Dr. Hoefflin regularly operates on patients who traveling from all over the world in pursuit of surgical excellence and obtaining natural, youthful results. As a result, we take great pride in distinguishing our offices from other practices by assisting our patients with every detail of their trip. We regularly assist our patients with their hotel and airline reservations, surgery aftercare, private nurses and airport pick-up service. Follow-up care can also be arranged in other cities for patients traveling from across the country and abroad. We will effectively organize your entire trip to Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica, such that you can concentrate on enjoying your stay.
Dr. Hoefflin’s office and operating room staff are highly experienced personnel with decades of plastic surgery involvement. They take great responsibility in providing our patients with the highest level of comfort and care. It is of the utmost importance to our staff that their patients receive the best possible service, before, during, and after surgery.
During your consultation with Dr. Hoefflin, customized literature will be provided that addresses your individual procedure, instructions for preoperative and postoperative care, and other important information regarding our offices. Dr. Hoefflin collaborates with his patients, after an individual analysis is performed, such that Digital photographs will then be taken and reviewed with you by Dr. Hoefflin. Lastly, before and after photographs of similar patients will be provided.
As a leading expert on face, breast and body contouring for patients who have undergone bariatric surgery or massive weight loss, Dr. Hoefflin performs all varieties of body contouring procedures. Patients can be confident that Dr. Hoefflin is dedicated toward patient care and providing his patients with natural and beautiful results. In patients who have lost massive weight, they are frequently left with inelastic and excessive skin that no longer can conform to their desired shape.
Patients that have lost large amounts of weight, either as a result of bariatric surgery or through diet and exercise demonstrate residual excess skin around their thighs, buttocks, and abdomen. In patients who are primarily concerned about their outer thighs and buttocks, Dr. Hoefflin performs lower body lift procedures to improve their appearance. If patient’s concern extends to their abdomen, then a belt lipectomy may be necessary. The result is a re-contouring of one’s tissues, thus restoring a more youthful and attractive appearance.
In cases where an individual has undergone dramatic weight loss, he or she may be left with loose, sagging skin on the upper arms. This is a common, though unfortunately unattractive side effect of significant weight loss. Brachioplasty, or arm lift, can help improve the appearance of the arms by a careful removal of excess skin beneath the arms and a tightening of the flabby tissue. Dr. Hoefflin’s team has extensive experience helping patients after successful weight loss look and feel better in their skin.
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgery Dr. Hoefflin performs breast revision surgery by removing and replacing existing implants with either similar saline implants or converting to a silicone gel or cohesive breast implants. A deflated or ruptured breast implant can be caused by a variety of factors, including: underfilling or overfilling saline implants at the time of the original procedure, capsular contraction, external trauma or excessive external compression. When saline implants rupture, rapid deflation results. While the saline is harmlessly absorbed by the body, the deflated implant creates an aesthetic issue because of the discrepancy between the two breast sizes. However, rupture of silicone gel implants typically require an MRI or ultrasound exams to confirm the diagnosis.
Although it is a rare complication, “bottoming out” occurs when breast implants end up sitting too low on the chest wall and the nipples wind up positioned too high on the breast mound. At any time after surgery, a patient’s implants can move upward, downward, left or right; causing the need for a revision to move them back into the correct position. In general, the larger the implant, the greater the chance it will displace downward in time.
Synmastia is the result of excessive or over-dissection in middle portion of the sternum during her initial breast augmentation procedure. This allows the implants to come in close contact with one another, and can create the appearance of a single breast. Dr. Hoefflin performs complex breast revision surgery by performing a combination of capsulotomy and capsulorraphy techniques.
Visible wrinkling or rippling can occur anywhere on the breast after breast augmentation surgery. It can be caused both by the type of breast implant that is used, as well as the choice of where the implant is placed. Los Angeles plastic surgeon Dr. Hoefflin performs breast implant revision surgery by removing and replacing the implants with the newer silicone gel breast implants. In addition, he exchanges the position or plane to a submuscular or “dual-plane” location.
