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2020
March
COVID-19 Updates
Am I a good candidate for tear trough fillers to help with under eye bags?
February
Rhinoplasty: Everything You Need to Know
What To Expect After Rhinoplasty Surgery
January
How to Prepare for Rhinoplasty Surgery
2019
December
Who is a Candidate for Rhinoplasty?
November
Top 5 Questions Patients Have About Facelifts
October
Temple Implants vs. Injectable Fillers
September
Q and A Asymmetrical Face
Look Younger With These Top Plastic Surgery Procedures
What is Tear Trough Surgery?
August
Lower Eyelid Filler vs Surgery
2018
October
Where to position scars for male facelift to avoid beard growth at ear?
July
What can I do about my uneven hairline?
June
SLIDING GENIOPLASTY: AM I A CANDIDATE? I REFUSE JAW SURGERY BUT WANT TO IMPROVE MY PROFILE
April
HOW CAN I GET GOOD CHEEKBONES?
March
I Got 60 Units of Dysport in My Forehead and Nothing Happened. What Went Wrong?
January
Deep dent under eye ever since I was 9 years old what can I do now I am 21?
2017
October
IS A RHINOPLASTY EVEN POSSIBLE WITH MY SQUISHY UNEVEN NOSE? OR COULD IT MAKE THINGS WORSE?
CAN EXCESS TISSUE ABOVE MY RIGHT EYE BE REMOVED TO LIFT THE BROW?
September
MOLE RIGHT CHEEK NEAR LAUGH LINE. WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD OF REMOVAL WITH MINIMAL SCARRING? WILL I DEVELOP KELOID?
RECENTLY NOTICED RIGHT EYELID IS EXTRA DROOPY. MAKES ME WONDER IF I HAVE LAZY EYE OR SOMETHING. HELP?
I HAVE A HUGE LINE DOWN MY FOREHEAD; IS THERE A FIX?
August
I Feel My Chin Implant Inside My Mouth. Is it Too High and Pressing on My Mental Nerve?
July
Are Fluid Sacs Under Eyes Appearing 10 Years Post Blepharoplasty Reversible?
June
CAN I GET A LOWER FACE/NECK LIFT IF I DON'T HAVE SIDEBURNS
May
BLEPHAROPLASTY OR FILLER FOR HOLLOW UNDER EYE?
IS BOTOX AND FILLER SAFE AFTER A CHIN IMPLANT?
IS IT OKAY TO USE A NOSE SHAPER FROM EBAY?
HOW TO SMOOTH OUT CREPE SKIN UNDER THE EYES? ARE BOTOX/FILLERS THE ANSWER?
April
AFTER UPPER EYELID SURGERY, WILL I BE ABLE TO HIDE MY SURGERY WHEN I GO BACK TO WORK?
Fix Furrows Caused by Loose Skin with Brow Lift? Botox and Laser Don't Work!
March
CAN LASER RESURFACING REMOVE WRINKLES FROM UNDER THE EYE?
FAT REMOVAL AND CHIN IMPLANT
February
FOREHEAD AUGMENTATION AND PARIETAL EMINENCE REDUCTION? (PHOTO)
January
I AM UNHAPPY WITH MY TEAR TROUGH DEFORMITY AND I'M RELATIVELY YOUNG ONLY 33. SHOULD I CONSIDER A TEAR TROUGH IMPLANT?
WILL EYELID SURGERY HELP? IS 36 TOO YOUNG FOR THIS SURGERY? (PHOTO)
2016
December
HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WILL I SEE WITH ONE SYRINGE OF JUVEDERM TO MY LIPS? (PHOTO)
TEAR TROUGHS ARE BOTHERSOME. AT 19 I LOOK TIRED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH SLEEP I GET. HOW LONG DOES JUVEDERM/BOTOX LAST? (PHOTO)
I WOULD LIKE A MINOR UPPER BLEPHAROPLASTY AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEPING A NATURAL LOOK. IS THIS POSSIBLE?
RHINOPLASTY-SEPTOPLASTY AND KICKBOXING?
November
I AM SICK OF STRANGERS ASKING ME IF I AM TIRED; LOWER BLEPH, MID-FACE LIFT OR FILLERS FOR DARK CIRCLES/BAGS?
I HAVE AN AVERAGE OVERBITE, WEAK CHIN, AND LONG NOSE. AM I AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR RHINOPLASTY/CHIN IMPLANT?
October
IS IT SAFE TO UNDERGO RHINOPLASTY AFTER LASIK? HOW LONG SHOULD ONE WAIT?
ALAR BASE REDUCTION CAN'T OR SHOULDN'T BE DONE AT INITIAL RHINOPLASTY?
FACELIFT OR FILLERS?
September
DO I HAVE A WEAK CHIN? AM I A CANDIDATE FOR A CHIN IMPLANT OR OTHER PROCEDURE?
