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Facelift Surgery Beverly Hills

Our understanding of facial aging is improving every day. Rather than simply lifting, advanced techniques shape and contour the face. In time, facial soft tissue and fat deflation, gravity, muscle changes, sun exposure, and the stresses of daily life take their toll on our faces: deep creases appear beside the mouth, the jaw line slackens with deflated fat compartments, and folds and fat deposits appear on the neck. Facelifts counteract these problems by shaping fat and tightening skin, muscles and ligaments, giving your face a fresher, more youthful look. Incisions are made in inconspicuous places such as behind the hairline and in natural folds of the face and ears, and scars fade nicely with time. Often, fat or other substances are injected to fill areas of the face that are flat and reveal the aging process. After surgery, some patients appear 10-15 years younger.

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Beverly Hills facelift surgery is one of the most popular forms of plastic surgery available, which has resulted in many variations including the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) lift, the short scar facelift, endoscopic facelift, mid-facelift, the minimally invasive thread lift, the deep plane lift, and the secondary facelift. These different variations are used depending on the patient’s age, extent of wrinkles and sagging, and the patient’s desired level of appearance change. Aside from making incisions and simply stretching the skin, additional methods such as fat injection are often used to make the patient’s appearance look more natural and balanced. Results that look organic and unforced are very important, just as with other forms of plastic surgery. It is important not to rely on the skin to support the facial lift and re-contouring process.  Skin is not a strong structure and manipulation of the deeper fat compartments, ligaments, facial muscles, and SMAS is required for the most natural and long lasting facelift results.  Your lifestyle should not be affected by your facelift and minimal downtime is emphasized without compromising the facial rejuvenation results you deserve.

Dr. Ghavami is a premier surgeon for facelift surgery in Beverly Hills. He has operated on a multitude of satisfied patients, using his aptly trained aesthetic eye to shape and tighten the skin in way that looks natural and effortless. Dr. Ghavami places considerable importance on leaving no traces of his operations via small incisions, and he only performs operations that fit his patients best. Facelift Surgery in Beverly Hills is best left in the hands of a seasoned professional such as Dr. Ghavami. Please feel free to look at the patient galleries to get an idea of the results that come out of Dr. Ghavami’s facelift procedures and operations.  Many more examples are available for private in-office viewing. During your consultation, Dr. Ghavami will provide you with a customized facial analysis and treatment plan.

Facial Rejuvenation Beverly Hills

The decision to have Facial Rejuvenation can be life-changing and very rewarding. In many ways you are giving yourself the ultimate gift of restoring your youth.  It is important that we naturally enhance what was already there when you were younger.  For this reason, Dr. Ghavami requests that you bring in photos of yourself in your twenties or thirties to your consultation. In modern times, there is much more to offer our patients than simply tightening or lifting the skin. Proper surgical and non-surgical techniques can be combined to "shape the face" three dimensionally, not just simply tighten like surgeons use to do from the 1920's to the 1980's. Many "cosmetic" surgeons (Non-plastic surgeons) still perform “lift and tighten” procedures because they are quick and easy and don't require a lot of thought and anatomical expertise. Dr. Ghavami has won awards and accolades for his contributions to facial rejuvenation research and has presented the most up to date techniques at numerous Plastic Surgery conferences. He is a firm believer that your results should look natural and last.  Please be careful in selecting your surgeon. Many use “quick-fix” techniques that do not treat the root of the problem in facial aging.

Eyelid  and Brow rejuvenation may also be recommended to help balance the facial structures with one another. In addition, proper skin care is just as vital to the results and why all of our patients are placed on a skin regimen that is tailored to their specific needs.

In general, "mini-lifts", "weekend lifts", etc. give "minimal-results" that will likely not last or do what they were intended to.  However, Dr. Ghavami will evaluate you to see if you are a candidate for non-surgical procedures such as Botox, Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse, etc.
Recovery:  Your recovery will depend on the combination of techniques that Dr. Ghavami uses. This can very from 1 to 8 weeks.

Injectable Fillers Beverly Hills

As time passes our skin shows the natural, inevitable signs of aging - wrinkles and sagging. The fat compartments of our face also lose volume and deflate resulting in an aged facial shape and contour. But you can counteract those effects with several non-surgical cosmetic procedures available at our practice, including injectable fillers such as Restylane®, Perlane®, Juvéderm™, Radiesse® and Sculptra™ to contour and smooth wrinkles, lines and hollow areas in the face and to augment the lips or cheeks for a younger, fuller appearance. The key is to be subtle. "Over-inflation is never natural." Many times, these agents can be used in conjunction with surgical procedures or BOTOX® to enhance their effects in shaping the face.

