Numerous craniofacial deformities are characterized by orbital dystopia and anterior skull base deformities. Examples are Crouzon’s syndrome, Apert’s syndrome, coronal and metopic craniosynostosis. Two concepts developed by Paul Tessier (the father of craniofacial surgery) in the 1960’s are crucial to the understanding of the correction of these deformities. Firstly, the superficial skeleton of the eyesocket […]
Aesthetic Craniomaxillofacial Surgery of the Midface
The techniques of skeletal surgery of the midface were originally developed to treat problems related to congenital and posttraumatic deformities affecting the occlusion. Occlusion – the way the upper and lower teeth come together – is determined by the position of the tooth bearing arches of the upper and lower jaws relative to each other. […]
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 […]
Nose Job Cost: Value Beats Price – Every Time
ethnic rhinoplasty and nose job cost in the 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, Toronto, London
Caribbean Rhinoplasty in Trinidad
A well done rhinoplasty in Trinidad creates a nose that fits the face with parts being in harmony and structural anomalies corrected while respecting the ethnicity of the client. At Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery we follow a balanced approach to rhinoplasty in Trinidad. It is not a procedure merely to “reduce” those parts of the nose which appear prominent but to bring all parts of the nose into harmony.
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 […]
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery made Number One !
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery’s website www.caribbeanplasticsurgery.net has become the number one ranked English language website for numerous cosmetic, aesthetic and plastic surgery related keywords, topics and searches in the Caribbean. A review conducted by Bioengineering Associates LLC, our US based management company, revealed that a little more than two and a half years after […]
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery Review Rhinoplasty
Dr. Schleich performed plastic surgery on me in early 2011, which comprised decompression of multiple nerves in the craniofacial region, reshaping of my skull as well as septo and rhinoplasty. While being done with techniques used in cosmetic surgery, the primary purpose of the entire procedure including the rhinoplasty was to relieve my severe migraine […]