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Short Forehead, a forehead that is about 2 inches in height. How do I increase this distance.

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Short Forehead, a forehead that is about 2 inches in height. How do I increase this distance by Dr. Philip Young: Brow lift could increase the height of your forehead but laser hair removal is another option as well. Most brow lifts will increase the height of the forehead by stretching the skin of the forehead through incisions placed behind the hairline.   This depends on where the incision is placed. If the incision is behind the hairline (and endoscopic lifts) the browlift will increase the forehead height.  Incisions placed right in front of the hairline (pre trichial) or within the hairline (trichophytic) all have a tendency to shorten the height of the forehead which for some is ideal. Also there is the option of laser hair removal to heighten the hairline. This something that you could discuss with your doctor.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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persistent furrows between eyes, asymmetry in eyes, cockeyed appearance and persistent lower eyelid bags?

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Persistent furrows between eyes, asymmetry in eyes, cockeyed appearance and persistent lower eyelid bags by Dr. Philip Young? The asymmetry in your eyes could be due to swelling that is still from surgery. How long has it been since the surgery?  Swelling can last a couple of months.  Most of it goes away in a week and more so after a month. The lower eye lift is supposed to remove fat from your eyelids.  Sometimes though this can accentuate the hollowing in the lower eyelid area and make you look even older here. Wrinkles in your forehead can be improved by a brow lift by raising the eyebrows and negating the need to open up your eyelids and eyebrows more.  Also removing muscle in between your eyes can really help prevent the vertical lines in between your eyebrows and eyes. Fat injections in the lower eyelid and forehead and upper third of the face can really bring youth to your face.

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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I’m european and have low eyebrows and puffy eyelids. Would a brow lift be something for me?

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

I’m european and have low eyebrows and puffy eyelids. Would a brow lift be something for me by of Dr. Philip Young Bellevue | Seattle: I see that you may have some fullness in the upper eyelid area. This is actually something that gives you youth and that is something to think about.  Your eyebrows may be a little low but not worth the extent of a browlift.  A browlift could feminize you and create more of a surprised look for you. I think if you were to consider something, I would suggest taking some skin from your upper eyelid or actually creating a crease as in Asian eyelid surgery. This could define your upper eyelids more. Your situation is something that Asian people inquire about all the time.  A crease could decrease the puffiness you have to a controlled degree without lifting your eyebrows to a surprised and more feminine appearance.

upper eyelid lift blepharoplasty

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Brow lift for an attractive lady who feels she has a sad look or sad eyes. Would a temple lift or brow lift work?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Brow lift for an attractive lady who feels she has a sad look or sad eyes. Would a temple lift or brow lift work? by Dr. Philip Young: This is how I answered this lady that came into my office:

You are an attractive pretty lady. I can see why, though, you would possibly think that you have sad eyes. One I think that your eyebrow may be a little low but not extremely low. A browlift may help you brighten up the face / image and your eyes. One technique that could help you is if you thinned your eyebrows through judicious brow waxing and hair plucking.  Also lightening your eyebrows could help.  But a brow lift could increase this distance and make your eyes look softer.  The distance between your eyelid margin and eye brows should be around 1 iris width and not much more than 1 1/2 iris widths.  A temple lift would concentrate on your lateral portion of your eyebrow.  A brow lift would be the whole eyebrow lifted. In my opinion, I think you need the medial part of your eyebrow lifted as much as your lateral part of your eyebrow, if not more. I would do a brow lift and not just a temple lift.

Brow Lift Learning Videos

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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My eyes are set high and my eyebrows are closer to my eyes. What can be done?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

My eyes are set high and my eyebrows are closer to my eyes. What can be done? by Dr. Philip Young: Low set eyebrows and not high set eyes could possibly be the status and a browlift could help  / improve your situation. Without a image, it would be really difficult for me to know what you are talking about. Most simply, I have a theory on facial beauty that might help you understand your facial aesthetics better. I would suggest that you read that seminal paper. But if your eyebrows are a little closer to your eyes, a brow lift could be the simplest answer for you. This will create some separation from your eyes and your eyebrow.  Ideally this distance is around one iris width from your eyelid margin to the bottom of your eyebrow.  Much more than this distance will give you a surprised look.  Much less than an iris width will give you a stern look.

