Rhinoplasty Tutorial

San Diego, CA -- Dr. John Hilinski, a facial plastic surgeon in San Diego, has recently announced the launch of a new mobile website for his practice to help assist patients in their search for online care and procedure information. As mobile phones and tablets continue to become an integral…

With an increasing number of patients requesting repair of gauged earring holes, we have just added a new page to our growing plastic surgery website that focuses on the nuances of how the earlobe is repaired following gauge piercings. We hope this proves helpful to those prospective patients out there…

The following photo series provides you with a glimpse of what actual results are like following liposuction of the face and neck region for a double chin deformity. This particular patient had a combination of liposuction and chin implant to improve the appearance of her lower face and upper neck while providing…

San Diego, CA -- At the recent Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS), board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. John Hilinski delivered a presentation that discussed various techniques and approaches to ethnic rhinoplasty. The event, held at the Hotel del Coronado, featured a host of lectures and…

There was a recent report that discussed the noted rise in number of facial plastic surgery patients seeking chin augmentation with chin implant surgery. This is a great example of one of my patients who was seen back in the office following chin implant surgery. She simply desired to have…

Read more about this amazing revision rhinoplasty case that involves a female patient who had previous nose job surgery by a different plastic surgeon. Unfortunately, her results were not as successful as she desired. She suffered for many years with a nose that simply did not fit her face -…

We are now seeing an increasing number of patients coming to our practice for repair of their gauge earring defects involving their earlobes. This is yet another example of a patient who previously had gauges in his ear and decided to stop wearing them. Unfortunately, like many patients out there,…

Dr. Hilinski has just added another example of facial reconstructive plastic surgery to our ever-growing San Diego facial plastic surgery photo gallery. This latest case involves a female patient from San Diego who developed a bony growth (called an osteoma) involving her forehead region. Not only was the growth becoming…

Learn more about otoplasty surgery in San Diego offered by Dr. John Hilinski by reviewing this latest addition to our online otoplasty resource and primer. Dr. John Hilinski is considered one of the busiest and best otoplasty surgeons in San Diego due to his dedicated experience in performing plastic surgery…

This case example is a great learning case to visually see what dermal fillers can do for excessively deep, unwanted facial lines and wrinkles. This male patient from San Diego, CA was unhappy with a deep horizontal line across the forehead region. Although Botox injections could help minimize worsening of…