Northern Virginia facial plastic surgery in Ashburn

Cosmetic plastic surgery for facial rejuvenation in Loudoun, Fairfax, Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, & Washington DC

Plastic Surgeon Virginia, Dr. Michael J. Brown specializes in all facets of facial rejuvenation and cosmetic surgery of the face. Dr. Michael Brown, is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a member of both The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. This is much different from the American Board of Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat) which is what some facial surgeons are trained and certified by.

If you are searching for facial cosmetic plastic surgery in Northern Virginia, Maryland or Washington, DC, Virginia plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael J. Brown is an excellent choice to have this procedure from. His patients come from Loudoun, Fairfax, Reston, Herndon, Leesburg, Dulles, Ashburn, Middleburg, Great Falls, Potomac Falls, Alexandria, Vienna, Falls Church, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Potomac, Richmond,Washington, DC to name a few areas. He also has patients travel from all over the US for his expertise and dramatic results.

To learn about cosmetic facelifts and cosmetic eyelid surgery, please visit those pages.

Forehead/Brow-lift cosmetic surgery

The Forehead area is often overlooked when evaluating a person for the signs of aging. Not only does the patient not consider it important, some plastic surgeons do not give the forehead and brow position, the respect it deserves. Yet Leonardo Da Vinci, gave it as much importance as the other two thirds of the face. Often, the forehead and eyebrows can be rejuvenated with cosmetic non-surgical efforts using a variety of other techniques, such as Botox® Cosmetic, Dysport, Restylane, Juvederm, dedicated skin care and skin resurfacing. When forehead cosmetic plastic surgery is part of the solution, the endoscope can be introduced and the forehead and eyebrow areas rejuvenated with only small incisions and very little 'down time'. The endoscope (a small camera), when used, can be time saving and may cause less complications than a larger incision plastic surgery approach. The large scalp is incision is still best for treating the horizontal wrinkles if the patient does not want to continue cosmetic treatments like Botox or Dysport. The difficulty in complete rejuvenation of the face is that most patients would rather only have their facelift and neck lift and not undergo the brow lift. Their preference is to 'wear bangs' and while this does work, there is a compromise in the rejuvenation process.

Neck-lift cosmetic surgery

A person's neck can be an area of concern at any age and the neck area can be a source of self-consciousness. Its effect on how clothes are worn can be significant. The neck can be full, from a genetic fat storage area; or be loose, secondary to excess skin or excessive weight loss. The neck area can respond well to liposculpture liposuction, or to an open neck lift cosmetic plastic surgery technique. The choice of technique really depends upon what a person's concerns are and what their underlying problems are, as well as Virginia plastic surgeon, Dr Michael J. Brown's recommendations. Dr. Brown is the first plastic surgeon in Virginia to introduce a scarless suspension neck lift, using the iGuide plastic surgery system.

When the neck is only minorly involved, liposuction surgery alone will typically be successful in improving the contour and the skin will contract and readhere to the underlying muscles. The iGuide may play a role in these patients.

As there is more fat, skin laxity and age with a patient, a more involved plastic surgery may be involved. The underlying muscles may need tightening, in some cases, that will be enough. These patients will have a scar under their chins. In other cases, skin must be removed from the neck area during the plastic surgery. This is usually done through incisions hidden behind the ears, and they will also have the incision under chin. These two plastic surgery options are called 'open' neck lifts because there will be permanent scars.

Nose reshaping (Rhinoplasty) cosmetic surgery

The nose can be one of the strongest and character assigning features of a person's face. Throughout time, people have sought to change its appearance through nasal surgery or rhinoplasty surgery. Sometimes these rhinoplasty surgery changes can be subtle and at other times, these rhinoplasty surgery changes can be dramatic. When there is an airway problem, it may be covered by insurances. Dr. Michael J. Brown has limited his rhinoplasty to strictly cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. He will do septal work for harvesting of cartilage for nasal tip and nasal dorsum procedures, but does perform septal surgery corrections for airway difficulties.

Most people are very sensitive about their nose characteristics, and to preserve their privacy, the before and after rhinoplasty surgery results are displayed on the internet are only side views with their identity hidden. Please ask to see additional before and after results of cosmetic rhinoplasty surgery during your cosmetic plastic surgery consultation.

Learn more about Rhinoplasty and videos about nose surgery, visit the rhinoplasty page.

Lip Augmentation

Lip fullness in today's society is a sign of beauty and youthfulness. Lip enhancement or lip augmentation, can be achieved using both non surgery and surgery techniques. The non-surgery techniques for lip augmentation tend to be less long lasting, but are also less extensive and offer an easier recovery. Lip enhancement using injectable fillers are usually temporary. These injectable fillers like Restylane, and Juvederm, can be done quickly and may provide a nice simple lip enhancement.

The cosmetic surgery procedures for lip augmentation, using fat injection, other body tissues, or synthesized materials, tends to have a longer lasting to permanent enhancement, but take longer to recover from. There is more swelling and bruising. Whichever lip augmentation technique is utilized, the result can be very pleasing and offer a significant improvement in the upper and lower lip fullness. Fat injection is the perfered relatively permanent treatment although it typically does require more than one treatment to obtain the desired permanent fullness.

Protruding Ear Correction (Otoplasty)

The cosmetic surgical correction for protruding ears, otoplasty, is a rewarding operation for the plastic surgeon and typically the patients are very pleased. It is well tolerated and aside from wearing a headband for a few weeks, it not too problematic. This cosmetic surgery (otoplasty) when performed on a child should be delayed until the child is at least seven years of age. It is at this age that the ear had developed to a significant percentage of the adult size.

To learn about cosmetic facelifts and eyelid cosmetic surgery, please visit those pages.

Prior to any cosmetic surgery procedure, it is imperative that you have read and understand the consent forms required for a cosmetic plastic surgery procedure.

Cosmetic laser treaments provided by Dr. Michael J. Brown, M.D. include Fraxel. Fraxel can effectively treat a variety of skin conditions. Click to learn about Fraxel laser in Northern Virginia. Click to learn about what Fraxel Treatments in Northern Virginia. What about the Fraxel treatments? Learn about the process of Fraxel Treatments in Northern Virginia.

Dr. Michael J. Brown, M.D. also provides Genesis Skin Therapy, which is a comfortable laser treatment for sun damage, redness, large pores and uneven textures. IPL Therapy helps to eliminate broken capillaries, wrinkles, rosacea, spider veins and freckles. Another service provided by the office is Titan Laser, which is an innovative laser technology used to treat sagging skin around the face and neck without having to undergo surgery.

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