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Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Botox for the glabella, forehead and crows feet by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Botox for the glabella, forehead and crows feet by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle: One thing occurs is when you treat the glabella and crows feet, you are able to raise the eyebrows.  Also with the way that you put the botox in the forehead you can raise your eyebrows laterally as well. Botox for the glabella help prevent the vertical wrinkles in between the eyes from forming. Within the forehead, botox prevents the horizontal lines from happening. Botox in the crows feet, improves these lines here. Typically, the glabella takes 12-20 units, the forehead 8-20 units, and the crow’s feet 12- 20 or more units. We prefer doing 20 units in the glabella, forehead and crows feet each for a total of 60 units. We have many live videos on plastic surgery and photos for you to see and a lot of information for you on our website if you would like to learn more.

botox crows feet

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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Botox and Droopy Eyelid. What are some options on treatment?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Botox and Droopy Eyelid. What are some options on treatment? by Dr. Philip Young: Botox / Dysport and eyelid droopiness can be treated with drops to the eye. I typically prescribe aproclonidine or bromonidine. These drops act like epinephrine and stimulate the muscle that also elevates the eyelid called Mueller’s muscle.  This muscle is deeper than the levator muscle.  You will have to use this until the 3-4 months it takes your muscle to come back and act normally. I have found that the levator recovers faster than most muscles.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Come visit us at our main website: www.drphilipyoung.com

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I used to be overweight and people just didn’t respect me. With a change in my appearance people started to listen.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

I used to be overweight and people just didn’t respect me. With a change in my appearance people started to listen presented by Dr. Philip Young: I was talking with this gentleman who mentioned that he used to be overweight. During this time, he felt like he had a lot of good ideas and when he mentioned them he wouldn’t get much response and he felt that it was due to him being overweight.  After getting weight loss surgery, he felt that people were listening to him more, even though he was saying the same things.  To him it was a major change in how people treated him.  Whether this was true or an actual cause and effect could be a source of significant argument.  The idea of causation or correlation. Also, whether he had more confidence after losing weight and this translating to more confidence in his presentation of his new ideas could also be an idea. Whatever the cause may be the end result was that people started to listen to him more.  So now he is considering facial rejuvenation surgery. This is common after weight loss surgery. In my opinion, people definitely treat you differently depending on how you look. It is unavoidable. It is within our DNA to do this. It may surprise you, but our desire for self preservation is proportionate to our desire for beauty. We started out as a single celled organism millions of years ago. The cell itself is infinitely complex and required much order to create.  The human body is that much more complicated.  So it is in within us to preserve this order in everything that we do. Everything out of order is highly undesirable.  Beauty is really just order in the face, read about my theory on beauty.  So for our client, a more pleasing facial appearance will remind his coworkers about this order that they desire and hence when he says something or suggests something they are more likely to respond to him in a favorable way. This favoritism towards the beautiful is obvious in our society. You can watch this video of me talking about beauty, my theory, and how it applies in our world.

Facial Beauty

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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My fold is too low after Asian Eyelid Surgery and would like it higher? Can this be done? My previous surgeon said that there is not enough skin to do that.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

My fold is too low after Asian Eyelid Surgery and would like it higher? CAn this be done? My previous surgeon said that there is not enough skin to do that a discussion by Dr. Philip Young: Yes you can increase the height of the crease after Asian Eyelid Crease Surgery. It will entail setting the crease higher with a higher incision. The drawback in this situation is that you may have two incisions that could be exposed if you don’t have enough skin. It is likely that your crease is high enough and that all you need is more skin taken out. This is much simpler to do.  The options are there for you. I think non incision techniques that the others are advocating is harder to achieve symmetry and long lasting results and you may need to get more surgery in the future to correct that approach. Below is a picture from our Asian Double Eyelid Procedure Webpage that discusses more details on this procedure.

asian double eyelid anatomy

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Come visit our main website at www.drphilipyoung.com

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Asian rhinoplasty for a hump and an area that could use an implant. How to make it harmonious with my forehead.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Asian rhinoplasty for a hump and an area that could use an implant. How to make it harmonious with my forehead Dr. Philip Young. Asian rhinoplasty is a unique procedure all in itself within the realm of Asian Cosmetic Surgery.  You have a bridge which is not as common as an Asian person that needs a bridge.  You also need a bridge above the hump area.  Ultimately, you should have this discussion with your doctor so he can tailor a procedure for you. What this is probably going to entail is reduction of the hump area and an addition of a graft above it.  Alternatively, you could just need augmentation to camouflage the hump. There is a way to avoid making your nose bridge look weird after augmentation. There are standards for the Asian nose. typically the nose bridge starts below that of a Caucasian. Although I think that, in all races, there is an ideal to where the nasal bridge starts. A Caucasian nose normally starts at the eyelid crease or eyelid margin or somewhere between the two points.  I have theory on beauty that has helped me decide exactly where the nasal bridge should start.  I have a unique techinque with Asian Rhinoplasty that you can read about on my website.

asian rhinoplasty before after images

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Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

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