When patients come to my Bellevue office thinking about facial rejuvenation, they usually have their sights set on the usual suspects: facelifts, eyelid surgery, maybe rhinoplasty. Chin augmentation rarely makes it onto their initial wish list. Yet I’d argue that chin augmentation might be one of the most transformative—and consistently overlooked—procedures I offer. A well-proportioned… Continue Reading »
Patients come to my Bellevue office asking about dissolving overdone fillers and correcting too much BOTOX more often than you might expect. They don’t necessarily look dramatically “done,” but something is off. They’ve been to another provider, sometimes many providers over many years, and somewhere along the way the results stopped looking like them: The… Continue Reading »
If you’re researching fat transfer, you’ve probably seen survival rate percentages that range widely—and wondered what they actually mean for your results. Understanding what to expect requires looking beyond simple percentages to the biology of how transferred fat behaves. The short answer: most patients retain 50–80% of transferred fat long-term, with final results visible around… Continue Reading »
Your tummy tuck incision has healed, but the scar looks nothing like you expected. It’s thick, raised, and honestly concerning. Is it a keloid? A hypertrophic scar? Something else entirely? These are important questions, as the type of scar you have determines how we approach treatment. Here are the characteristics that help us tell them… Continue Reading »
When Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay recently opened up to Bustle about spending around $200,000 on cosmetic procedures over the years, I found myself genuinely appreciating her candor. In an industry where so many people quietly undergo procedures and then credit their results to “good genes” or “drinking lots of water,”… Continue Reading »