Looksmaxxing and facial aesthetics: what it consists of and what risks it entails

In recent years, the term looksmaxxing has begun to gain traction on social media, beauty forums, and among those seeking to strategically improve their physical image. Although it may sound modern or even superficial, behind this concept lies an increasingly common reality: the desire to consciously optimize our appearance, with the support of medical science....

Many people wonder if it is necessary to dissolve their fillers before orthognathic surgery. Although strictly speaking, facial fillers do not have any effect or influence on surgical movements and subsequent recovery, they can have an effect on the planning, at the moment when the surgeon analyzes the patient's features and visualizes the changes that...

Orthognathic surgery aims to improve occlusal relationship and facial symmetry; However, with the performance of these surgical procedures, secondary changes may occur in the nasal projection and the angular relationship of the nose with the face. It is important to keep in mind that the negative changes that are anticipated during the planning stage can...

Last October 23, Dr. Federico Hernández Alfaro was interviewed for the segment 'A tu Salud' of the newspaper La Razón, to talk about orthognathic surgery, a procedure that is little known, despite being the treatment indicated to correct conditions that affect a large part of society In the interview, Dr. Hernández Alfaro talks among other...