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The YoungVolumizer can be a substitute for many traditional procedures like a face lift, mid face lift / cheek lift, lip augmentation, eye lift, etc

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Why is that? Well a big part of the aging process is a volume loss and if you had a way to replace the volume in the face, doing so in special areas can make you look incredibly younger. It is our secret on how to do this. But there are ways to volumize the eyes, forehead, temple, lower eyes, cheeks and mouth area to substitute and replace face lifts, mid face lifts / cheek lifts, upper eyelifts, lower eyelifts, cheek implants, jaw implants, chin implants, brow lifts, temple lifts, etc with the YoungVolumizer.  That is why we call the YoungVolumizer, the Breakthrough Incision Less Face Lift. The idea of cutting away tissue is becoming an older idea. Cutting away changes the face.  The only situation that cutting away tissue can come into play is if your face changed dramatically since when you were younger.  Aging is like a grape changing into a raisin.  Traditional procedures tended to make that raisin into a smaller raisin. This action and process would make the raisin contorted. Because now you are trying to shape the raisin into a smaller volume. Some of the skin of the raisin will just not conform to the smaller volume you now have because you lost it from the transformation from a grape to a raisin. Replacing this volume will play a huge part in making the raisin back into the grape again.  See this introduction video to the YoungVolumizer.

Thanks for reading,

Dr Young

#plasticsurgery #facelift #plasticsurgeon #medispa #skincare

Posted in Chin Surgery, Facial Implants, Fat Transfer / Fat Injections, Fillers / Facial Fillers, Juvederm, Lip Augmentation / Lip Fillers / Lip Injections / Lip Reduction / Lip Grafts / Lip Advancements / Fat Injections of the Lip, Midface Lift, My Journey to Find and Attain Beauty, YoungVolumizer | No Comments »

Jaw Augmentation by Dr. Young releasing his new video on this subject

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

We have made some new videos for you to watch on our Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon Page. Tell us what you think about all of these new and informative pages. One page that we  would like to talk about is our Jaw Augmentation Video. This is a live video demonstration of us doing this procedure and discussing how Jaw Augmentation can beautify the face. We bring in our ideas on facial beauty and how that ties in with Jaw Augmentation.  We also discuss how we do the procedure for anyone interested in this. Jaw Augmentation can markedly can the shape of your face. It can masculinize the face for people who wish to become more masculine. We have a large population of people that wish to have their gender changed and part of this is feminization or masculinization of the face.  Others just want to maintain their sexual identity but just enhance it.  You can do this and still maintain your femininity as well.  For masculinization, you can put in a larger implant.  For maintaining your feminine appearance you can place a smaller implant that will fill the face and yet maintain your feminine looks. These are some of the things we will be talking about with you in more detail when you consult with us.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Thanks for reading,

Dr Young

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We are releasing our new website www.theyoungvolumizer.com

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

We are excited to release our new website www.theyoungvolumizer.com. The Young Volumizer is a Breakthrough Incision Less Face Lift. This minimally invasive procedure can rejuvenate your face in a natural way making you look up to and sometimes more than 10 years younger. It can be a minimally invasive substitute for a mid face lift, face lift, cheek implants, facial implants, lip augmentation, brow lift, eye lift upper / lower, etc. You can learn more about the YoungVolumizer with this introductory video, An Introduction to the YoungVolumizer.  The YoungVolumizer was founded by me because I discovered some important things when I was training in Los Angeles under the tutelage of very famous plastic surgeons including Paul Nassif, Mark Berman, Stephen Pincus, etc.  What I was noticing among the stars was that these people with access and all the money and fame in the world were still looking strange after plastic surgery. In my mind, there had to be something wrong with this picture. So I sought out to find out why. This idea ultimately culminated in me discovering my theory on facial beauty called the Circles of Prominence. This theory was the foundation of improving facial aesthetics and it is the source of energy and ideas that have developed our technique, The YoungVolumizer.  If you watch your video on the Introduction it will expand your mind.

