Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients who come in for consultation are interested in seeing digital imaging to get an idea of what their nose may look like after rhinoplasty. Digital imaging of the nose for rhinoplasty can help a patient also understand what…

When I see my Houston facelift patients in consultation, many may ask how long a facelift will take or how many hours under anesthesia for a facelift. This depends on the extent of the facelift and the extent of dissection. A mini facelift will…

Hooding of the upper eyelidsis a common concern amongst my Houston upper eyelid surgery patients. As we age, we lose elasticity and collagen in our skin. This is most evident around our eyelids, the thinnest skin…

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients come for consultation and state they feel they have a long nose. When told this, I feel that they should describe what this means to them. Do they feel the tip of the nose sticks out to far on their profile or side view, or do they feel the nose is too long on the frontal view from the forehead to the tip of the nose. This is an…

Many of my Houston facelift patients want to know if a facelift will improve the wrinkles in their cheeks. Wrinkles due to thin skin on the cheeks will improve after a mini facelift or full facelift. The skin in this area will tighten with a facelift…

Many of my Houston ethnic rhinoplasty patients present for consultation with thick nasal tip skin. With these patients, one of their major concerns is their bulbous tip. Creating a more refined nasal tip with rhinoplasty…

I recently was asked by one of my Houston rhinoplasty patients about alarplasty and what it entails. Alarplasty, also know as alar base reduction, nostril reduction, or Weir excisions is a technique in rhinoplasty to reduce the width of the nostrils, change…

Many of my Houston facelift patients who come in for a facelift or neck lift consultation ask what can be done for the bands in their neck. It is important to understand what causes these bands. Platysma bands are caused by loosening of the platysma…