Are Fillers or Facelifts Better for Looking Younger? Fillers and facelifts are both useful cosmetic procedures. Which is right for you will depend on your aesthetic goals and personal tastes. You may have heard that fillers like Juvederm and Radiesse are considered “liquid facelifts.” If you’re not ready to commit to surgery just yet, this…

Chin enhancement procedures have been rapidly gaining popularity. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2020 report over the past two decades, the number of chin augmentations has increased 63 percent. Why Do People Want Chin Augmentation? In general, chin augmentation is a cosmetic procedure that helps to enhance the look of the face…

Perfect and Plump Up Your Pout With Juvederm Full lips can be considered a sign of youth, confidence and beauty. We tend to lose lip volume with age, but lip augmentation with Juvederm can give you a perfect, sexy pout often associated with youthful appearances. According to the 2020 National Plastic Surgery Statistics, both surgical…

If you’re looking to turn back the clock on your facial features, Juvederm can be an excellent, non-invasive option. With age, your face loses volume due to loss of collagen and starts developing fine lines and wrinkles. Dermal fillers like Juvederm can address these issues, allowing you to age gracefully. Juvederm is very popular; in…

                      No matter how gracefully you age, sagging skin and wrinkles are simply a fact of life. Fortunately, injectable dermal fillers are a great way to turn back the hands of time. Juvederm and Voluma are both excellent options for facial rejuvenation, but it can…

Seattle plastic surgeon, Dr. Shahram Salemy is extremely honored to be been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly. To be on the list, a physician must be nominated by his or her peers and pass the extensive review and screening criteria by Castle Conolly’s research team. The team’s work includes meticulous evaluation of a…

Hi, this is Dr. Salemy. I’m talking today from our office in Seattle. A Realself user posed a really good question about capsular contracture and how do we know if the patient has capsular contracture or not. Capsular contracture is a process where the body makes a hard scar around a breast implant. All breast…

   Hi, it’s Dr. Salemy, we’re in our office in Seattle and we’re about to do a rhinoplasty on this patient and I wanted to show you kind of what we’re going for.The main issue with her nose is the tip. What I mean by that is she’s got too much cartilage at the…

  Hi, my name is Dr. Salemy, I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon here in Seattle, Washington. I want to chat a little bit today about some of the different options that are available for silicone implants today. In front of me, I have three of these options, all are silicone cohesive gel breast implants. They’re…

Now that you’ve made up your mind to undergo plastic surgery, how do you go about selecting the right plastic surgeon? A successful cosmetic surgery procedure can improve your confidence for many years to come and choosing the right surgeon goes a long way in decreasing the chances of poor results and complications as well as needing…