Glossary
Cosmetic surgery is a highly specialized field of medicine and surgery with it own growing list of specialized terms, procedures, and technologies. This list is not exhaustive. Rather, it was complied by Dr. Steinsapir to help you understand important concepts and terms that are often poorly defined or simply used without a proper definition. Dr. Steinsapir invites you to submit additional terms that you may encounter for inclusion into this glossary by emailing the term using our contact us page.
Glossary
- Anchor blepharoplasty
- Anterior levator resection ptosis surgery
- Arcus Marginalis
- Arcus Marginalis Release
- Artefill
- Asian blepharoplasty
- Autogenous
- Baker-Gordon Peel
- Beverly Hills Haircut
- Beverly Hills Melt Down Syndrome
- Blepharoplasty
- BOTOX®
- BOTOX® Day
- BOTOX® Party
- Botulinum Toxin A
- Botulinum Toxin B
- BTX
- Brow ptosis
- Canthoplasty
- Canthopexy
- Canthus
- Cheek implant
- Chemical Peel
- Chemodenervation
- Chemosis
- Chin Implant
- Chinese BOTOX
- Closed rhinoplasty
- Collagen
- Congenital eyelid ptosis
- Conjunctiva
- Cool Laser
- Coronal canthoplasty
- Cosmetic eyelid surgery
- Craniofacial surgery
- Dacryocystorhinostomy
- Dark circles
- Deep-Fill™ Restylane®
- Deep plane facelift
- Depressor anguli oris muscle
- Depressor supercilli muscle
- Double fold surgery
- Ectropion
- Endoscopic forehead lift
- Endoscopic facelift
- Entropion
- Epicanthal fold
- Eye tack
- Eyelid fold
- Eyelid platform
- Eyelid surgery
- Facelift
- Fat transfer
- Festoons
- Forehead lines
- Fotofacial
- Fraxel®
- Glabella
- Glabellar rhytids
- Herring's law
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Inside fold
- Klingon forehead
- Laser resurfacing
- Lash ptosis
- Liquid facelift
- Lateral canthus
- Levator palberae superioris muscle
- Levator aponeurosis
- Lidlift
- Lifestyle facelift®
- Lower eyelid crease
- Lunch-time facelift
- Malar fat pad
- Maxillary hypoplasia
- Midface ptosis
- Melolabial fold
- Meloplication
- midface lift
- Midcheek fold
- Mohs' cancer surgery
- Muellerectomy
- Myobloc®
- Nasolabial fold
- New-Fill®
- No scar eyelid surgery
- Open forehead lift
- Open rhinoplasty
- Outside fold
- Perlane®
- Phenol Peel
- Prejowl sulcus
- Pretrichal incision
- Radiesse®
- Red lip
- Restylane®
- Rhinoplasty
- Retro-orbicularis oculi fat pad
- Sculptra®
- Silicone oil
- S-lift
- Smartlipo™
- SMAS plication facelift
- Softform®
- Submalar implant
- Sub-orbicularis oculi fat (S.O.O.F.)
- Tear trough