During your consultation, Dr. Hoefflin will discuss all the potential surgical options and associated benefits and risks associated with each. Using his expertise, he will determine the best advanced surgical technique and type of implant necessary to accomplish your aesthetic goals. You will be provided customized literature that discusses the procedure in detail. Lastly, pre- and post-laser photographs of similar patients will be reviewed with you.
Dr. Hoefflin’s body contouring procedures includes SmartLipo, a revolutionary new method of removing unwanted fat using a laser to liquefy or “melt” the fat away. It is intended for patients who do not have significant amounts of weight to lose, but rather desire sculpting to improve their contour or shape. Smartlipo™ has many advantages over traditional liposuction techniques. Using a carefully calibrated laser, the safe and highly effective method works to tighten or shrink the skin, creating a newly sculpted appearance. It is highly safe and effective, allowing the surgeon to typically remove more fat from a given area with less risk than traditional liposuction.
One of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures performed today, liposuction (also known as “lipoplasty” or “suction lipectomy”) sculpts the body by removing unwanted fat from areas around the abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin, cheeks and neck. Although not a substitute for dieting or exercise, liposuction is highly effective in removing stubborn areas of fat that do are unresponsive to typical weight-loss methods. The ideal candidates are patients who are physically healthy with firm, elastic skin, and with realistic goals and expectations.
There are individual and gender differences that must be considered when performing either liposuction or abdominoplasty in male patients. During your consultation with Dr. Hoefflin, he will discuss how each procedure can be tailored to meet your individual needs.
In cases where an individual has undergone dramatic weight loss, he or she may be left with loose, sagging skin on the upper arms. This is a common, though unfortunately unattractive side effect of significant weight loss. Brachioplasty, or arm lift, can help improve the appearance of the arms by a careful removal of excess skin beneath the arms and a tightening of the flabby tissue. Dr. Hoefflin has extensive experience helping patients after successful weight loss look and feel better in their skin.
Los Angeles board-certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Hoefflin performs facelift surgery using the most advanced techniques, while placing the highest priority on patient safety and comfort. Dr. Hoefflin has lectured and interviewed on safety in outpatient plastic surgery operations.
Hereditary factors, personal lifestyle choices, and sun exposure all contribute to the aging process and changes in our facial appearance. As we age, important structural facial fat is lost or descends in our midface. This, together with the loss of elastic support in our skin can create excessive wrinkling and sagging skin. The result is a tired or drawn out facial appearance. Combined with the very fine lines from excessive sun exposure, the aging process becomes revealed. A facelift can correct these conditions and provide a more natural, youthful, and rejuvenated appearance.
Dr. Hoefflin performs the advanced endoscopic (camera-assisted) technique by placing small inconspicuous incisions within the scalp and the mouth that become invisible when completely healed. The procedure is usually performed as an outpatient under local anesthesia with deep sedation, and may take from 1 to 2 hours. In the properly selected patient, the result is a natural, youthful and rejuvenated midface without any signs of surgery. By rejuvenating the face from the cheek area down to the jowl and neck, this technique offers a rapid recovery, with patients often returning to routine activities within one to two weeks.
During your consultation, an individual facial analysis, along with digital photography, will allow Dr. Hoefflin to provide you with his professional expertise and recommendations for the type and placement of facial implants. Patient satisfaction after facial augmentation is usually very high, with long-lasting results. Patients can expect minimal postoperative bruising and quick recovery times.
Known for his artistry and commitment to surgical excellence, Dr. Hoefflin is considered one of the top plastic surgeons in Los Angeles for breast augmentations. Known for his commitment to excellence in surgery, Dr. Hoefflin offers his patients the newest advances in breast surgery techniques, including scarless breast augmentation and scarless reduction.
Dr. Hoefflin performs the following breast surgery procedures to his patients: breast augmentation, transumbilical breast augmentation, breast reduction, scarless breast reduction, breast lift, breast reconstruction, male breast reduction or liposuction and gynecomastia.
One of Dr. Hoefflin’s areas of expertise and interest is revision or secondary breast surgery. For women who demonstrate dissatisfaction or a complication from a previous breast surgery, Dr. Hoefflin offers his patients a variety of surgical procedures to repair, restore, and improve a patient’s overall breast appearance.
