Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Years of experience, surgical technique and a conservative sense of judgement in perfoming various facial cosmetic surgery procedures including browlifts, facelift with SMAS plication, liposuction of the face and neck, rhinoplasties and otoplasties.
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Ear Surgery (Otoplasty)
Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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years of experience performing this surgery mostly on children but also adults Ideal Candidate:
Protruding or disproportionate ears
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Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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extensive experience with a sense of judgement with a conservative approach aimed at achieving a natural rather than operated look Ideal Candidate:
excess fat, wrinkled, drooping skin of upper eyelids; bags, puffiness under eyes
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Face Lift Surgery (Rhytidectomy)
Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Years of experience utlizing combined techniques where necessary to achieve optimal result, including liposuction, SMAS plication and rhytidectomy aimed at avoiding the unnaturally tight appearance seen all too often. Ideal Candidate:
Loose skin, deep lines, wrinkles, jowls
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Facial Liposuction
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Years of experience performing liposuction either as an isolated procedure on submental and submandibular region and/or cheeks in the younger patient, or as an adjunctive tool combined with skin and muscle tightening in a rejuvenative facelift procedure. Ideal Candidate:
Normal weight with isolated fatty areas
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Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Extensive experience performing lower blepharoplasties, usually combined with upper blephs and/or facelift. Optimally the procedure is carried out under local anesthetic to facilitate assessment of how much skin is safe to remove in order to minimize the risk of ectropion (lower lid excessively pulled down). The amount of fat removal or replacement must be properly and conservatively judged to avoid a hollowed out appearance due to excessive fat removal. Judgement, experience and technique. Ideal Candidate:
excess fat, wrinkled, drooping skin of upper eyelids; bags, puffiness under eyes
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Male Liposuction
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Extensive experience utilizing various techniques including tumescent and ultrasonic liposuction either as isolated procedures or combined with skin reduction and muscle tightening. Ideal Candidate:
Normal weight with isolated fatty areas
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Neck Liposuction
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Vast experience performing liposuction in the neck both as an isolated procedure in the younger pateint with a hereditary full neck or as a part of the rejuvenative procedure in an older patient undergoing a facelift. Ideal Candidate:
Normal weight with isolated fatty areas
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Non Surgical Cosmetic Treatment
Years Performed: 15 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Injection of fillers such as Restylane was preceded by experience utilizing the previous materials including collagen. In more recent years have also utliized Botox to address creases in glabellar, forehead and periorbital regions.
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Non-Surgical Cosmetic Procedures
Years Performed: 20 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Injection of fillers such as Restylane was preceded by experience utilizing the previous materials including collagen. In more recent years have also utliized Botox to address creases in glabellar, forehead and periorbital regions.
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Perlane® Injections
Years Performed: 10 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Extensive experience utilizing Perlane to fill in larger defects and augment lips utilizing Perlane, some times in combination with Restylane where required.
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Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Many years and an extensive experience in rhinoplasty surgery with an emphasis on the natural, unoperated look where thenose is consistent with the patient's ethnic background. Ideal Candidate:
Nose too large, wide, or tip needs reshaping
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Years Performed: 25 Approx Cost with this Doctor:
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Extensive experience perfoming upper blepharoplasties under local anesthesia. The surgery is frequently performed as an isolated procedure but also in combination with lower lids and/or facelift. The result is a more alert, refreshed appearance. The procedure usually takes about 30 minutes with minimal downtime. Ideal Candidate:
excess fat, wrinkled, drooping skin of upper eyelids; bags, puffiness under eyes
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* The national average fees do not include cost of anesthetics or surgical facility. Be sure to ask your doctor about additonal fees. Costs will vary from city to city throughout the United States.
Steve E.S. Samuel, MD, FRCSC - Gives FREE Consultations!
About Steve E.S. Samuel, MD, FRCSC - Toronto,
Ontario (ON)
Dr. Steve Samuel iscertified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in the specialty of Plastic Surgery. His training in Plastic Surgery was completed at the University of Toronto and he has been practising for the last 25 years in Toronto.
His approach to a consultation relating to a cosmetic problem will involve the obtaining of a complete history, including any medical or psychological contraindications to the operation the patient is seeking. An examination of the patient's area of cosmetic concern would determine whether the problem is amenable to significant improvement. The various options, both surgical and non-surgical would be discussed as well as the downsides, the potential complications and the recommendation of the surgeon as to whether surgery is recommended or not. Patients appreciate the honesty which puts their interest ahead of any other considerations.
Top Benefits:
Honest evaluation to the point of advising patients against surgery when the benefit of surgery will not significantly outweigh the downside.
A sense of judgement in analysis of the presenting problem
Extensive experience
Technical expertise
Pleasant office environment and helpful staff
Some of our most asked about procedures:Face Lift Surgery (Rhytidectomy), Rhinoplasty (Nose Job, Nose Surgery), Eye Lid Lift Surgery (Blepharoplasty), Neck Liposuction, Brow Lift (Forehead Lift).