All Smiles

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A twelve year old girl with a serious case of facial paralysis has been given the opportunity to smile yet again. At age two young Adyana, originally from Puerto Rico, came down with facial paralysis after a mild cold. The Florida based family searched for nearly a decade to find a plastic surgeon capable of mending their daughters face. Just this year they found a Beverly Hills, California based cosmetic surgeon who has remedied her face using facial reconstruction techniques.

On a press release in PR web it said of the physician Dr. Babak Azzizadeh, "Dr. Azizzadeh is one of the few facial plastic surgeons experienced in facial paralysis and nerve reconstruction in the country. Dr. Azizzadeh is the course director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Advances in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the author of one of the foremost textbooks in plastic surgery entitled Master Techniques in Facial Rejuvenation."

Generally, we think of cosmetic enhancements like breast augmentation, liposuction and rhinoplasty, but a large part of the plastic surgery industry is in fact on reconstructive surgeries like this one. From cancer patients in recovery who want a mastectomy to facial procedures or weight loss, many cosmetic surgeons have found a lucrative niche within plastics.


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