FRAXEL LASER OR BLEPHAROPLASTY?
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO BE AT A WEIGHT PRIOR TO A FACELIFT?
August
FACE LIFT - SHORT TERM GRATIFICATION OR LONG TERM RESULT?
CAN JUVADERM PROVIDE PERMANENT FULLNESS TO NOSE THROUGH COLLAGEN PRODUCTION?
July
WILL A TEMPORAL LIFT, LIFT THE MID-FACE AS WELL AS THE JAWLINE?
CAN YOU MINIMIZE THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TOP OF YOUR LIP AND THE BOTTOM OF YOUR NOSE WITH A RHINOPLASTY PROCEDURE?
June
I WANTED TO GET MY EAR LOBE REPAIRED ASAP FOR A MORE PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE. IS SURGERY NEEDED?
OTOPLASTY, IS A REDO NECESSARY EVERY FEW YEARS?
I AM IN MY 20'S AND SLIM, WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY PROFILE?
May
I AM A 75 YEAR OLD, HEALTHY WOMAN WHO WANTS TO LOOK YOUNGER. WOULD I BE BETTER OFF WITH A LOWER FACELIFT OR FILLERS?
WHAT IS THE PREFERRED INCISION NEAR THE EARS FOR A FACELIFT?
WHERE THE BEST PLACE FOR SCAR PLACEMENT FOR A FACELIFT AND WHY?
April
HOW LONG DO LUMPS IN THE NECK LAST AFTER A FULL FACE LIFT?
DOES WEIGHT LOSS EFFECT THE RESULTS OF UPPER AND LOWER EYELID SURGERY?
HOW MUCH SKIN IS REMOVED WITH A FACELIFT?
March
I WANT MY EARLOBES MADE SMALLER BUT THE REST OF THE EARS ARE PERFECT, CAN THIS BE DONE?
21 YEARS OLD AND CONSIDERING A BLEPHAROPLASTY... IS THIS A BAD IDEA?
February
I WANT TO KNOW IF MY 6 WEEK OLD BABY CAN GET SURGERY ON HIS NOSE?
IS IT OK TO BE ALONE AFTER TWILIGHT ANESTHESIA RHINOPLASTY?
WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE MY UNDER EYE AREA LOOK BETTER? ALSO ANYTHING TO MAKE SKIN LOOK BETTER?
DO I HAVE A HUMP? I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETIMES MY NOSE CAN LOOK STRAIGHT AND OTHER TIMES NOT AT ALL.
HOW LONG DOES JUVEDERM PLUS LAST AND HOW MANY SYRINGES DO PEOPLE TYPICALLY USE ON THEIR LIPS?
January
RADIX AUGMENTATION OR DORSAL HUMP?
2014
September
CASE STUDY - LOWER FACELIFT
CASE STUDY - LOWER BLEPHAROPLASTY (EYELID) WITH TEAR-TROUGH IMPLANT AND FAT RE-DRAPING
March
WRINKLES UNDER THE LOWER EYELID
UPPER BLEPHAROPLASTY
February
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SIMPLY TAKE A LITTLE LENGTH OFF OF THE NOSE?
January
CAN JUVERDERM ERADICATE UNDER EYE WRINKLES?
2013
December
SHOULD I USE BOTOX OR FILLERS FOR FROWN LINES? WILL BOTOX HELP GIVE A LIFT THERE?
IS USING VOLUMA A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE FOR VOLUME LOSS IN THE CHEEK AREA?
RHINOPLASTY, CHIN AUGMENTATION, PTOSIS
March
MINI FACELIFT VS. FULL FACELIFT: WHICH IS BEST?
February
I HAVE MALIGNANT HYPOTHERMIA BUT I REALLY WANT PLASTIC SURGERY, IS THERE ANYWHERE THAT OFFERS THIS?
IS THERE AN AVERAGE FOR BOTOX UNITS TO LOWER EYEBROWS FOR YOUNG MEN?
January
WHICH IS MY BEST OPTION: FILLERS OR LOWER BLEPH?
CAN SOME DOCTORS GET AWAY WITH PUTTING FAKE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES UP?
DOES SURGICALLY TIGHTENED SKIN LOSE SOME OF ITS ELASTICITY?
2012
November
DYSPORT VS. BOTOX - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
October
IS THE ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE EVER FROZEN WITH BOTOX INJECTIONS?
I'M 42, WILL RESTYLANE FOR DARK UNDER EYE HOLLOWS, SHOULD I BE NERVOUS? WILL IT WORK FOR ME?
September
IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE A NUMB LOWER LIP WEEKS AFTER CHIN IMPLANT SURGERY?
DO FACELIFT CREAMS WORK?
August
I AM TIRED OF GETTING RESTYLANE INJECTIONS FOR MY LIPS...WHAT WORKS TO GET PERMANENT LIP PLUMPING?
