one of my signature procedures
is the tinkerbell tip lift it's quick
less expense
no downtime the results are
instantaneous and patients are so
delighted with this major change
i'm courtney and i'm getting a
tinkerbell tip lip done today
i wanted to change my nose for quite
some time
i have an event coming up my
mother-in-law's wedding and there will
be a lot
of family photos and i'm excited to not
be worried
about what angles everyone's shooting at
me from
i've always been self-conscious about my
profile and
how it looks in pictures and meeting new
people and thinking
maybe they're judging me even though
they're probably not my dream
outcome would just be to have the tip
lifted and
a straight bridge i've never had plastic
surgery
but i'm excited to get it done today i
was always kind of worried that people
would judge me for
getting anything done but as i've aged
i've kind of just said screw it
do what makes you happy it'll really
help boost my confidence
and show my daughter the confidence that
i'd like her to have i haven't done
anything for me in quite some time since
having kids
it'll help me just feel more comfortable
around people and not thinking too much
about everything
and i'm ready to just treat myself i'm
dr k
derayraj i'm a board certified head and
neck surgeon and facial plastic surgeon
in los angeles california and my
practice is beauty by dr
k i've been in practice for 20 years and
my specialty is faces
i'm a facial artist i do head and neck
surgery which includes
the plastic surgery for noses
rhinoplasty
non-surgical interventions lasers and
skin care
i see that there's a large dorsal hump
and i definitely see that downward tilt
so the liquid rhino is two steps i do
about 90
of the procedure today on your first
visit and then we'll do a follow-up
visit within 30 days that's where we'll
do finishing touches
now the fun begins i'm excited i'm a
little nervous for how it might turn out
everyone's nose is different so i don't
really know what mine's gonna look like
step one of my tinkerbell tip lift is
applying a numbing cream
and that's a topical anesthetic to
really anesthetize and make the
procedure more comfortable
step two is a really careful assessment
of the face
the nose and the anatomy step three
would be marking facial proportions
i use a caliper i define the nasal
angles like the nasofrontal and
nasolabial angles
step four is the actual injection itself
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i use very precise technique with micro
droplets of filler
placed to create exact contours along
the dorsum and bridge of the nose all
the way down to the tip
in shaping the nasal tip i'll use a
technique
which i've developed to create almost
like a cartilage graft
with filler placement so i'm visualizing
in my mind's eye as i place the filler
what i would do in the operating room
with cartilage and instead
we're using filler to build the contours
that will give
very sharp tip defining points and
elevation of the tip
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the last step might be placing a
neurotoxin
or botox to stop muscles that may
traction downward on the nasal tip
and give that extra perky elevation
next i'll apply some mild pressure
smooth in the contour of the filler
and be sure that everything looks
flawless
this is my favorite moment when i get to
show you how everything looks are you
excited
i'm so excited here you go
wow it looks so good it's so pretty
i'm trying not to cry it looks so nice
amazing
even the front i didn't expect such a
change in the front but it really
changed the front too all these years
look so good
so pretty i'm excited to see what my
husband thinks
i feel great i feel like a new woman i
loved it she did such a great job it was
everything i wanted
perfect i'm really excited to go to the
wedding
and take my family photos and just be
really confident all the pictures i'm
going to be in
it's kind of unbelievable how much you
can do with just a little bit of time
and filler
because it's such a drastic change the
tinkerbell tip lift can last
12 months or longer some of our patients
see results that even last 18 months
and i've had patients come back with a
follow-up serial visit where after three
sessions it feels almost semi-permanent
dr k and i decided to straighten out the
bridge
and really lift the tip and give the
tinkerbell effect
and she also placed some botox in there
to help
lift everything up the pain on a scale
of one to ten was probably a one
if that this has been such a popular
procedure in my office it's one of my
favorite things to do because
it brings patients so much happiness and
satisfaction
it's always so rewarding to see them
really enjoy this
brand new look and confidence working
with dr k
was really great she was sweet she was
really informative
let me know everything i needed to know
and
overall it was a really great experience
it's literally
almost like a magical procedure the
transformation
is instant the satisfaction rate is
through the roof
everybody is so delighted and it just
brings tears to their eyes to see this
really magical transformation so that's
why i called it the tinkerbell tip lift
was definitely really emotional seeing
my nose i've been wanting this for so
long
that finally getting to see it and see
it changed so fast was really amazing
in about 30 days dr k wants me to come
back and do some touch-ups and see if we
need to tweak anything here or there
and i'm really excited to see what she
thinks and what she says
when the filler starts to diminish as it
will over the course of time we can do
touch-up visits
and those can be placed nine to 12
months down the line
and with two or three serial touch-ups
filler has
very long-lasting effects so we may
start to find that it even has
semi-permanent results
i would say almost every patient is an
ideal candidate for
liquid rhinoplasty it's a good procedure
for people who've had
rhinoplasty and they want little
modifications it's a great procedure for
people who are nervous
about having surgery they don't want to
undergo the downtime
expense or recovery it's an excellent
thing to try to see if it's the right
procedure for you to change your nose
and perhaps transition on to a surgical
rhinoplasty
i'm excited to see what my daughter
especially will thank because she's so
young and unfiltered
i'm hoping to teach my daughter that
everyone has insecurities and if you can
fix them great
don't let it bring you down though and
always be
your best self and love yourself i'm so
excited to just go show off my new nose
to everyone
it was everything i wanted and more
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