Breast augmentation or breast enhancement surgery is among the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures. Los Angeles board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Hoefflin performs breast augmentations in his state-of-the art and fully credentialed surgical facilities. The procedure can increase the cup size of your breasts, and/or balance an asymetrical appearance. After breast implant surgery, your breasts will appear more “shapely” and “full”. This often improves a woman’s sense of self-esteem and self-image.
One area of Dr. Hoefflin’s expertise is both primary and secondary (revisional) breast augmentation. As such, he performs breast augmentation surgery using all types of both saline and silicone breast implants. As important is the decision of incisional placement and pocket location of the implant, is the type of implant itself. Breast implants come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and projections. The type of breast implant selected should be based on your physical and soft-tissue characteristics, as well as your aesthetic goals.
Detroit breast reconstruction – The American Cancer Society released an estimate that over 190,000 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 in the United States, and that roughly 40,000 would die of the disease. Women faced with mastectomy, or surgical removal of a breast, as a treatment to prevent tumors from spreading and ending their lives are also presented with a whole host of additional potential woes, physical and emotional, over and above the cancer. The trauma of losing a body part is only part of the story, and can obscure those little unexpected details of daily living that remind her of her loss.
It would be the embodiment of understatement to say that the choice to have breast reconstruction is a highly personal one. Though the list of possible complications can be daunting, the rewards can be significant; not only for the self image, but the quality of life in general for those who choose to undergo the procedure. Detroit plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohamad H. Bazzi, makes breast surgery part of his efforts to “seek a balance between your inner self and a corresponding outward reflection.”
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As a prospective patient seeking aesthetic consultation, you should diligently review your prospective surgeon’s before-and-after results to determine whether or not that practitioner shares your aesthetic vision. Carmel Valley Facial Plastic Surgery has a strong reputation for producing natural looking results no matter how dramatic the change. Depending on the individuals anatomy, lifestyle, degree of age-related changes, and the amount of downtime and cost the individual is able to handle, several options are available to re-contour the face.
The Facelift addresses the upper cheeks, midface, jowls, jawline, corners of the mouth and neck. The difference between this procedure and the Micro Lift (Mini Facelift) is that the upper cheeks and midface are addressed. Essentially, the same incisions are used in both procedures. Individuals with moderate amount of skin and muscle laxity are good candidates for this procedure. The neck is treated with liposuction and the muscle is tightened and repositioned. The midface and upper cheeks are treated by repositioning the malar (cheek) fat pad back toward a more youthful position.
There are so many new and different treatments available now. Even more fascinating – there are also different ways to perform each treatment. Given this great variety, the surgeon’s techniques have become as unique as the treatments and the right combination can produce stunning results.
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Your eyes are the first thing others see when they look at your face. An immediate impression is formed about your age, energy, and fatigue level. Often you feel well rested and full of energy, but to others you look tired. Many of patients come in telling me that people comment that they look tired when in fact they are not. This can create a significant negative impression, both socially and professionally. And when it comes to rejuvenation of the eyes this concern is the most common reason people seek help.
As we age, we lose volume in certain parts of our face while we gain volume in other parts. Generally speaking, the region around our eyes and cheeks begins to lose fat, while the jowls and neck begins to gain fat. This progression has little to do with your body weight. The fat volume in the upper cheek and around the eyes is genetically predisposed to volume loss. Adding volume is the most effective way of rejuvenating the eyes. The real advantage is that it is non-surgical and highly effective
As a prospective patient seeking aesthetic consultation, you should diligently review your prospective surgeon’s before-and-after results to determine whether or not that practitioner shares your aesthetic vision. Carmel Valley Facial Plastic Surgery has a strong reputation for producing natural looking results no matter how dramatic the change..
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After the rhinoplasty surgery, the registered nurse monitors the patient closely in the recovery room until he or she is fully awake. After the patient is ready to be discharged by Dr. Keyes, a friend or relative shall escort the patient home and stay with him or her for that same night. The patient will follow specific postoperative instructions as written and discussed with the attending nurse. Although the patient may have some facial swelling and bruising during the first few days, there is minimal discomfort during the postoperative period. The patient will schedule a return visit to The Keyes Surgicenter on the next day for a follow-up evaluation.
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