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15 04, 2012

Can Botox or Dysport improve depression. Dr Rafizadeh answers from New Jersey.

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:21+00:00April 15th, 2012|Categories: News, Restylane, Juvederm, Botox (fillers and neuromodulators)|

Botox to impove depression New Jersey There has been multiple claims that treating the frown lines could affect the mood and treat depression, but the most conclusive evidence comes from a study designed by Dr Kruger from Germany. In fact he conducted the study with a colleague Dr. Wollmer at the University of Basel Switzerland the town of the famous Roger Federer. The study is scientifically designed with a control (placebo) group and demonstrated an 80% positive response in the treated group versus 20% response in the placebo group. The mechanism through which this beneficial effect is obtained is not [...]

10 04, 2012

Precision Otoplasty. Ear pinning for natural results in New Jersey

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:22+00:00April 10th, 2012|Categories: Ears, News|

The prominent ears is a deformity of young children who’s ears stick out. Some tolerate this aesthetic problem well, but others are seriously disturbed by it. Girls have chance of hiding it under longer hair, but in boys it’s a lot more difficult. The problem can be unilateral or bilateral. I did one of these procedures today and I thought it would be good to write about the key parts of the procedure and what needs to be done to obtain predictable results. The operation has been described in detail by many great plastic surgeons and different procedures exist to [...]

21 03, 2012

Where to go for Botox or Dysport in New Jersey.

Farhad Rafizadeh2012-03-21T05:10:38+00:00March 21st, 2012|Categories: News, Restylane, Juvederm, Botox (fillers and neuromodulators)|

Botox and Dysport are two different brands of botulinum toxin A that have similar effect on facial muscles with minute differences. Both these compounds are effective in reducing active lines and produce a relaxed, rested and wrinkleless appearance to the face. The procedure of injecting Botox seems relatively simple and many non plastic surgeons in New Jersey have learned to do the injection, most of them after a short course on how to do the procedure. Despite the simplicity of this procedure I see patients who come to my office with less than perfect results on a weekly basis. I [...]

16 03, 2012

Do breast implants (augmentation) lift the breast? A New Jersey experince.

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:22+00:00March 16th, 2012|Categories: Breast, News|

Does breast augmentation produce a breast lift? This is a common question from my patients in Morristown, New Jersey, but I think there is quite a bit of controversy around this subject. I was watching a video by one of the leading plastic surgeons attempting to bust some myths about breast augmentation and he mentioned that breast implants do not lift the breasts. Then I looked around on the web and noticed that it seems to be a generally accepted notion that breast implants do not lift the breasts. Through my own experience, I have to admit that I do [...]

6 03, 2012

Smooth vs Textured Breast Implants a choice in Morristown, New Jersey

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:22+00:00March 6th, 2012|Categories: Breast, News|

This is fortunately not a very difficult decision to make. I prefer smooth implants and I will tell you why. I am not the only one to like smooth implants, in fact the majority of plastic surgeons like them as well. Before there was textured implants we used an implant covered with a layer of polyurethane. Those days the silicone gel wasn’t really a gel, like Jello. It was more like honey and the implant’s membrane was very thin. The gel used to come out of the membrane and cause irritation of the capsule, a phenomenon called gel bleed. The [...]

5 03, 2012

Silicone gel versus saline breast implants. Dr. Rafizadeh’s experience in New Jersey

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:22+00:00March 5th, 2012|Categories: Breast, News|

Silicone Or Gel Breast Implants NJ. Both implants are made of a silicone polymer membrane that holds either saline or silicone gel. When I started my practice in 1984 we only used gel filled implants. Very few plastic surgeons used saline filled implants. Then all of a sudden a media frenzy started about the silicone gel implants. It was said that they were dangerous and could cause all kinds of diseases. Every woman with a little joint pain was asked to remove her implants. The lawyers started suing the manufacturers and sometimes the doctors who put these implants in. The [...]

3 03, 2012

Oriental Rhinoplasty (nose), New Jersey

Farhad Rafizadeh2012-03-03T15:46:23+00:00March 3rd, 2012|Categories: News, Nose|

Today I was answering a question on Realself.com. A very pretty oriental looking girl was inquiring about what she needed to ask when she goes for a rhinoplasty consultation. From the pictures that she had posted, I could see that she was very pretty and her face had a certain balance and harmony of which I would have recommended not to disturb, if she had seen me for a consultation. It reminded me of all the bad oriental rhinoplasties that I had seen in my carrier. Most of these bad results were due to the fact that too much dorsal [...]

2 03, 2012

Breast augmentation in oriental or chinese patients in New Jersey.

Farhad Rafizadeh2012-03-02T05:00:37+00:00March 2nd, 2012|Categories: Breast, News|

Breast implants in chinese patients in New Jersey. In my breast augmentation patients in Morristown New Jersey, I have noticed distinct differences between the Caucasian and oriental patients. These differences are not only anatomical, but psychological and cultural. There are also differences in style and taste. These differences affect the choice of implants as far as dimension, projection and volume. The oriental patient is more reserved and conservative, only asking for a small change in breast size. Anatomically the oriental breast is wider and has less projection, therefore my implant of choice is a wider base implant that matches the [...]

28 02, 2012

Facelift in younger patients, how to get natural results in New Jersey.

Farhad Rafizadeh2017-01-22T19:44:22+00:00February 28th, 2012|Categories: Facial rejuvenation., News|

Short scar facelift or S lift NJ In the last blog I wrote about how important was the harmony and balance in facial rejuvenation in the older patient. By older patient I usually refer to patients in their late sixties or seventies. Here I would like to write about younger patients who are coming with early signs of aging in whom there are several options. If the main problem is active lines, lines caused by a muscle action, the initial treatment is Botox or Dysport. Early nasolabial folds can be treated with fillers like Restylane, Juvederm or Radiesse. I also [...]

26 02, 2012

Facelift in older patients. What’s needed in Northern New Jersey. Morristown.

Farhad Rafizadeh2012-02-26T19:49:38+00:00February 26th, 2012|Categories: Facial rejuvenation., News|

I always say, to age gracefully one needs to avoid or treat the deformities of aging. The most obvious deformities are the hanging neck, the very exaggerated jowls and nasolabial folds. My patients don’t seem to care about wrinkles. They think those are normal after a certain age. They like to eliminate the gross signs aging. Those are some time obvious to their grand children. One patient told me “my three-year-old grand child grabs the skin under my chin and asks me what is this grandma”. Another patient told me my grand daughter puts her index finger on my jowl [...]