Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

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…

Many of my Houston eyelid surgery patients are concerned about their saggy skin over their upper eyelids. What some of them do not realize is that a large component of this eyelid hooding is due to brow ptosis or…

Some of my Houston rhinoplasty patients are anxious about suture or stitch removal during their postoperative visits. With open rhinoplasty there are some small stitches that may need to be removed between the nostrils. This is not painful and should feel like…

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients will ask what is done exactly during rhinoplasty? Nose job surgery can either performed as an open rhinoplasty or closed rhinoplasty. With open rhinoplasty, a small incision is made between the nostrils and the skin over…

Many of my Houston facelift patients who come in for consultation are noted to have thinning and sparse hair around the temple area. This presents a dilemma as the incisions for a facelift are placed close to this temporal tuft of hair. When the…