Despite its overwhelming media presence plastic surgery continues to be the most misunderstood surgical specialty. It is my contention that this is the case because plastic surgery does not claim any specific disease (e. g. coronary artery disease in case of cardiac surgery) as its own nor does it focus on any single organ system […]
CEO Announcement: Aesthetic Medicine and Skin Therapy
I am pleased to announce the cooperation of Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery and A. M. E. Skin Care Center. A. M. E. Skin Care Center is a full service skin therapy clinic, owned an operated by Areana Emmanuel, certified aesthetician. A native of Trinidad, Areana has been intrigued with the beauty industry from a […]
Correcting Crooked Noses and Faces
The correlation between structure and appearance is most straightforward when the skeleton is involved. Today’s case involved a young women after a motor vehicle accident more than a decade ago. The forehead was uneven, the brows in unequal position, old hardware palpable over the roof of the eye socket and the nose was crooked and […]
What is cosmetic surgery, what is reconstructive surgery, what is everything in between ?
All too often a difference is made between reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, most often to elevate the status of reconstructive surgery and lower the one of cosmetic surgery. I am a cosmetic surgeon and I do complex reconstrucive surgery. So I never could understand how someone could come up with something so artificial, neither based […]
Smoothing the Wrinkles – Wrinkle Treatment
skin care clinic and aesthetic medicine center for wrinkle treatment, nasolabial folds, facial wrinkling, botox, wrinkle injections, wrinkle filler, fat grafting, facial implants, permanent wrinkle filler, clients from Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Miami, New York, London, Toronto
The Culture of Aesthetic Surgery
It is entirely personal. The motivation to seek enhancement of physical appearance (e. g. shape) or rejuvenation (e. g. the reconstruction of a youthful shape) should come from within the individual person. The individual perceives some aspect of his/her shape, which in their totality makes up his or her appearance, as a problem in a […]
Electrical Injuries – The “Great Masquerader” in Burn Surgery
Electrical injuries comprise only a small fraction of burn injuries admitted to specialized centers. High voltage injuries may not be survivable. The flow of current through the body interferes with tissues conducting electricity on their own (nerves, heart) and expends its energy on tissues with highest resistance, the bones, causing high temperature damage from the […]
Botox in Aesthetic Medicine
skin care clinic and aesthetic medicine center for botox wrinkle treatment, facial rejuvenation, forehead wrinkles, glabellar frown lines, crow’s feet, lauging lines spasticity, severe migraine headaches skin care clinic and aesthetic medicine center, clients from Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Miami, New York, London, Toronto
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery Featured in World of Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery in Caribbean – breast augmentation, breast reduction, tummy tuck, liposuction, ethnic rhinoplasty, brazilian butt lift, facelift, blepharoplasty, acne scar treatments in Trinidad and Caribbean
Malar Bags and Festoons
The sometimes baggy area beneath the eyelids overlying the cheek bones are called “festoons”. They represent a difficult problem, which is not solved by standard facelift techniques or a “classical” blepharoplasty. The former pulls and tightens in the wrong direction to have an effect in this area of the midface, the latter usually overresects fat […]