Research on Ear Surgery for Children
August 21, 2013 - Rhys Branman, MD
The most often performed aesthetic surgery for children is otoplasty, or ear surgery. Prominent ears are one of the features that seem to evoke teasing from other children. In 2012 , there was a 13.3% increase in otoplasty, over 2011, resulting in a total of 30,358 ear surgeries performed. At Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center, ear surgery is one of the very few surgical procedures we will perform on a child. The criteria used in assessing appropriate candidates include physical and emotional maturity. Risks and outcomes are discussed with the parents in the decision making process. One of the definitive... 
Did you know there were psychological theories of beauty? A recent MailOnline article discussed inherited features that mother and daughters share, and the generational transmission of the mothers' feelings about these features that they were unhappy with. Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center is committed to helping women correct flaws to their beauty, but what constitutes a flaw? Beyond that, why does a woman perceive a certain feature as flawed? Generally speaking, symmetry and proportion are considered attractive, and any feature that contributes to a lack of this symmetry and proportion might want correction. Laura Arens Fuertstein PhD, author of My... 
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Summer is not the best time for laser resurfacing. It is imperative that you keep your face out of the sun for 6 weeks after laser resurfacing. But while you are out there playing this summer, you might think about using your sunscreen to minimize skin damage, particularly if you intend to correct for skin damage later in the year. No sense in making sun damage worse. At Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center, laser resurfacing is done with the Sciton Profile Erbium Laser. We find that Erbium is less damaging, gentler, and works better than the older, and more intense... 
Breast augmentation is the most popular procedure performed at Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center. Patients ask many good questions! Many women wonder what happens if they gain weight after having breast augmentation? Or what happens as they age? And whether they can breastfeed or not. So let's take a look at these issues one by one. When you gain weight, your breast size increases, and of course, it may decrease when you lose weight. The size change depends upon the woman and the amount of weight lost or gained, but breast size changes with or without implants. Of course, a... 
Last year breast augmentation was the most popular cosmetic procedure performed in the United States. A whopping 330,631 were performed in 2012, and this is by far the most popular cosmetic surgery. This is no surprise to us at Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center. Breast augmentation is the most often performed surgery here in Arkansas too. In May, a study reported that most women are happy with their breast augmentation, a full 98% of them said that their expectations were met or even exceeded. In this study, 225 women who had the surgery were interviewed over a period of 5... 
Now that summer is here, here is another good reason to wear your sunscreen and avoid too much sun on your face. Did you know that about 16 million people in the U.S. struggle with Rosacea? The skin is characterized by redness, pimples, broken blood vessels, it appears like rash. At Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) can help minimize the symptoms of Rosacea, but in truth, it is hard to eradicate. Antibiotics may help, but avoiding the triggers of flare ups is critical. Many patients note that symptoms sometimes are worse than other times. These rash... 
Men and women age differently. This is important to be aware of as you age, because often couples think "what's good for the goose, is good for the gander." This is simply not true. Although in both sexes, the face is where evidence of aging defined by wrinkles is often most obvious. Men and women's faces even wrinkle differently. But don't be fooled! Both men and women are having cosmetic procedures these days, albeit often for different reasons. Let's look at some of the differences and similarities in signs of aging in both genders. On the one hand, men usually... 
Without going to extremes, patients can have that lovely swan neck of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Is this true? Now you may have heard of the new, trendy "Nefertiti Lift." As usual, this is just a new name for a rather traditional technique. This is simply a neck lift, which involves removing a small part of the muscle that extends from your collarbone to the angle of your jaw. Or, it can be a lower facelift that includes liposuction for the neck as well. Recently, it has been trendy to claim this effect can be achieved with BOTOX® and... 
Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center is looking forward to a new product from the Allergan Company. For years we have used Juvéderm® to help minimize our patients' wrinkles. It's a great product, and we may have a new one to look forward to. Earlier in the year, the Allergan Company announced they hoped to release their new product, JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC, at the end of this year. The good news for patients and the Allergan company depended upon the FDA advisory panel voting to recommend approval. The advisory panel did indeed recommend approval back on May 1st. In most cases... 