Chin Augmentation- Real Patient Results

A well-proportioned chin subtly augments facial balance and brings the proportions into a more pleasing, attractive configuration.

Chin augmentation can be performed with injectable fillers, insertion of a chin implant (implant mentoplasty), or moving the bone of the chin forward (osseous genioplasty). In my New York City practice, chin implants and injectable chin augmentation are the more popular of these procedures because they involve less operative time and a faster recovery.

Chin augmentation with injectable filler (typically Voluma) lasts 1-2 years and takes about 5 minutes. There is no downtime, and results can be specifically tailored to your anatomic concerns.

Chin implants can be done under local anesthesia only or with IV sedation (twilight anesthesia). The procedure takes 30 to 60 minutes and can be easily combined with rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, facelift, necklift, buccal fat pad excision, or other facial surgery. Results are permanent, natural, and durable.

If you are thinking about chin augmentation, rhinoplasty, or both, please feel free to call my office at 212-452-2400 or email office@LaraDevganMD.com for more information.

What do scars after eyelift (blepharoplasty) look like?

Eyelift (blepharoplasty) is one of my favorite, signature operations. It can brighten your eyes, restore a youthful appearance to your face, and make you look more alert and rested.

Many patients are concerned with scarring after eyelift surgery. For this reason, I plan all of my operations to keep the scars as hidden as possible, in the most cosmetic locations.

For upper eyelid surgery, scars are hidden in the lid crease that is formed when you blink. For lower eyelid surgery, scars are hidden either inside the wet, pink part of the eye (the conjunctiva), or hidden under the eyelash margin.

The images above reveal typical scar outcomes for my actual patients, without any makeup or retouching.

Lip augmentation review from an actual patient

I love performing lip injections (lip augmentation or injectable lip filler), so it's always nice to get nice compliments from my patients. This is a message and photo that I recently received from a Juvederm lip augmentation patient in my NYC office: 

Perfection!! Your talent is unmatched. Thank you so much for everything, I will certainly be back! (Already referring everyone to you.) Xoxo

Early Facelift Results

How long will it take to recover from a facelift?

Final results from a facelift or necklift operation take up to a year to fully materialize. This is because the face and neck are highly vascular, contain a great deal of blood vessels, and hold onto fluid for some time. Scar tissue also takes about a year to evolve from a raw, pink incision to a thin, pale line.

That does not mean that you need to wait a year to look beautiful, refined, and youthful, after a facelift or necklift operation, though. 

A typical timeline for facelift recovery

1 day after surgery: bandages come off

1 week after surgery: stitches are removed

1-2 weeks after surgery: patients feel comfortable going out in public, possibly with concealer or a modified hairstyle

2 weeks after surgery: most patients have returned to work at this point

3-4 weeks after surgery: patients feel confident about all types of work and social events

1 month after surgery: bruising is likely completely gone

3 months after surgery: swelling has come down significantly

6-12 months after surgery: swelling resolves and scars slowly mature and fade

Recovery from facelift and necklift is very tolerable overall, and most patients are fine taking 1-2 weeks off of work and social engagements to recover. If you have specific questions about recovery from these plastic surgery operations, or if you would like to be a patient in my New York City practice, please call 212-452-2400 or email office@LaraDevganMD.com.

Early Results After Labiaplasty Surgery

Many labiaplasty patients are concerned with how long it will take them to look great after surgery. The truest answer to that question is that it will take months, because some degree of swelling is present for 6 (and sometimes more) months. Bruising takes time to resolve. Incisions need to heal. Fluid needs to be reabsorbed slowly by your body.

However, that does not mean that you will not look very good, even very soon after your surgery. If you are compliant with your icing and pelvic elevation, having a beautiful result is possible even a few days after surgery, as pictured above. This patient of mine underwent labiaplasty with labia minora and clitoral hood reduction under local anesthesia only. She is pictured just 6 days after surgery, with all scars hidden, and with her swelling present but controlled.

When you are recovering from labiaplasty, it is important for you to strictly follow your surgeon's instructions for what to do at home. For my New York City patients, I recommend a high degree of icing and pelvic elevation for the first 72 hours after surgery, no exercise for at least one month, and no sex for 6 weeks.

If you are thinking about labiaplasty and would like to see me as a patient, please call 212-452-2400 or email info@LaraDevganMD.com.