New trends in rhinoplasty.
2011
Rhinoplasty is one of the most interesting and complex aesthetic surgeries. It's main aesthetic and artistic goal is to enhance beauty by creating a harmonious natural looking face. There isn't one and only standard rhinoplasty procedure, but as many rhinoplasties as there are individual patients. Everyone seeks for more wellbeing and self-confidence in the quest of beauty. Along with facial aesthetic, rhinoplasty aims to improve the nasal breathing function, another important factor for patients. Rhinoplasties have evolved in much the same way as other plastic surgeries: more radical; more preserving of the function; and more simple both in concept and in procedure. Rhinoplasty procedures are simplified with the objective of reducing surgical trauma and optimising down time. It remains a surgical act, but newer fields of aesthetic medicine modify its philosophic and technical approach. Furthermore, approaches which propose an external approach and large dissection are now becoming less common. The developpement of aesthetic medicine is also one of the most recent and important "evolution corner" in the indication strategy. We can now modifiy and "sculpt" the nose by using fillers, with or without the use of botulinum toxin. In this article, the author describes his personal surgical strategies and the position of non-surgical solutions in the modification of the nose appearance. leer más
Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
[Advantages of combined therapies in cosmetic medicine for the treatment of face aging: botulinum toxin, fillers and mesotherapy].
2010
Non surgical cosmetic medicine procedures for the face are developing considerably, as they deliver good results using simple, non invasive, atraumatic and reproducible techniques. Aesthetic mesotherapy, also known as anti-aging mesotherapy, uses intra-dermal injections of a nutritive and moisturizing solution to improve brightness, skin hydration and tonus, and also smooth out superficial wrinkles. Subcutaneous filler injections enable to fill wrinkles and folds; by using high density products it is also able to provide genuine facial volumetric reconstruction. Finally, botulinum toxin acts by reducing certain muscle contractions to smooth out expression lines and folds induced by facial dynamics. In this article, we explore the concept of combined therapy and describe our experience associating anti-aging mesotherapy (NCTF-135HA, Filorga, Paris, France), hyaluronic acid based fillers (X-HA3 and X-HA-Volume, Filorga, Paris, France) and botulinum toxin (Vistabel, Allergan, Irvine CA, USA). A therapy combining anti-aging mesotherapy, botulinum toxin and filler injections, offers full treatment of the 3 biological levels of the covering tissues. This non-invasive therapeutic strategy brings patient satisfaction through a global approach to facial aging. leer más
Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
[Cervical liposuction: a reliable procedure to rejuvenate the face].
2006
Cervical liposuction belongs to aesthetic surgical procedures. It gives a new oval of the face, which is a characteristic of beauty and youth. The aim is the reduction of sub-mental and sub-maxillary fat accumulation. This procedure is reliable and not invasive. This article reports on the indications of this procedure, insisting on the physiopathology of fat tissue, technical procedures, results and complications, through the experience of authors. leer más
Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie