Dr. Etai Funk's Blog

Many of our Houston rhinoplasty and ethnic rhinoplasty patients who have a low bridge will want to augment the bridge of their nose to create better definition and lines to the nose.  Every rhinoplasty surgeon may have different techniques and use different materials to augment the bridge of the nose.  Dr. Funk usually prefers utilizing cartilage from your own septum,…

Many of our Houston otoplasty patients will ask if we perform cartilage sparing or cartilage cutting otoplasty when pinning the ears.  With cartilage cutting otoplasty, small pieces of the ear cartilage will be removed in order to bend the cartilage more easily.  Dr. Funk usually reserves this for older patients with very firm cartilage who have ears that are extremely…

Many of our Houston rhinoplasty patients will ask during their postop visits if they need a steroid injection.  After rhinoplasty, scar tissue is deposited between the skin and the cartilage as the nose heals.  Ideally, the skin should adhere back to the new bony-cartilaginous framework that was reshaped during rhinoplasty.  However, if an undesirable amount of scar…

Many of my Houston facelift patients who have been on Ozempic have lost significant fat in their face as well.  These patients may not only have volume loss but will also begin to develop significant laxity in their skin.  This will be amplified in older patients who have lost elasticity to their skin over time.  However, even in younger patients, it seems these semiglutides…

Many of my Houston eyelid surgery patients will ask how long upper eyelid surgery for upper eyelid hooding will last.  Removing excess upper eyelid skin to create a more open eyed and refreshed appearance should rejuvenate the eyes and create a more youthful appearance.  This should last most patients close to 10 years before they start seeing crepe and loose…

Many of my Houston facelift patients will ask if their facelift will treat their deep smile lines or melolabial folds.  This depends on the type of facelift performed.  If the midface is addressed and a deep plane facelift is the technique used, this should treat the smile lines.  While the melomental folds or marionette lines will get a 70-90% improvement, the melolabial…