November 2023

  • Pioneers In Plastic Surgery – Johannes “Jan” Fredericus Samuel Esser

      If you’ve never heard of Johannes “Jan” Fredericus Samuel Esser, you’re not alone. There’s the off-chance that you know him as the man who coined the term “stent” for the dental impression compound created by English dentist Charles Stent for facial reconstruction. It would later be used to expand constricted tubes of body tissue.…

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  • Was There Cleft Palate Surgery in the 19th Century?

      Surprisingly, there is evidence of cleft lip and palate surgery as far back as 390 BC in China. The Egyptians and Greeks also developed cleft palate ‘surgical’ techniques, though no descriptions of these remain. There are descriptions of operations on cleft lip in the Middle Ages, and further evidence of cleft lip repairs pop…

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  • The Lowdown on Scar Revision

      If you’re an adult and you’ve lived life at all, chances are you have a scar. It’s the body’s way of healing after an injury, infection, inflammation, or surgery. A scar consists of fibrous tissue that can be anywhere on the body. It might be flat, sunken, colored, or lumpy. Someone with a flat…

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  • What to Expect: Healing After Breast Implant Removal

      If you had a breast implant in the past, there are many reasons you may be opting for breast implant removal. That’s nobody’s business but your own. When an implant is removed, it’s known as explant surgery. And yes, it is surgery. So just as with any surgery, that means you can expect recovery…

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      Independent of one another, photographers Julian Wolkenstein and Alex John Beck shot various subjects straight-on with neutral expressions. They then split the portraits of their subjects down the center to create two images. One image mirrored the left side and one the right side. The result? Two wholly symmetrical yet completely distinct composite faces…

  • Using Dermal Fillers for Fuller Lips

    Have you noticed your lips gradually thinning as you age? Or perhaps you were never blessed with plump lips from the get-go. There may even be asymmetries that weren’t there before. Whatever the case, you can benefit from dermal fillers for fuller lips. Non-surgical lip rejuvenation using fillers is a fully cosmetic procedure that can…

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