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This boy is seen at 4 weeks after repair of his unilateral cleft lip. Anatomic repair of the muscles in the lip, and of key landmarks on the lip, restore balance and symmetry. For more, visit our Cleft Lip Repair page or call us at (214) 241-1997. 💻 lawplasticsurgery.com 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Huay-Zong Law⁠ ☎️ (214) 241-1997⁠ 📍 Dallas, TX ⁠ … Read More

For more, visit our Cleft Lip Repair page or call us at (214) 241-1997. 💻 lawplasticsurgery.com 👨‍⚕️ Dr. Huay-Zong Law⁠ ☎️ (214) 241-1997⁠ 📍 Dallas, TX ⁠ 📍 Plano, TX 🏥 Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon⁠ 🎓 Craniofacial Fellowship Trained⁠ ⁠ ⁠

Do the stitches need to be removed after Cleft Palate Repair surgery? So, with palate surgery, everything is absorbable. So, that means all the stitches will fall out on their own. Sometimes you can see the stitches, and sometimes kids will spit them out or swallow them. And that’s all safe and normal and expected. For more, visit https://lawplasticsurgery.com/cleft-palate-dallas/ or … Read More

Can we do any other procedures at the same time as the Cleft Palate Repair surgery? (Commonly, ear tubes, minor lip touch ups, tongue or lip tie release, etc) So, normally with a palette surgery, if the child also has a cleft lip, we can perform a small touch up of the lip scar, a little bit of lip balancing … Read More

Will more surgeries be needed after the Cleft Lip surgery? For children with a cleft lip alone, sometimes they have just the single surgery and that’s it. For patients who have more involvement of the palate and extending further back into their nose, for our cleft lip and palate patients, there’s usually the cleft lip repair between three and six … Read More

Will there be a scar after the Cleft Lip surgery? With any surgery there’s going to be a scar and so what we try to do is minimize that scar, put it along the natural contours of the lip and the face so that they’re as hidden as possible. And there’s a lot of strategies afterwards between lasers and scar … Read More

Will my child live a normal life after Cleft Lip surgery? Most of our cleft patients live very normal lives. Beyond having to have a couple of surgeries in the first year of life and then a couple more surgeries throughout their childhood, most of our children go on to live very normal lives, going to prom, getting jobs, getting … Read More

What can we do from now until the Cleft Lip Repair surgery to get the best result? For patients who have a cleft of the lip and then also it extends into the gum line. What happens is the muscles of the lip will pull the cleft wider and wider. So if we can, we like to perform Nasalalveolar Molding, … Read More

When do you perform cleft lip repair surgery? For most children, a cleft lip repair is done between three and six months. That seems to be a good balance between the risks of anesthesia and also the children’s activity level to minimize the risk of problems healing afterwards. It’s also a good chance to let the child heal before proceeding … Read More

Another surgeon left me with asymmetric eyelids, what can we do? So, asymmetry of the eyelid is very difficult to address. It’s a matter of millimeters or even sub-millimeter differences. And so the key is understanding the anatomy, understanding what the problem is and then addressing this with very fine, meticulous attention to detail. For more, visit Asian Eyelid Surgery … Read More

What is different about the Asian eyelid? So, the Asian eyelid is different anatomically. Classically that super tarsal fold, that fold right above the margin of the eyelid, tends to be weaker or completely absent. The skin and the fat are also thicker and so there are certain differences in the technique to achieve the results someone’s going for. For … Read More

What is my downtime after my Asian Eyelid surgery? So after Asian eyelid surgery, often you take off of work for about that first week, especially if you’re doing a lot of work on computers or a screen. You will have a suture in place that will need to be taken out, normally between five and seven days. I like … Read More