Insights from Dr. Etai Funk

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients are beginning to ask about preservation rhinoplasty as an option for their nose surgery. The concept behind preservation rhinoplasty for a dorsal hump is to fracture the nasal bones surrounding the hump and push the hump down as opposed to traditional open or closed rhinoplasty where the dorsal hump…

An important question for many of our Houston facelift patients is how long will they need time off after their facelift or necklift. This will depend on the type of surgery performed and your healing. Deep plane facelifts with platysmaplasty of the neck may require 2-3 weeks until you are feeling social or ready…

Some of my lower eyelid surgery Houston patients will present not only with the classic bags under the eyes, but also with festoons or malar bags. It is important to correctly diagnose these patients as the treatment for these patients is different than those simply with lower eyelid bags due to fat pseudoherniation.

Festoons are excess skin below the eyelid fat…

Many of my Houston rhinoplasty patients will ask if rhinoplasty is our number one procedure at Funk Facial Plastic Surgery. With experience comes expertise. Dr. Funk performs around 300 rhinoplasty procedures each year and it is the procedure he performs most often. This will include revision rhinoplasty, ethnic rhinoplasty and primary rhinoplasty.…

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…

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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The day before your rhinoplasty with Dr. Funk you will have your preoperative appointment at our office. At this time, you will meet with our coordinator who will review postoperative instructions and care after your rhinoplasty. Prescriptions will be provided and you will meet with Dr. Funk one last time to review your goals for surgery…

Many rhinoplasty patients will inquire with our office if Dr. Funk will perform a virtual consultation, especially out of state rhinoplasty patients. Dr. Funk feels it is important for out of state patients to not have to travel for a consultation only to find out they may not be a good candidate for rhinoplasty. Therefore, our protocol at Funk Facial Plastic Surgery has…