Dr. Etai Funk's Blog

Many of my Houston otoplasty patients are curious as to how we pin the ears back with otoplasty.  There are two different approaches to this procedure.  One is cartilage cutting while the other is cartilage sparing.  With cartilage sparing otoplasty, stitches or sutures are used to bend and reshape the cartilage to treat protruding ears.  With cartilage cutting procedures,…

Many of my Houston facelift patients will ask if their facelift will need fat grafting in addition.  This will depend on the amount of deflation your face may have due to fat loss.  However, a deep plane facelift will frequently reposition fat pads to create a fuller and more youthful face without the need for fat grafting.  

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Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients will ask if their nose will need to be broken during surgery.  This depends, but in the majority of rhinoplasty procedures, osteotomies or controlled fractures of the bone are performed.  Patients who have a nasal hump that is taken down will have a wider nose with what is termed an open roof.  This is similar to taking down the…

Many of the rhinopolasty procedures Dr. Funk performs in Houston are on out of state patients.  We recommend out of state patients to submit their rhinoplasty photographs for Dr. Funk and have a discussion with our patient care coordinator.  Once Dr. Funk has approved the photos and the patient's objectives for surgery are reasonable, a consultation can be made.  Patients…