Dan,
We do not work with hair loss. There are however both medical and surgical options available. If your hair loss is early then medical options may be able to stabilize the loss. If the hair loss progresses then it may become necessary to look into surgical options. I do not know of anyone in Austin who performs hair transplantation that I could recommend. I hear good things about a clinic in San Antonio, Dr. Limmer. I would start with them. Good luck.
Ed Buckingham
Frank,
We work with the Face to Face program through the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to provide reconstructive services to qualifying individuals who have been victims of domestic violence. A potential patient needs to contact the AAFPRS through their website and go through the necessary steps. The Face to Face program will then contact us to arrange for the patient to be seen. We only provide surgical services under the program to restore the face to its pre-injury appearance or as close to that as possible.
Ed Buckingham
Constance,
Wow! That was a long and very good question regarding hyaluronic acid fillers, Restylane, Perlane and Juvederm. You are right to be confused because of all the different fillers. It is only going to get worse. The fillers do have differences microscopically regarding how they are processed, how much crosslinking there is between molecules and how much of the actual hyaluronic acid is present. Clinically there is a little difference in the feel of the product as it injects and some people feel there is a difference in how the product feels in the face as well. Regarding that Restylane tends to have a little more body than Juvederm which in my opinion is better for folds. Juvederm tends to feel a little softer, which is why some people prefer it for lip injections. In general though good results can be achieved with either product. Regarding Restylane vs Perlane. Perlane has more cross-llinking and is therefore thicker, just like the difference between Juvederm ultra and ulta plus. The thicker products are better for deeper folds and the thinner products for lips and fine lines. Selecting which product to use is done at the consultation and varies between patients. Regarding the Juvederm commercial, looking overdone is a product of technique and quantity. I believe that our patients achieve very natural results. Please feel free to look at our photo gallery and decide for yourself. We look forward to seeing you.
Ed Buckingham
Rose
The term facelift can be confusing. It can generally mean lifting anything from the brow and cheeks to the neck. However, most surgeons now differentiate the terms used for lifting regions of the face into brow lifts, cheek or midface lifts and facelifts which is synonymous with what we refer to as a lower facelift. A facelift in our practice therefore is focused on the lower 1/3 of the face. This includes everything on or below a line from the corner of the mouth to the upper part of the ear. This includes the jawline, jowls, marionette lines and neck. A facelift is performed through variations of incisions placed around the ear and hair and sometimes under the chin. There are many different degrees of facelifting that can be performed and each patient receives a detailed consultation to determine which degree of lift is appropriate for them. We would love to see you personally. Please take some time to look around our site and view our before and after gallery.
Ed Buckingham
Jerry,
We do use fillers for the nose on occasion, but you have to have a specific deformity for them to work. If your hump is small and you have a low point superior or inferior to the hump then you can use filler to build up the nose around the hump and camouflage the hump. If the hump is large or the areas surrounding the hump are not deficient however then this is not possible. There is not a permanent filler I would recommend for the nose. Especially if you are considering rhinoplasty. The temporary fillers last at least 12 months in the nose however, are easy to do in the right person and are relatively low cost.
Ed Buckingham
