Can I drive home after a Facial Fat Transfer? So a facial fat grafting can be done under general anesthesia or local anesthesia. If it’s done under local anesthesia, the patients can even drive themselves home after the procedure. So as long as patients are not taking narcotics or they have not undergone a general anesthesia, they can drive right … Read More

After my Breast Augmentation; should I wear a surgical bra? We recommend that the patients use a post surgical bra after breast augmentation for about four to six weeks. That’s the period that the most intense healing is happening and also that most of the swelling is going down. So a sports bra or a surgical bra that fits the … Read More

After my Breast Augmentation, how long will I need to sleep on my back? Usually after a breast augmentation surgery, we do recommend that the patient sleep on their back for four to six weeks after surgery. It will be okay to sleep on the side after the first week, but what we don’t want is the compression directly on … Read More

What is a skin pinch blepharoplasty? So a skin pinche blepharoplast is basically a removal of skin only under the eyelash of the lower eyelid. We can also do a skin pinch of the upper eyelid, which is basically just removing the skin of the upper eyelid. Skin pinch blepharoplasties are a very short down time procedure. They can be … Read More

Is it common to have fat grafting with eyelid surgery? The modern eyelid surgery always involves the restoring the beauty of the area around the eyes, not just removing fat or skin. So we age by also losing a lot of volume around the eyes. We lose volume in the forehead and the temples, around the eyelids, so we start … Read More

What is the best procedure to address jowls? So jowls are a very common, frequent concern that patients have as they age. So it’s basically an excess skin and fat in this area of the jawline that starts building up. Depending on how tight the skin is, we can address jowels sometimes by disguising the jowel along the jawline by … Read More

How long will it be before Facelift scars diminish? Facelift scars can be very visible up to three months of surgery. Why? Because this is the time that the scar takes to become white or to become a lighter color. So in the beginning, the scars are more visible because we have sutures and because the healing process makes the … Read More

Lip fillers is the most popular way to volumize and reshape the lips.⁠ ⁠ It is done in the office under topical or local anesthesia using hyaluronic acid fillers (Restylane or Juvederm are the brands I use).⁠ ⁠ There is some bruising and swelling for usually 2-3 days and the average results last for about 6 months.⁠ ⁠ 📱 @drmiotto⁠ … Read More

Lip fillers with hyaluronic acid fillers is the ideal procedure to improve lip contouring and volume. We can create different features with the filler injections but my goal is always to achieve proportional lips to the facial features of my patients. More fillers to the lips is not better; proportions and beauty is what really matters. ⁠ 📱 @drmiotto⁠ 👩‍⚕️ … Read More

Skin health is a multifactorial ⁠process. First, healthy skin comes from healthy choices (the inside), then we can help with external treatments such as the MOXI™ laser.⁠ MOXI™ laser is non-ablative fractionated laser to promote new cell growth, reduce unwanted pigment and improve texture (large pores, texture). With MOXI™ we can improve skin tone and texture without the recovery or … Read More

The Lip Lift (Upper Lip Lift) is a surgical procedure designed to permanently rejuvenate the lips by reshaping the upper lip. The distance between the base of the nose and the upper lip is shortened by removing excess skin and lifting the lip muscle, SMAS and skin. These proportional changes allow for more upper teeth show when one smiles and … Read More

Signs of facial aging  include droopy jowls, sagging facial skin, loose neck skin and muscles, folds between each corner of the mouth and  to the sides of the nose (i.e., nasolabial folds). The most effective surgical procedure that is used to address these issues is referred to as a facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy. With a facelift, especially with … Read More