(Ear Reduction or "Pinning")

Otoplasty Beverly Hills

Ear surgery for children or adults can set prominent ears back closer to the head and reduce the size of large ears. Surgery may also be helpful for "lop ear," "cupped ear" and "shell ear," large or stretched earlobes, and lobes with creases and wrinkles. The procedure lasts from two to three hours and may be performed in a hospital or an outpatient surgery center under general anesthesia. The results are immediate and are critical to many people's self esteem.

Though not as prevalent as other forms of plastic surgery, such as rhinoplasty, otoplasty is still a very common procedure. Otoplasty refers to surgery performed on the ear for a number of reasons. It can be performed to augment an underdeveloped or small ear, to reshape a malformed ear, or more commonly to decrease the protrusion or size of an ear. Cartilage, unlike fat tissue, is not as easily sculpted and thus requires very precise removal and replacement by a plastic surgeon with ample experience.

Those wanting to improve the appearance of their ears can seek otoplasty in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami. Cartilage of the ear can be molded, excised, and sutured in specific ways in order to create a unified ear shape and the outcome of a pleasing ear appearance that is in balance with the rest of the face. Dr. Ghavami has years of experience working with the sensitive cartilage of the ear and performing otoplasty in Beverly Hills. His renowned tasteful approach to plastic surgery procedures had made Dr. Ghavami a premier choice for otoplasty in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles.  It is particularly important that both adults and children who want to have otoplasty are educated on their options.  Adults, for example have a higher recurrence rate where the ear can return to its original malformed shape. Dr. Ghavami uses a combination of techniques to severely limit the chance of this problem.

Lip Augmentation Beverly Hills

Actual Patient Not a Model

Full and vivacious lips have always been recognized as aesthetically important features. They are a central part of the face that everyone recognizes in daily social interactions. Some of us, however, are born with thin, ill-defined lips, or our lips lose their fullness with age. But the appearance of our lips is now within our control. Fine lines and wrinkles, thin lips and a drooping corner of the mouth are all areas that can be aided with injectable fillers. The market is ever changing, with new products appearing rapidly. Care is individualized to provide a safe and effective treatment option, whether it is a commercially available filler material or a patient's own fat. Sometimes, specialized incisions can lift or plump up the lips.

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Thin lips are a source of self-consciousnesses for a considerable amount of women and men. Full bodied lips have become a revered attribute, largely in part to celebrity prominence in American culture. As a result, more and more people are choosing to get lip augmentation procedures to attain full, vibrant lips. Dr. Ghavami is an expert in the field of plastic surgery, including lip augmentation in Beverly Hills.

There are a number of different ways that Dr. Ghavami can carry out lip augmentation in Beverly Hills. There are both temporary and permanent means of attaining lip augmentation. Hyaluronic acid fillers such as Juvederm and Restylane can be used  to shape and enhance the lips for temporary augmentation, while synthetic surgical implants are used for those seeking a permanent lip augmentation. Dr. Ghavami prefers temporary fillers because the lip is a moveable/soft dynamic structure ,which changes with age. It is best to have the option to continually adapt to these changed with the use of temporary fillers such as Juvederm which can be customized and changed during  each injection visit. By taking into significant consideration each person’s unique face and desired outcome, Dr. Ghavami’s specialized expertise in aesthetic surgery will make for a mutually satisfied lip augmentation in Beverly Hills.  Dr. Ghavami’s lip augmentation technique enhances your natural shape without producing overcorrection or unnatural overdone lip appearance.

Scar Revision Beverly Hills

Scar revision is performed to reduce the appearance of scars caused by injury or previous surgery. Scars are by definition permanent, but surgery can narrow, fade and otherwise reduce the appearance of severe or unattractive scarring, which is especially helpful in areas of cosmetic importance such as the face and hands.

Fat Transfer Beverly Hills

Fat transfer (injection) reduces wrinkles and creases and plumps up areas that have lost volume as a result of surgery, injury, aging or another cause. With recent surgery, it is becoming more clear that the fat compartments of the face deflate with age and need to be filled. Transplanted fat that comes from the patient him - or herself does not carry a risk of allergic reaction or rejection. Other advantages include a short recovery time, long-lasting results and effectiveness on any skin type. It is difficult to say exactly what percentage of the fat will survive long-term in each patient. However, the fat that does survive becomes a part of the patient's own natural body.

