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In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi and advanced aesthetic nurse Lisa Roberge have completed their full spectrum holistic V-line assessment for Mica. Lisa breaks down the injectables portion of Mica’s 360º treatment plan. Then, Dr. Buonassisi breaks down the surgical (buccal fat reduction) portion of the plan for achieving a natural-looking facial slimming of her genetically fuller face shape.

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi joins with advanced aesthetic nurse injector Lisa Roberge at 8 West Clinic to give a 4-dimensional assessment of Mica’s face and V-line objectives, coming up with a 360º treatment plan to achieve a natural-looking facial slimming of her genetically fuller face shape, including all the bells and whistles than will give her the best result.

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi goes into more depth on surgical and non surgical injectable treatments for reshaping the chin. He answers the following questions:

→ What methods can be used to augment the chin area?

→ What are the pros and cons of surgical chin implants?

→ What are the benefits of injectable fillers for chin augmentation?

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi does a deep dive into surgical treatments for smoothing the under eyes to brighten and enlarge the eyes, discussing the minimally invasive transconjunctival or “scarless” lower eyelid blepharoplasty and complementing injectable treatments with tear trough fillers. He answers the following questions:

→ Where is the transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty incision?

→ How does the scarless lower blepharoplasty procedure work?

→ Who is the scarless lower blepharoplasty procedure for?

→ What is recovery like after a transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty?

→ Will the fat removed after a transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty come back?

→ How can you smooth the under eyes with non invasive filler treatments?

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi touches on a complementary procedure to facial slimming and for achieving and enhancing the optimal V-line look with an ideal philtrum to chin ratio: the minimally invasive bullhorn lip lift surgery. He answers the following questions:

→ What kind of anesthetic is used for a lip lift?

→ Where is the lip lift incision and what does it look like?

→ How does the bullhorn lip lift procedure work?

→ Who is the bullhorn lip lift procedure for?

→ What’s the ideal distance for the philtrum (the area between the upper lip to the base of the nose)?

→ What is recovery like after a lip lift?

→ Does a bullhorn lip lift leave a scar?

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi dives straight into and discusses his top surgical approach for facial slimming or V-line face shaping: the minimally invasive buccal fat reduction procedure. He answers the following questions:

→ What is buccal fat and where is the buccal fat found?

→ Who is buccal fat reduction for?

→ What are the results like after buccal fat reduction?

→ How does the buccal fat removal procedure work?

→ What is recovery like after buccal fat reduction?

→ When do you see the final results after buccal fat reduction?

→ Does buccal fat removal hurt?

Glass skin, large doe eyes, a slender nose, and—arguably the most coveted of all—the V-line face shape are among the many tenets of Asian or K-beauty today. Present day standards of beauty have a strong international influence, which is something that Vancouver, Canada’s Board Certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Thomas Buonassisi has observed with the rise of trends originating from the East, along with the growing number of patients coming to 8 West Clinic for related concerns.

In this series, Dr. Buonassisi explores these modern beauty ideals, and gets technical with the unique 360º x 4D approach that he and his team employ to achieve these ideals for his patients, both surgically and non surgically.

In this episode, Dr. Buonassisi introduces the purpose of this series while giving an overview of the V-line concept and other modern beauty ideals for various facial areas, along with the 360º x 4D procedures available in Vancouver that can accomplish them. He covers:

→ Ideals & procedures for the Eye Area (upper and lower eyelids)

→ Ideals & procedures for the Cheeks

→ Ideals & procedures for the Nose

→ Ideals & procedures for the Cheek to Chin Line

→ Ideals & procedures for the Chin & Neck