Dr. Buckingham’s Q&A

August 18, 2009

Facelift Consult

Tamara,

Thanks for your question regarding our facelift consultation. During the consultation you will meet our patient care coordinator who will explain who we are and how the process will proceed. You will then have a medical history taken by one of our nurses. I will then meet with you to get to know you and to listen to what your concerns are. I will then do an examination of your face and neck and make recommendations to address your concerns. Following our conversation, you will again meet with our patient care coordinator who will explain fees with you and instruct you on how to schedule surgery should you elect to proceed. We have several videos on our site that will further take you through the process. I encourage you to look at them. I hope to meet you soon.

Ed Buckingham

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Fraxel for Facial Brown Spots

Filed under: Fraxel Laser — Tags: cosmetic surgery, Facial Brown Spots, facial plastic surgery, plastic surgery — Dr. Edward D. Buckingham, M.D. @ 2:30 pm

Angie,

The Fraxel laser is probably one of the best devises for treatment of facial brown spots in darker skin types. It must be combined with good skin care including a lightening cream. You also must practice meticulous use of sunscreen. The laser treatment would require at least 4 sessions at one month intervals and perhaps a few more. I would set your expectations at improvement, but you could see better. On the flip side to that however is that some spots are highly resistant to therapy. Please feel free to give us a call and set up an appointment for further information.

Ed Buckingham

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August 11, 2009

Rhinoplasty Bump

Filed under: Rhinoplasty — Tags: cosmetic surgery, facial plastic surgery, nose job, plastic surgery, Rhinoplasty — Dr. Edward D. Buckingham, M.D. @ 8:50 pm

Mary,

Thanks for your question regarding rhinoplasty. It is absolutely possible to only address the bump on your nose. When you come in for your consultation, the first item we address is what concerns you about your nose. If your only concern is the bump, ie you love your overall size, tip etc. then we can easily address only the bump. On occasion you need to perform something called spreader grafting to be sure the the nose is not overly narrowed when the bump is removed, but this is not difficult and will not change your nose in any way other than to be sure that it looks natural and functions well.

Please review our before and after gallery. There are many different noses on the site and each one has been altered to meet the patients wishes. We do not try to make all of our nosed match one another, but rather to make alterations specific to each patient’s desires. We look forward to meeting you.

Ed Buckingham

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August 3, 2009

Earlobe repair from stretching

Filed under: Otoplasty — Tags: cosmetic surgery, facial plastic surgery, Otoplasty, plastic surgery — Dr. Edward D. Buckingham, M.D. @ 7:17 pm

Joan,

Yes, it is possible to repair your daughter’s earlobes. The degree of difficulty depends upon how much they are stretched. The procedure would be done in the office under local anesthesia. There would be sutures to be removed in about a week and any sort of piercing could be performed 6 weeks later. The procedure would cost between $1200 and $1750 depending upon the amount of work needed to perform the procedure. We would be happy to arrange a consult to discuss this further. Please call us at your convenience.

Ed Buckingham

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August 2, 2009

Facial Brown Spot Treatment

Filed under: Laser Dermabrasion — Tags: cosmetic surgery, facial plastic surgery, Fraxel Laser, plastic surgery — Dr. Edward D. Buckingham, M.D. @ 6:56 pm

Teresa,

Thanks for your question about facial pigmentation. Facial pigmentation requires treatment with multiple modalities. Everyone needs to be using a good skin care regimen with a retinol (retin-A), something to reduce pigment (hydoquinone, azelaic acid, kojic acid) and good sunscreen. In some cases, that may be enough although the results may take some time. Many patients choose however to speed the resolution of the pigment. This can be achieved through the use of laser such as Fraxel or chemical peels. If you only concern is pigment then I would recommend a series of light chemical peels or a series of Fraxel laser treatments. The Fraxel laser is considerably better at reducing pigment, but does have some minor down-time and is more expensive. I would not recommend a deep chemical peel as these are more for treatment of wrinkles in conjunction with pigment.

I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to contact our office with any other questions or concerns or to make an appointment where we can discuss your case in more detail.

Ed Buckingham

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Dr. Edward Buckingham is a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon who specializes in Rhinopalsty, Facelifts, Eyelid Surgery, BOTOX, and many other
Cosmetic Facial procedures. His office is located in Austin, Texas and services the surrounding areas including: Sunset Valley, West Lake Hills, Cedar Park,
Round Rock, and many of the other nearby Texas cities. © 2011 Austin Texas Facial Plastic Surgery
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