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Facial Procedures A - Z

Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures are designed to alter (and hopefully, improve) the appearance of specific features of the face, head, and neck. Sometimes these procedures can significantly improve function as well. Read step-by-step profiles of specific procedures and view illustrative images relating to these procedures.
Chin Augmentation Surgery - How It's Done
Learn what happens during chin augmentation surgery with this step-by-step description of the chin augmentation procedure also known as mentoplasty or chin implant surgery.
Chin Augmentation Surgery - What You Need to Know
Chin augmentation surgery, also called mentoplasty, or chin implant surgery, can help to balance your facial features, improve your profile, and add definition to your jawline. Learn more about chin augmentation surgery.
What Happens During Cheek Augmentation Surgery
Cheek augmentation surgery can give you fuller, more youthful cheeks. Find out what happens during cheek augmentation surgery with cheek implants.
Fuller Cheeks With Cheek Augmentation Surgery
Cheek augmentation surgery with cheek implants made of silicone or other materials can help achieve the full-cheeked look of youth, or give you the look of those exotic super-model cheekbones you've dreamed about. But cheek implant surgery is not without risks. Learn more about cheek augmentation surgery with cheek implants.
What You Need to Know About Lip Augmentation
It seems almost everyone wants fuller lips. The good news is that there are many options today for creating fuller lips through cosmetic procedures. Lip plumping can be achieved through injections of many different types of fillers, or through permanent implants or other types of lip surgery.
Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery)
Blepharoplasty is more commonly known as an eye lift or eyelid lift, and is the third most popular cosmetic procedure in the U.S. today. Eyelid surgery can include the upper lids, lower lids, or both, and its goal is a more alert, rested appearance of the eyes.
Brow Lift - What You Need to Know
Brow lift surgery, also known as a forehead lift, remains a popular cosmetic surgical procedure. A brow lift can bring about significant improvement in sagging skin, forehead creases, frown lines, and drooping brows.
Brow Lift Video
A brow lift can make you look more youthful, rested, even happier. This video from About.com shows what happens during brow lift surgery.
Chin Liposuction - Video
A well-defined chin and jaw line are key to a youthful look. Liposuction under the chin can help create this definition. This video from About.com demonstrates what happens during this procedure.
Face Lift Video
Watch this fascinating video from About.com to learn more about what happens during a face lift.
Face Lift: Step-By-Step
Have you ever wondered how they do a face lift? Learn the exact steps involved in what is technically known as a rhytidectomy... But please, don't try this at home.
Laser Skin Resurfacing - What You Need to Know
Laser skin resurfacing, also known as a laser peel, is one of the most powerful anti-aging tools at the plastic surgeon's disposal. Similar to a chemical peel or dermabrasion procedure, it helps reduce or eliminate fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, acne scars, and more while it helps to tighten the skin. However, it offers some advantages over these earlier methods of skin resurfacing.
Micropeel Video
Chemical peels are a time-tested way to rejuvenate the look of your skin. However, the associated downtime and discomfort, along with the risks of scarring and/or hyperpigmentation, can discourage many people from seeking this sort of treatment. This About.com video shows a kinder, gentler option.
Neck Lift Surgery - What You Need to Know About Platysmaplasty
A neck lift, also known as platysmaplasty, is a cosmetic procedure which tightens the skin and the underlying muscles of the neck to lift the neck and improve and sharpen the contour of the jawline. It is often performed in conjunction with a face lift, but may be done as a stand-alone procedure.
Rhinoplasty: A Guide's Story
Rhinoplasty is one of the most popular facial cosmetic procedures performed today, and was actually one of the first ever performed. Your About.com Guide to Plastic Surgery is no stranger to going under the knife. Here, I share my own experience and personal reflections on what my new and improved nose has meant to me over the past 18 years.
Rhinoplasty: What You Need to Know
The surgical reshaping of the nose aims to bring about harmony among all the features of the face by creating more aesthetically pleasing proportions. Rhinoplasty is one of the oldest plastic surgery procedures to be performed for purely cosmetic reasons, though there are physiological problems that can be helped through rhinoplasty as well, such as breathing problems caused by a deviated septum.
Eyelid Surgery Tutorial From FacialSurgery.com
If you have the stomach for it, this page will show you in graphic photographic detail exactly what happens during an eyelift surgery. It's fascinating, even if it is a little bit gory.
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