For those looking to augment their buttock region and also remove unsightly fat from other parts of their body, there lies a uniquely effective option in a fat graft, also know as a fat transfer in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami. In a fat transfer procedure, Dr. Ghavami removes fat from any region where the fat takes away from aesthetic curvature of the body; most of the time, problematic areas include the abdomen, body flank, back, and thigh regions. Once the fat is removed, it is harvested, in which impurities can be removed and the fat content can be made more pure and consistent in texture. This fat content is then injected into the buttock region in order to achieve the desired size and shape. The fat transfer in Beverly Hills procedure is very technical and its success is dependant on many factors; if any short cuts or improper techniques are used, the harvested fat can be rendered useless and there may never be enough fat in the future carry out the procedure properly. The ability to consistently create outstanding results for his patients is why Dr. Ghavami is considered to be such a phenomenal plastic surgeon for the fat transfer procedure. Aside from the surgery, Dr. Ghavami emphasizes the importance of post-operative exercise, supplement and diet regimen to optimize results even further. This entire fat transfer procedure, including its method of body shape analysis and particular operation techniques has been comprehensively named The S-Curve Buttock Lift™ by Dr. Ghavami.

With proper technical handling and performance, a large portion of the fat survives after injection into the buttocks and can last the patient’s lifetime.  Fat grafting is currently one of the hottest and most innovative techniques in plastic surgery and is undergoing continued research with regards to all its beneficial uses. For example, fat is being used in stem cell research to fight cancer, as well as to restore body parts ravaged by trauma or other injuries. Dr. Ashkan Ghavami’s extensive plastic surgery experience and tasteful eye for aesthetics ensures the most natural looking fat transfer in Beverly Hills, as well as improved rates in fat survival. The beauty of the fat transfer in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami is that two aesthetic goals can be achieved in one procedure; unwanted fat is removed AND the buttocks are augmented and reshaped.

Natural looking, complimentary results require that the plastic surgeon understand the proportions and curves of the body, which is why Dr. Ghavami is able to create such extraordinary results for his patients. The benefits of a buttock augmentation via fat transfer are truly bountiful; along with more aesthetic body shape, improvements in cellulite and skin tone are commonly achieved. If the buttock augmentation procedure via fat transfer (The S-Curve Buttock Lift™) is an attractive option for you, please feel free to call us and schedule a consultation with Dr. Ghavami.

In addition to the fat transfer in Beverly Hills procedure, Dr. Ghavami is also a premier source for ethnic rhinoplasty (nose surgery) and quick recovery breast augmentation surgery.

Mid-Face Lift Beverly Hills

A mid-face lift restores youthful vitality to the mid-face, lifting and shaping the cheeks to achieve a natural rejuvenated look without the need to undergo a full facelift. This procedure is often reserved for women and men that are not yet in need of a full facelift, usually in their forties. Midface lifts are ideal for reducing puffiness under the eyes, improving the contour of the upper cheeks, and reducing nasolabial folds. Incisions are small and hidden in the eyelids and behind the hair line. A tiny camera is used to guide the surgery and keep incisions small. Midface lifts are often performed in conjunction with lower-lid blepharoplasty to rejuvenate the area around the eyes or with implants to further accentuate the cheeks. Fat injection to restore the deflation of the face that occurs with aging is often combined with a midface lift to fill lines and establish a youthful cheek contour.

The mid face lift in Beverly Hills is preferred by those who don’t have enough wrinkles and fine lines throughout their whole face to warrant a full face lift. Prospective patients tend to be in their forties and want to decrease signs of aging that have become apparent in the mid-facial region. This often includes wrinkles above the upper lip, sagging cheeks and bags under the eyes.  The results are natural and can truly bring out the beauty and youthful look desired.

