Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Improving appearance and restoring function to parts of the face is the primary goal of the facial plastic and reconstruction.

Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, also known as plastic surgery, can be elective or medically advised. 

Regularly performed:

• Rhinoplasty (reshaping surgery of the nose)
• Blepharoplasty (reshaping surgery of the eyelids)
• Otoplasty (corrects appearance of the external ear)
• Reconstructive surgery of the face where congenital defects, developmental problems, cancer or injury have impacted form and function
• Botox injections and facial filler injections (to smooth wrinkles)
• Removal of facial skin lesions and advanced skin cancers by Mohs chemosurgery
• Resection of skin cancers and repairing the defect with aesthetically-sensitive techniques
• Face and neck lift
• Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the paralyzed or traumatized face

Nasal surgery

Rhinoplasty (rye -no-plasty) is surgery of the nose–where cartilage and bone are reshaped and reconstructed and excess bone or cartilage may be removed. Recovery time is approximately one week.

Eyelid surgery

Blepharoplasty (blef-a-roe-plasty) is surgery of the eyelids where fat and excess skin, bags, pouches, wrinkles in the eye area are removed to make the eyes look less tired. Recovery time is approximately one week.

Facelift

A rhytidectomy (rit-id-ek-tomy) is surgery to remove excess skinand tighten muscles in the neck and lower part of the face. Recovery time is approximately two weeks.

Forehead lift 

A forehead lift–or browlift– is surgery to minimize forehead lines and wrinkles, and elevate brows to reduce lid drooping and provide a refreshed appearance. Recovery time is about 10 days.

Chin augmentation 

Genioplasty (jeen-e-o-plasty) or mentoplasty (men-to-plasty) is surgery to augment a small chin or reduce a prominent chin. Recovery time is about one week.

Ear surgery 

Otoplasty (oh-toe-plasty) is surgery to “pin back” the ears by reshaping the cartilage. Recovery time is about one week.

Skin resurfacing 

The outer layer of the skin may be removed with a laser (laser skin resurfacing), a liquid (chemical peel) or a spinning brush (dermabrasion) resulting in smoother and less wrinkled skin. Recovery time is about one to three weeks.

Facial reconstruction 

After an accident or disease, surgery may be done to restore both function and appearance. This may include scar revision, fracture repair, laceration repair, vascular birth mark treatment, cleft lip and palate repair, surgery for craniofacial deformities, orthognathic surgery, or cancer reconstruction.