I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to blog very much lately. But I’m resuming this as a new goal.  Write me anytime at any of our website’s contact pages:

http://www.drphilipyoung.com/contact.php

http://www.theyoungvolumizer.com/contact.php

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Thanks for reading,

Dr Young

#plasticsurgery #facelift #plasticsurgeon #medispa #skincare

Posted in Facelift / Face Lift / S lift / Mini Lift / Weekend Face Lift / Quick Lift / Image Lift, Fat Transfer / Fat Injections, Midface Lift, My Journey to Find and Attain Beauty, YoungVolumizer | No Comments »

Ice picks scars and why I like subcision / fat grafting / with chemical peels question and answers

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

This is what I wrote someone on Sept 28,2011:

 

Dr. Young,

Patient: I wanted to thank you again for your personable consultation the other day.  It’s never easy talking to a stranger about one’s insecurities, but you certainly made it comfortable enough that I am considering your recommendations.  Just a few questions I first need to ask.

Dr. Young: It was my pleasure.

Patient: Why did you choose the subcision with the chemical peel over other procedures? .

Dr. Young: I think that laser resurfacing may not fully cause those ice picks scars to come up to the level of the rest of your skin.  They (laser resurfacing / dermabrasion / Dermasanding) are better when the surfaces are more closely aligned. and leveled.  The chemical peel will get the ice picks to come up and the subcision will make them rise by stimulating from below.  Alternatively you can add fat grafting with the subcision for more of an effect. I would do the subcision / fat grafting first and then 1-2 weeks later do the chemical peels so that your skin is not too traumatized.

Patient: What are the alternatives?  And do they offer similar or less satisfactory results?

Dr. Young: You can cut around the ice picks and then raise them. This could help. They are more work though. You can add filler underneath them. You can excise a group of ice pick scars that are oriented in a pattern. You can do Dermabrasion but again resurfacing would be the last step. You can laser just the ice pick scars to get them to rise up (not as effective in my experience)

Patient: What are the side effects of these procedures?

Dr. Young: The side effects are mostly swelling, bruising.  Sometimes if you are too aggressive the scars could get wider but flatter. That is why I stage the subcision and chemical peels sometimes if the scars are deep and prominent and numerous.

Patient: How long is the procedure, and is it performed at the same clinic?  Do you schedule surgery on Fridays?

Dr. Young: The procedure will take about 1-2 hours. We can do Friday’s. We do the procedures here. We are AAAHC certified  here is a link http://www.drphilipyoung.com/aaahcplasticsurgery.php to our plastic surgery AAAHC certification page

You can see more of our Acne Scar Revision Before and Afters here.

 

Thanks for Reading Dr. Young

Posted in Acne Treatment, Dermatology, Fat Transfer / Fat Injections, Laser Resurfacing, Scar Removal / scar reduction / scar revision / scar treatment | No Comments »

Epidermoid cyst removing them without a scar?

Friday, July 1st, 2011

This is my discussion on this topic:

The patient mentioned this: “I actually have an epidermoid cyst and dermatologists told me that there is no way to get rid of them without a scar. she said you can leave them alone and hopefullly one day they can go away.. is this the best advice with no scar ?”

I answered:”They could get worst and get infected.  If you don’t mind the cosmetic impact then you can wait and see what happens. I don’t usually see them go away and if they do it takes a long time”

Epidermoid cysts occur when there is some event that causes the hair follicle or pilosebaceous unit to become clogged and then the lining of the hair follicle starts to grow and form a cyst or pocket that goes into your tissues.  I am unaware of removing them without a scar. Usually the best way is to excise the lesion to get rid of them.  There are ways to make the incision look better.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Plastic Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Posted in Acne Treatment, Scar Removal / scar reduction / scar revision / scar treatment, Skin Care | No Comments »

Questions on Lateral Jaw Implants, Silicone implants, and screws used for the procedure:

Friday, July 1st, 2011

I recently asked some questions on Lateral Jaw implants for a person on the east coast.  Here is how I answered them:

1) I looked at the jaw implants from the link you sent me. I saw that they had lateral implants and posterior implants. What is the difference?? And which one would you recommend for me?? Lateral implants are the ones I was discussing with you. I don’t put in posterior ones very often. I think they are more ridden with potential complications.

