This website was designed as an informational guide to "Facial Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery". It is intended to increase your basic knowledge. Listed below are definitions to some of the terminology used on this website.

Alloplastic - foreign to the body.

Coronal Forehead Lift - performed by making an incision along or just inside the hairline from ear to ear.

Extensive Cervicofacial Rhytidectomy - These procedures (cheek and neck lift) are preformed at a deeper level. Because Dr. Gilmore offers an Internal Face-Lift (IFL) with his Advanced Facial J-Lift (cheek) and Neck Lift, the recovery is quicker and results are long lasting.

General Anesthesia - a method used to stop pain from being felt during a procedure or surgery. General Anesthesia is the most powerful form of anesthesia. It is usually reserved for major surgery. Medications are commonly breathed into the lungs or injected into the veins through an intravenous line inserted into the vein of the hand or arm. An individual may also be paralyzed with other medications to prevent movement during the surgery.

A ventilator, or artificial breathing machine, breathes for the person during the procedure. This is because the chest muscles are paralyzed. A ventilator requires a tube to be put into the windpipe, known as endotracheal intubation. The tube goes through the mouth and into the windpipe. Oxygen and inhaled medication can then be delivered to the lungs.

The individual is totally asleep and unable to feel pain during surgery. When the procedure is complete, the medication is turned off. When the individual can breathe independently the ventilator is turned off. Gradually, the person wakes up and begins the recovery process.

The individual must be stable and feel well enough to go home, and someone must be available to drive the person home.

Silicone - Medical-grade Liquid Injectable Silicone is a man-made polymer that has been used in a variety of medical applications for many decades. It is a clear colorless, highly purified, thick liquid.