the surgical algorithm has been simplified using notations of “+” where fat is added, ” – ” where fat is to be removed, and “0” where no manipulation is required
How Much Does Rhinoplasty Cost?
How Much Does Rhinoplasty Cost? What Determines Rhinoplasty Cost? The rhinoplasty cost is based on how long your surgery will take. As such, the complexity of your nasal deformity and whether you will require an open versus closed rhinoplasty determines the length of your […]
Mommy Makeover Paradigm by Dr. Laguna
Mommy makeover surgery focuses on reviving your youthful female silhouette. What forms the female silhouette? First, it is the naturally beautiful curves of the female body that one observes when looking from the front as well as from the side. Secondly, from the front view, it is characterized by the hourglass shape which refers to a narrow waistline and thighs juxtaposed by a fuller hip region. Finally, on the lateral profile view, it is described by generous, perky breasts that are balanced by a full buttocks region juxtaposed by a narrow waistline.
Moreover, these are the curves that make you irresistible to men, and these attributes motivate designers to make women’s clothes. As a result, it is not surprising to consider that as plastic surgeons, patients ask us daily to assist with reviving the female silhouette. The typical candidate will come to our office after having had her last child and now desires to revive her youthful breast, body, and buttocks contour in a mommy makeover procedure. Dr. Mowlavi designed the mommy makeover paradigm to allow prospective moms to appreciate the contouring options available.
Breast Surgery: Even Men Are Doing It
When it comes to surgery for men, it is of utmost importance to avoid any telltale signs of surgery. These signs include contour irregularities or lengthy incision lines which give result in an operated appearance. Men, like women, want to look their best but are timider with sharing that they have had cosmetic surgery. Therefore, it is critical to design male surgeries that create natural results, avoiding any and all signs of surgery. Dr. Mowlavi has spent his career perfecting male breast surgery, i.e. gynecomastia, in order to avoid and correct operative deformities.
The most common deformity observed is a divot that appears underneath the nipple and areola. It results from a gynecomastia procedure performed using a lumpectomy rather than techniques designed specifically for gynecomastia. What you have to understand is that the fullness felt and visible under the areola is not a round lump but a plateau of glandular tissue. As such, it needs to be removed using more of a tangential excision with a smooth peripheral border transition.
Every patient’s excision depth needs to be customized and gauged by the soft tissue fullness throughout the breast in order to avoid any contour divot deformities. The second most common deformity that one should avoid involves a lateral divot created just lateral to the nipple and areola. This area contains a lack of fat as well as tight muscle to skin suspensory ligaments that will create further pulling and concavity if one removes the little fat that is present. As such, it is critical to not remove any soft tissue from this area.
The Aging Face: Part 2 – Softening Sun Damaged Skin
The Aging Face: Part 2 – Softening Sun Damaged Skin The aging face is depicted not only by sagging skin but also by rough, sun-damaged skin. This is a result of UV radiation damage to the sunlight. The typical patient will complain of a […]
The Aging Face: Part 1 – Volume Replacement
The Aging Face: Part 1 – Volume Replacement Sagging skin and loss of facial volume often characterize the aging face. The most obvious loss of volume appears under the eye gulley, called the nasojugal groove. The nasojugal groove starts in the medial eyelid region […]
Rib Grafting: Yours or Someone Else?
Rib Grafting: Yours or Someone Else? Rib grafting has become the mainstay of the repair method for patients who have: 1) Low nasal dorsum requiring augmentation2) Collapsed nasal dorsum from loss of septal support following rhinoplasty3) “Ski sloped” nasal dorsum following over-resection of the […]
The Mermaid Band Fixes Implant Malposition
The Mermaid Band Fixes Implant Malposition Malposition of Breast Implant The most common complication following breast augmentation is implant malposition; this results in the asymmetric appearance of breast mounds. This complication usually occurs early, right after breast augmentation surgery. Either surgeon error (creating asymmetric breast […]
Breast Lift: What is Cooper’s Ligaments?
Breast Lift: What is Cooper’s Ligaments? The most common breast aging and post-pregnancy and breastfeeding complaint that I hear is, “Why do my breasts look saggy and deflated?” This phenomenon of your breasts deflating and becoming saggy is related to suspensory ligaments. We call […]
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