2) If these silicon implants are screwed in, they will not mobilize later right?? For instance, I can sleep on my side without fear of having them move right?  The screws will become part of you. The titanium metal osteointegrates with your bone. On fine mag, you can see the collagen bone fibers attach to the titanium. There will be a tight pocket around your implant and they should not move.  Also usually there will be bone that partially encases the implant.  But, they will not be as strong as your bone but strong enough.

3) Screwing in these jaw implants will not cause my bone to have problems right? I read something about silicon implants and screws. No they shouldn’t as explained above.  Sometimes you can get bone erosion.  The bone that you put it against in the lateral jaw is strong bone.  Alveolar bone is softer and that can have more erosion.  But this is always a possibility to have erosion.  Again, much less common with the stronger lateral jaw and lower part of the chin bone.

4) What would the recovery from jaw/chin implants  be like?? And how long does serious swelling typically last?? I ask because I don’t really want to tell people that I’m having jaw/chin implants. However, if my face is going to be swollen for 6 months, that could be hard. The swelling typically takes around 3-4 months to fully come down.  But you will have most of your results 70% at 65 weeks, and 90% at around 6 months.  It is really fast the first week and month. You should look fine around 2-4 weeks but the first week you have remarkable decrease in swelling.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Plastic Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Eye bags at the age of 19 are they from my genes or lack of sleep

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Eye bags are based on some genetics but most people have some element of it. I wouldn’t blame mother. Eye bags, Eye dark circles happen to almost everyone and it starts in the 20′s and 20′s. The cause is mostly the volume loss under your eyelid fat. The eyelid fat doesn’t get metabolized by the body and thus looks like it has grown. But it really is a loss of volume underneath it that accentuates it. Traditionally, people tended to remove the eyelid bags. This was not really treating the cause of what made them appear. The more natural way is to fill the volume loss. The options temporarily include fillers like restylane, perlane, juvederm. Long term options include fat injections, the young volumizer, implants in this area.  Because you haven’t had anything done I would start with fillers before moving on to more longer lasting options. A lack of sleep can accentuate the condition. But mostly it is an issue of aging.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Plastic Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Earlobe repair for earlobe gauging

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

I read some of the pricing on this page. I would think that most of the estimates are rather low. I charge in the range between 3-4000 for both ears when an earlobe plastic surgery reconstruction is done.  For one ear it ranges between 2-3000. It does depend on the severity of the hole that is being repaired. But after gauging, the flaps are large and this is not an easy procedure that is if you want a great result. I think if you don’t really care about the outcome a great deal then you might consider choosing a less expensive route. But you do get what you pay for sometimes.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Earlobe repair for torn earlobe how much will that cost

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

In general it will cost somewhere in the range of 500-5000 for otoplasty earlobe repair depending on who you go to and what area it is. It doesn’t mean that if you spend more you are going to get a better result all the time.  But sometimes, you do get what you pay for as they say.  When the costs are higher you are going to have to see if the facial plastic surgeon is going to really put in the effort to give you the best outcome.  You should see if this will cover all of the post procedure follow ups etc and other costs.  Let’s say that you need additional work to make the result better. Most surgeons, in this case, will charge you the cost of doing the procedure but waive the surgeon fee within the first 6 months to a year.  For just a torn earlobe the pricing should be below 5000 and closer to 1-3000.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Posted in Otoplasty / Ear Reshaping / Ear Shaping | No Comments »

Can you remove cheek implants and what are some things to think about? Will my cheek drop?

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

You can remove them and then carry out fat injections or put smaller ones in. Sometimes when you remove large cheek  implants you can get contracture that will cause your cheek to ball up. This phenomenon occurs in chin implants as well. The other alternative is to take out the implants and plan on fat injections to restore some of this volume. This can be done as early as one month. Although, I have done it as early as 2 weeks. Taking out cheek implants can make your cheek drop with the decrease in volume to avoid this you can replace the volume with another cheek implant. But in this case you can carry fat injections to avoid the dropping from the loss of volume.  A facelift or midface lift is another way of removing the extra tissue. But volume replacement is the most natural way to rejuvenate the face in this area.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Posted in Cheek Augmentation, Facelift / Face Lift / S lift / Mini Lift / Weekend Face Lift / Quick Lift / Image Lift, Midface Lift | No Comments »

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