The benefits of the mid face lift in Beverly Hills over the full face lift are that it is less invasive, resulting in less bruising, swelling and overall recovery time. It can be combined with an endoscopic or coronal browlift, as well as with eyelid rejuvenation procedures. The mid face lift can be performed endoscopically, in which a small camera and surgical instruments are inserted under the skin via tiny incisions, as opposed to having to make broad incisions and expose tissue in order to perform the procedure. After receiving a mid face lift in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami, the patient’s skin appears tighter, refreshed, and younger. The cheeks are lifted and repositioned in their more youthful location over the bony prominence. Most patients also receive fat injection along with the mid face lift to give more definition/shape to desired areas of the face, such as the cheeks.  One of the most beautiful aspects of a woman’s face is the youthful fullness of the upper cheeks and cheek bones and the gentle valley below the cheeks and near the corners of the mouth.  It is important not to overdo this technique. Natural results are always the primary goal of Dr. Ghavami’s work and vision.
Dr. Ghavami is also one of the few surgeons that performs natural bone augmentation to the cheek bones to further enhance the hollowed out cheeks and lower eyelids that can prematurely age the appearance of the face and midface.

Dr. Ghavami’s extensive experience in the field of plastic surgery consistently gives way to mutually satisfying results between him and his patients.

Chin Augmentation Beverly Hills

Chin augmentation surgery, also known as mentoplasty/genioplasty, is a surgical procedure to reshape the chin either by enhancement with an implant or reduction surgery on the bone. Many times a plastic surgeon may recommend chin surgery to a patient having nose surgery in order to achieve facial proportion, as the size of the chin may magnify or minimize the perceived size of the nose. Furthermore, chin surgery can strengthen the jawline in youth and in combination with a facelift and neck lift. Chin surgery helps provide a harmonious balance to your facial features so that you feel better about the way you look.

Many people choose to undergo chin augmentation in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami. A deficient or “weak” chin structure is the prevalent reason for this procedure, in which an implant is placed under the skin to enhance the appearance of the jaw line and profile. A short chin can be brought out via these implants, which add symmetry and harmony to face shape.  This is known as genioplasty. Dr Ghavami has written extensively for medical textbook son this highly specialized topic.   For this reason, Dr. Ghavmi’s practice is one of the few places in Los Angeles that also performs chin bone advancement techniques in addition to chin augmentation with silicone implants.

Implants for chin augmentation in Beverly Hills either come in the form of bone (or bone substitutes such as hydroxyapatite granules and gels) or in the form of synthetic material, such as silastic (silicone)  material. The patient and Dr. Ghavami discuss the desired implant size and appearance and then decide on what would best suit the patient aesthetically and realistically.

Chin augmentation in Beverly Hills under the skilled hands of Dr. Ghavami is a great decision for anyone dissatisfied with their face shape and chin size.  Many times this procedure is combined with nasal shaping or rhinoplasty in order to produce the proper most appealing facial harmony.

Brow Lift Beverly Hills

Actual Patient Not a Model

Browlifts can revitalize drooping or lined foreheads, helping you to look less angry, sad or tired. Using either traditional or minimally invasive (endoscopic) methods, the muscles above the eyes are altered to smooth lines and raise the eyebrows for a more youthful appearance. Dr. Ghavami has helped further define these target muscles through extensive anatomical research that has earned him the prestigious Gaspar Anastasi Award at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting. A browlift is often combined with other operations such as blepharoplasty and facelifts to improve the look of the eyes and other areas of the face and restore aesthetic balance to the upper face. As in a facelift, it is very important to respect the hairline whether making tiny incisions behind the hairline or along the hairline.

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Many women choose to get a brow lift in Beverly Hills as they get older and lose some of the skin elasticity on their face. Decreased skin elasticity coupled with worn out collagen and muscle causes skin to droop and exaggerate wrinkles. In some cases this characteristic drooping gives the eyes a perpetual tired/sad look, which many consider unflattering. In addition, years and years of frowning or tensing of the muscles from stress or sunlight can create deep lined above and in between the brows. Through a brow lift in Beverly Hills with renowned surgeon, Dr. Ghavami, women are able to undergo this procedure and make themselves look ten or sometimes twenty years younger without overcorrection.