July
LASER RESURFACING RESULTS VS. DOWNTIME
May
ARE THERE ANY APPROACHES TO NOSTRIL REDUCTION? SOME NOSE JOBS I'VE SEEN SEEM TO HAVE INCLUDED NICELY DONE NOSTRIL REDUCTION. IS
DOES NECK LIFT HELP IMPROVE THE JAWLINE?
April
LOWER BLEPHAROPLASTY OR HYALURONIC ACID/RESTYLANE FOR PUFFINESS AND PROMINENT TEAR TROUGHS?
IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY TO TIGHTEN THE JAWLINE?
February
I HAVE A BIG NOSE AND HOLLOW EYES - WHAT DO I DO?
January
WILL A RHINOPLASTY ALLEVIATE BREATHING PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLY MIGRAINES?
I AM 44 YEARS OLD CONSIDERING JUVEDERM FOR PARENTHESES: WHAT RESULTS CAN I EXPECT?
2011
December
IS THERE A PROCEDURE TO JUST REDUCE EARLOBE SIZE AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
November
WHICH TREATMENT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE: DYSPORT OR BOTOX?
HOW SAFE IS BOTOX WHEN APPLIED TO THE UPPER LIP FOR SMOKER'S LINES?
WILL A SERIES OF FACIALS FIX THE WRINKLES AROUND MY MOUTH?
October
IS IT POSSIBLE TO RAISE DROOPY EYELID WITH BOTOX?
RHINOPLASTY FOLLOWING SEPTOPLASTY?
September
I BROKE MY NOSE WHEN I WAS 12 AND STILL HAVE A BUMP- WHAT CAN I DO?
HOW CAN I GET PERMANENT PLUMPED LIPS?
SHOULD RESTYLANE BE INJECTED TO THE LATERAL AREA OF THE EYES?
HOW MANY UNITS OF BOTOX WOULD I NEED TO ADDRESS LAUGH LINES AROUND THE MOUTH?
August
IS BOTOX SAFE TO USE FOR TREATMENT OF FROWN LINE IF I'VE HAD BELLS PALSY?
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Oct
2016
FACELIFT OR FILLERS?
FACELIFT OR FILLERS? Q: I lost 30 pounds a couple of years ago and my skin is sagging. I workout a lot and building muscle has helped but not with my face. *This is Sitting up *This is leaning forward Dr A’s Answer: Filling, Volumizing, or Facelift First off, congratulations on losing the weight. That takes hard work. There is a lot of mis-information about fillers and how they “lift”. Fillers are ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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27
Sep
2016
FRAXEL LASER OR BLEPHAROPLASTY?
Q: I have under eye bags and wrinkles. I am unsure which approach to take to remove/reduce them: fraxal laser, or blepharoplasty? I would be grateful for your recommendations. Dr A’s Answer: Fraxel and other laser procedures are designed to improve the quality of the skin while only subtly altering the shape. The shape of the lower eyelid is mostly related to the shape of the bone and fat and how ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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27
Sep
2012
DO FACELIFT CREAMS WORK?
Dr. A’s Answer: Very simply, No. Facial sagging is a complex change that takes its origin in the deep tissue connections. There is no cream that is going to do anything down there. The only cream that is going to make any difference in the long run is sun screen. All others are for today, tomorrow, maybe next week. In the long term, only avoiding UV light and other toxins like cigarette smoke will ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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09
Nov
2011
WILL A SERIES OF FACIALS FIX THE WRINKLES AROUND MY MOUTH?
Question: *Asked on RealSelf* After Three Laser Facials, Still See Fine Lines Around my Mouth. I have had a problem with some fine lines on my lower face, I have had a serious of three laser facials one month apart. My last was in November. The dematologist said it would take about 12 months to see the final results, however, that is a long time to be stuck with lines that I don’t like. What else ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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27
Sep
2011
SHOULD RESTYLANE BE INJECTED TO THE LATERAL AREA OF THE EYES?
Question: I have quite a noticeable hollow in the lateral area of my left eye when I smile…it is though the muscle does not come up high enough. I also have hollows in the temple area bilaterally after a mid face lift (redraping of obicularis) Can Restylane be used here? Dr. A’s Answer: Restylane works very well around the eyes, especially the lower eyelids. It fills hollows or what is often ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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27
Sep
2011
HOW MANY UNITS OF BOTOX WOULD I NEED TO ADDRESS LAUGH LINES AROUND THE MOUTH?
Dr. A’s Answer: The laugh lines (aka smile lines, naso-labial folds, melo-labial folds) are not treated with a botulinum toxin. Certainly these products would work, but you would no longer be able to smile (or move your upper lip much at all) if you treated them this way. Good news, however, fillers work great for this purpose. Hyaluronic Acid products such as Restylane and Juvederm are excellent ...
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Louis William Apostolakis M.D.
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