A Rhinoplasty or nose job is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures. It can effectively change the size of your nose, reshape the nose, resize the nostrils, or make other adjustments to match your nose to the shape of your face. The procedure can help to improve the appearance and balance of a [...]
Patients who desire a Browlift in San Francisco may have noticed the effects of age, gravity, exposure to sunlight, and the stresses of life all taking their toll on a person’s face. Muscles and other tissues may slowly begin to droop, causing the patient to look tired or sad. Such factors may affect an individual’s [...]
AUTOGENOUS RECONSTRUCTION – TRAM Autogenous means "one’s own". In autogenous reconstruction the patient’s tissue is used to create a breast. When tissue (not just skin) is moved from one part of the body to another it is called a "flap". There are several different flaps that are used for breast reconstruction. The most commonly performed [...]
An exciting development in microsurgical reconstruction is the increasing use of perforator flaps. These flaps preserve the underlying muscle by dissecting the blood vessels through or around the muscle. Theoretically any muscle flap that includes a paddle of skin can be harvested as a perforator flap. In practice there are several perforator flaps which have [...]
You may be a candidate for eyelid surgery in San Francisco if you have excessive, sagging, or wrinkled upper or lower eyelid skin. Eyelid lift can also be helpful if you have excess upper eyelid skin that interferes with vision or if you have lost your natural upper eyelid crease. Eyelid lift may also be [...]
Dr. Malcolm Rude is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Texas A&M University, Class of ’93. He was a University Honors Fellow and was a Student Senator. He attended Texas Tech University for medical school. There he served as class Vice President and was [...]