There are two methods for brow lift surgery in Beverly Hills. The endoscopic brow lift works by making tiny incisions near the hairline, inserting endoscopic instruments (including a tiny camera) and separating skin and its attached fat and muscles from the forehead area of the skull. Worn out or overactive muscles that pull down the brows and create frown lines, can then be removed, and the skin and ligaments can be pulled upwards via the small incisions near the hairline.  The endoscopic or minimal incision browlift is the most commonly used, however some patients have very thick skin or deep wrinkled and a customized coronal or “open” technique may be best suited.
The coronary brow lift (traditional) works by making a broad incision along the top of the head, from ear to ear. The pattern of the incision depends on your hair pattern and is customized for your needs. The incision is kept far from the hairline and hair often grows through the scar so that it is imperceptible in the future. Skin is then carefully separated from the skull, and the top of the face is folded downwards so that problematic worn muscle can be removed. The muscles responsible for dynamic wrinkles and lines are removed or debulked.  This gives your browlift longevity. Excess skin can then be cut out and the face can be re-sutured at the incision on the top of the head. In both the endoscopic and coronary brow lift methods, the result is a tightened, wrinkle-free skin surface with reduced droopiness of the brow. Many who undergo a brow lift also opt to get a face lift in order to give a rejuvenated appearance to the whole face.
Dr. Ghavami will ask to see pictures of your brow position when you were in your twenties or early thirties because often a browlift does not actually require the brows to be lifted very much and it is more of a forehead smoothing and brow shaping technique.  The over-pulled or “too tight” look is avoided at all costs.  The results are natural.

Patients who have gotten a brow lift in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami are often surprised as to how young they look afterwards.  Browlifts can also replace all those future Botox appointments as the muscles that are Botoxed are removed or smoothed away!

Eyelid Surgery Beverly Hills

Actual Patient Not a Model

Blepharoplasty can rejuvenate puffy, sagging or tired-looking eyes by removing or shaping excess fat, skin and muscle from the upper and lower eyelids. Many times the surrounding ligaments of the eyelids need to be repositioned. Eyelid surgery may be performed for cosmetic reasons or to improve sight by lifting droopy eyelids out of the patient's field of vision. The procedure can be performed in an office with local anesthesia or when lower eyelids and extensive changes are needed, in the operating room. Blepharoplasty can be combined with a facelift, fillers, or BOTOX® treatments to raise the eyebrows or reduce the appearance of wrinkles, crow's feet or dark circles under the eyes. Many times, eyelid lines and shadows require filling and contouring with injectable fillers such as Restylane® , Juvéderm™, or a patient's own fatty tissue. When these procedures are combined with a browlift and or facial contouring (facelift), the results can be truly amazing. Dr. Ghavami received the First Place Presentation Award from the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting for his work on the ligament around the eyes that creates the aged appearance of the eyelids.

Along with nose surgery, fat transfer, buttock augmentation, breast augmentation, and facelifts, Dr. Ghavami adeptly performs eyelid surgery in Beverly Hills. Most individuals who seek eyelid surgery (or blepharoplasty) are of older age, and have unwanted wrinkles or droopiness in their eyelids. With eyelid surgery in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami, patients are able to rejuvenate that area of their face and achieve a younger appearance. In an eyelid surgery procedure, excess fat and inelastic skin is removed, and local facial ligaments that have worn out over time are repositioned and reshaped in order to restore beauty. Many patients who receive blepharoplasty opt to get a facelift or mid-facelift, as well as a fat transfer to the facial folds and cheeks in order to achieve a younger, yet natural facial appearance. When performed in conjunction with one of the aforementioned procedures, eyelid surgery can easily take ten years off a patient’s appearance. Younger patients are also candidates for eyelid rejuvenation and can benefit from a combination of filling and ligament and skin readjustments. The results are so natural that friends and family are often amazed and inspired!

Dr. Ghavami has years of experience performing successful plastic surgery procedures for his patients and has appeared on many prime time television programs and other media as an expert medical consultant.  He has also received numerous national awards for describing some of the key anatomy of the eyelids and eyebrows, including the Gaspar J. Anastasi award at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) annual meeting.  If you are interested in receiving eyelid surgery in Beverly Hills with Dr. Ghavami, please feel free to call and schedule an in-depth consultation.

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• BOTOX® and Fillers (see "Skin" section)
• Migraine Headaches - BOTOX® and Surgical Treatments
• Facial Shaping & Contouring
• Eyelid Rejuvenation (Non-surgical)
• Asian Eyelid Surgery
• Endoscopic Facelift
• Face and/or Neck Liposuction
• Nose Surgery
  
  • Rhinoplasty (Corrective or Revision)
  • Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty
  • "Designer" Nose Surgery
  • Ethnic Rhinoplasty"(Hispanic, African American, Middle Eastern, and Asian Noses)"

• Laser Skin Resurfacing
• Cheek and other Facial Implants
• Earlobe Repair
• Earlobe Contouring

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