Facial PLASTIC SURGERY
Facial PLASTIC SURGERY
Plastic Surgery for the Face
Your face is front and center in your relationships, your work and your life. That’s why signs of facial aging can be so distressing, and why choosing a skilled plastic surgeon for your facial rejuvenation is so important.
Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Brian Kobienia offers several plastic surgery and nonsurgical procedures that can help diminish the major and minor signs of aging for prospective patients in Minneapolis, including facelift, eyelid surgery, BOTOX® Cosmetic and more.
Dr. Kobienia in Minneapolis, MN, can give you a refreshed look through facial plastic surgery. Please contact us online or call 612-930-1111 to schedule a personal consultation to discuss your facial plastic surgery options.
Facelift
A facelift can enhance the face, neckline, and jawline to create a much younger appearance.
Imagine feeling more confident in social and professional situations and much happier when you look in the mirror and see the many signs of aging, gravity, stress, and sun exposure diminished.
Dr. Kobienia can refresh your aged, tired appearance by tightening your facial skin. Facelift surgery can take years off of your appearance by addressing:
Loss of Facial Contours
Double Chin/Turkey Neck
Deep Nose and Jowl Lines
Wrinkled Skin
Sagging Jowls
Dr. Kobienia conceals all facelift scars behind the ears, within wrinkles and within the hairline. The goal of the procedure is to create a naturally refreshed look, avoiding the overly tight or “windswept” look of an obvious facelift.
In most cases, patients are able to return to their everyday routines within 2 to 3 weeks of their facelift surgery.
Dr. Kobienia Explains Facelift Surgery
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See a selection of our happy patients who chose Dr. Kobienia for their cosmetic transformation. Keep in mind that all photos in our gallery are for education only and your results may vary.
Eyelid Surgery
Sagging, drooping eyelids can make you appear fatigued, disinterested, or lethargic, and can even cause visual field impairment in some cases. If you are tired of looking older than you feel, blepharoplasty, commonly known as eyelid surgery or an eyelid lift, can provide a long-lasting way to banish the bags and decrease eyelid hooding.
Blepharoplasty restores the eyes to a more youthful-looking state by addressing loose skin, weakened muscles and excess fat. Dr. Kobienia makes incisions along the natural creases of the eyelids so that scars are practically invisible. In most cases, patients are able to return to their everyday routines within 1 to 2 weeks of their blepharoplasty.
In most cases, blepharoplasty is considered an elective cosmetic procedure and is therefore not covered by insurance. However, patients who undergo eyelid surgery to correct vision impairment may find that some or all of the procedure is covered by their insurance plans.
Dr. Kobienia Explains Eyelid Surgery
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Rhinoplasty
Nose surgery can help people who don’t like the shape or size of their nose, as well as those who suffer breathing problems.
Also known as a “nose job” or rhinoplasty, the procedure can dramatically change a person’s appearance for the better. Dr. Kobienia has performed rhinoplasty for hundreds of women and men to improve nose shape and function.
Candidates for rhinoplasty often would like to change one or more of the following conditions:
- A bump on the bridge of the nose
- A nasal tip that sags or plunges downward
- A nasal tip that is thick or enlarged
- A nose that appears too large for the face
- A nose that is crooked or off-center
Dr. Kobienia develops an individualized treatment plan for each of his nose surgery patients.
There are two primary techniques used to perform rhinoplasty: the closed technique and the open technique. Although Dr. Kobienia strongly favors the open technique, which utilizes an incision made across the columella, the narrow strip separating the nostrils to provide more access to revise the existing structures of the nose. The closed procedure is performed using incisions hidden within the nose only.
During surgery, Dr. Kobienia makes the predetermined incisions in order to access the underlying cartilage. Depending on the desired shape, he will remove, add, and/or reshape the cartilage. Once the reshaping has been completed and the nose has been sculpted into its desired form, the skin is re-draped and the incisions are closed using sutures. A splint, bandages, and possibly some soft internal packing may be used to help protect the nose during recovery, which can be done at home. Most patients are able to return to their normal routines within one to two weeks of undergoing rhinoplasty.
Dr. Kobienia Explains Rhinoplasty
Injectables
Injectables have revolutionized the plastic surgery landscape, providing almost instant, transformative results without the need for surgery or recovery. Dr. Kobienia has helped many of his Minneapolis-area patients improve their look without the need for surgery.
While the results achieved through injectables are not permanent, the treatments may be repeated as necessary and do last for several months to a year depending on the type and placement. There are a variety of injectables available designed to reduce wrinkles, add volume, and reduce the outward signs of aging.
BOTOX® Cosmetic – Reduces the appearance of wrinkles and may prevent future wrinkles. Can be used throughout the body, but is particularly effective for treating glabellar (between the eyebrows) lines and lines around the mouth.
Dysport® – Like BOTOX Cosmetic, Dysport relaxes and prevents the contraction of muscles that form wrinkles. Used primarily in the face to treat glabellar (between the eyebrows) and frown lines.
Juvéderm® – A smooth gel filler designed to smooth away wrinkles around the mouth and nose. Juvéderm family of products are available in a variety of formulations (Voluma, Juvederm Volbella), depending on the area of the face being treated.
Restylane®– Restylane fills fine lines and wrinkles in the face, around the nose and mouth, and can even add volume and contouring to the lips. Results in lips last about six months, and skin results last between six and twelve months. Restylane® treatments can be repeated as needed.
Perlane® – Adds volume and fullness to the skin to correct wrinkles and lines, especially in the face.
Radiesse® – Replenishes the lost volume in the skin, filling wrinkles and lines. Used primarily in the face.
Fat Grafting/Transfer – Fat removed during a patient’s liposuction is refined and then injected as a filler to reduce wrinkles and/or add volume.
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