Year: 2014

While wrinkles and sunspots offer the most obvious signs of forehead ageing, other features contribute to the impression in more subtle, yet equally profound ways. As a broad expanse on facial skin, the forehead acts like a billboard for the face. An uneven complexion contributed to by freckles and sunspots sets the scene. Transverse forehead…

I read with interest an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 19/11/2014 concerning a new breast augmentation procedure being offered by a New York plastic surgeon that has been dubbed “insta-breasts” or “vacation breasts”. For a cost of US$2500-3500, the augmentation lasts 24 hours only so has been touted as a procedure one…

Early non-invasive (non-surgical) treatments delay the onset of irreversible, age-related changes that require surgical correction. As a rule, patients should be 18 years of age or older, but exceptions do exist. In some instances patients younger then 18 will be considered for treatment after paediatric, psychiatric and psychological assessments supporting such a course of action.…

Breast reconstruction can be performed using implants or the patient’s own tissues. Using the patient’s own tissues is referred to as an autologous reconstruction. The TRAM flap is one of many different options available to patients desiring an autologous breast reconstruction. Over the past 30 years there has been continual refinement in TRAM flap breast…

No I am not talking about a green, warty chin as depicted in the movies, rather a knobbly chin that is overly accentuated by a deep groove at the junction between your chin and neck. It is occasionally seen in younger patients but more commonly occurs as we age. As we age there is a…

To paraphrase Woody Allen “with age comes wisdom, but I would willingly give away all my wisdom in exchange for youth”. Tell-tale signs of aging can be seen all over the body and your chin is no different. Mentoplasty is a facelift for your chin. The procedure involves a no external incisions on your face,…