Archive for February, 2010

Dr Pincock Talks in Queenstown at Facial Plastic Meeting

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Dr Pincock recently travelled to Queenstown in New Zealand to talk to his colleagues about the latest techniques in facial plastic surgery. The meeting was the winter meeting of the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery www.aafps.com.au, in particular the meeting focused on the latest techniques in rhinoplasty, facelift and necklift, the visiting speaker was Dr Keith La Ferriere a well known and outstanding Facial Plastic Surgeon based in the United States. He provided great insight into more advanced necklift (neck lift) techniques such as the Feldman corset platysmoplasty which Dr Pincock is performing back in Sydney Australia.

Dr La Ferriere’s website is available at the bottom of this post

Dr Pincock spoke about the latest techniques in eyelift (blepharoplasty) and facial fat injections (lipostructures).

To make an appointment about any of these procedures please call 02 88833699 or visit www.drpincock.com

for more information about blepharoplasty click below

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Blepharoplasty Eyelift Eyelid Surgery in Sydney

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Blepharoplasty is one of the most powerful procedures in the armamentarium of a facial plastic surgeon to combat ageing and rejuvenate the mid-third of the face. As we age the fat that normally cushions the eyeball can herniate out giving bags under the eyes or puffy appearing eyes – this makes one look older and tired. A similar process occurs to the upper eyelid skin causing excess laxity and drooping of the eyelid.

Most people are concerned that an eyelift will make them look strange or have a “done” appearance. The newer techniques of blepharoplasty (eyelift) that Dr Pincock has learned in the United States allows him to achieve a natural appearing result without visible scarring. http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/surgeon.html

For more information on Blepharoplasty please click here:

http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/cosmetic.html#blepharoplasty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blepharoplasty

This patient below is an actual patient of Dr Pincock’s who has benefited enormously from an upper eyelid and lower eyelid procedure. (upper and lower blepharoplasty)

Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty

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History of Plastic and Facial Plastic Surgery

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Most Ancient Plastic Surgery involved nasal surgery in India, British surgeons travelled to India to learn the techniques and adapted these for cosmetic rhinoplasty in the 1800’s.

In World War one, a New Zealand otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon)working in London, Harold Gillies developed many of the techniques of modern facial plastic surgery in treating  soldiers suffering from disfiguring facial injuries. His work was expanded upon during WWII by his cousin and former student Archibald McIndo, who modified earlier techniques to treat pilots severe lacerations and facial burns. For more detailed information click here: http://www.abfprs.org/about/h_father.cfm

So from its humble beginnings of a subspecialty of Ear, Nose and Throat. Plastic Surgical techniques were improved and applied to other parts of the body to eventually form its own specialty (Plastic Surgery). The art of facial plastic surgery was retained by the specialty of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery and is part of its core curriculum. Facial Plastic Surgery was retained by the specialty of Ear, Nose and Throat with surgeons performing cosmetic and reconstructive rhinoplasty and large reconstructions for tumours and skin cancers. for more detailed information please click here: http://www.abfprs.org/about/h_fps_organizes.cfm

 In the USA in the 1970’s and 1980’s an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon by the name of  Jack Anderson sought out and refined facelifting techniques, teaching them to a new breed of Facial Plastic Surgeons who were only interested in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the head, neck and face.  http://www.abfprs.org/about/h_education.cfm Much to the disdain of the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) http://www.abfprs.org/about/h_ps_organizes.cfm , this led to some fairly public spats between Jack Anderson and the ASPS with one member writing a derogatory comment about him in an article. This led to a lawsuit which was eventually won by Jack Anderson when the judge declared that his training in facial plastic surgery was superior to that of ASPS and was personally awarded close to 2 million dollars in the 1980’s, a huge sum of money. This money was donated to create the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. http://www.abfprs.org/about/history20.cfm

Dr Pincock is proud to be part of this history, His fellowship director in the USA was Dr Wayne Larrabee a past president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and who himself was trained by the great Jack Anderson. http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/surgeon.html

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Rhinoplasty in Sydney

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Rhinoplasty is a great procedure, firstly most patients have harboured negative thoughts regarding themselves for long periods of time before they summon the courage to come and talk to me about changing the shape of their nose. Secondly the procedure is extremely successful in the right patient to remove those negative thoughts and increase self confidence.

Rhinoplasty myth (1) – not all patients seeking rhinoplasty get an operation – quite often I will have a heart to heart discussion with a patient about what they want to achieve and whether they actually need a rhinoplasty. I often get patients very fixated on small irregularities on their nose THAT DONT NEED FIXING. There is great beauty in imperfection and it often defines a unique and beautiful face. Think Cindy Crawford, Jennifer Grey, Cameron Diaz just to name a few.

Rhinoplasty myth (2) – it will change the way I look and people will notice. NO – you are still you and you will be surprised by how little people will notice even big changes in nose size and shape.

I perform a huge number of Rhinoplasty surgery procedures in Sydney and am very proud of the results I am achieving in rhinoplasty surgery. For more information on the procedure of rhinoplasty click here:

http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/cosmetic.html#rhinoplasty

for more detail on the history and procedure of rhinoplasty click here:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/otolaryngology#cosmetic

to talk to me further regarding rhinoplasty click here:

http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/contact.php

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Cheek Implants

Monday, February 1st, 2010

As we age the normal cheek volume descends downwards producing two classic characteristics of ageing.

Firstly the loss of normal cheekbone volume and definition and secondly deeper nasolabial folds

this can be addressed temporarily by fillers – in particular the new voluma from the juvederm range

http://www.sydneyfacialplastics.com.au/injectables.html

for a permanent result patients may opt for cheek implants, these are similar to chin implants but are designed to sit over the cheekbone giving a more prominent cheekbone. They are inserted through a tiny incision on the inside of the cheek and give an amazing result.

for more detailed information see this link: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/843020-overview

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