Toronto Facial Plastic Surgery Blog

A mini facelift, also called an S-lift, is a century-old practice. The mini facelift has evolved over the years and is different from a full facelift due to several factors, including the length of incision, incision pattern, amount of dissection, and type of lift. Younger or middle-aged patients are best…

Do Away With the Embarrassing Turkey Wattle Let’s get straight to the facts – for most of us, aging is not the most graceful process. Those fine lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin can be quite embarrassing and can cause many self-confidence issues. The turkey-wattle neck is one such issue that…

What Makes a SMAS Facelift Unique? The face develops an aged appearance over time due to the loosening of subcutaneous fat and connective tissues. This causes the skin and muscles on the neck and face to sag. These aging issues can make a person feel self-conscious and embarrassed. Happily, a…

Erase Age Lines It’s easy to live a great life when you’ve stopped worrying about being older than you might like. However, wrinkles, lines, and creases may make it difficult for you to forget about your age. You might be concerned about looking much older than your actual age because…

Cheek implants have a leg up on the other methods when it comes to restoring your midface volume. Fat and fillers dissolve over time. Permanent fillers and fat can also droop with time, making the problem worse. Cheek implants, on the other hand, are fixed to your cheek bone with…

Radiesse is one of the longest-lasting dermal fillers and an excellent option for treating wrinkles. It consists of calcium hydroxylapatite microspheres that are suspended in a carboxymethylcellulose gel. Radiesse is completely safe and does not pose any risk of an allergic reaction. Once your skin is injected with Radiesse, not…

Your eyelids may lose elasticity due to heredity, sun damage, or the size and shape of your eyes. You may even develop excessive skin in the upper or lower eyelids due to a condition known as dermatochalasis. These conditions, however, can be corrected with a blepharoplasty, also known as eyelid…

A Facial Fat Transfer Fills in Those Hollow Areas Thanks to a number of factors, including age, genetics, malnutrition, sun damage, excessive consumption of alcohol, and cigarette smoking, our facial skin tends to lose its natural volume, leaving us with hollow sunken eyes, cheeks, and temples. In the world of…

Facial Scars: Keloid and Hypertrophic Prominent facial scars can mar one’s appearance, making them feel frustrated and embarrassed in social situations. Keloid scars and hypertrophic scars are two types of prominent scar. When an injury occurs to the skin, the connective tissue and skin cells in the area begin to…

When evaluating a patient’s face for a rejuvenation or a cosmetic improvement, surgeons usually divide the face into three main sections: face/neck, eyes, and brow. Some individuals have a very low-set brow. Others show signs of aging but do not have any significant brow ptosis. A brow lift is performed…

Teosyal is an amazing new technique that can be used to get flawless, wrinkle-free skin. Composed of several monophasic hyaluronic acids, Teosyal supports skin tissue, makes it soft, and preserves the overall health and vitality of skin. Completely biocompatible, Teosyal is free from animal-based products; as such, Teosyal products are…

Lose Those Age Lines with Dysport Dysport can be described as one of Botox’s newest competitors. It is an injection that contains abobotulinumtoxinA (Botulinum toxin type A), which is procured from a strain of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism. The toxin produced by these microorganisms is known to…