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Sma Male

Face Lift

Face lift, or Facial Rytidectomy, is a popular procedure among men and women over 40 years of age. About 80,000 face lifts performed in the US every year. The majority of the patients are female, but it is becoming more acceptable in the male population.

Face Lifts are often associated with other procedures, including blepharoplasty (eye lid surgery), otoplasty (reduction of the earlobes), forehead lift (brow lift), neck lift, chin and cheek implants. Minimally invasive procedures that may be accompanied with a face lift are chemical peels or laser treatment for the lips, eyelids and crows feet. These procedures performed simultaneously enhance the results of the face lift.

Dr. Blau utilizes the advancements made in plastic surgery for face lifts to apply his surgical skills to the SMAS fascia and the platysma muscle. This allows for results that do not appear to put tension on the skin, producing more natural post surgical results than offered in the past.

Face lift incisions are located in front or inside of the ears and sometimes, on the back of the ears. The goal is to produce minimal scarring through inconspicuous incision locations and aids for scarring. Every patient heals differently. Therefore, scarring will appear differently among face lift patients. Face lift patients commonly require neck liposuction. Further treatment to the neck may involve platysmoplasty in which the neck muscle's fascia is sutured together. This is incorporated with tightening of the SMAS fascia.

Face lifts require serious consideration in the initial consultation. It is important to review the surgeon’s credentials and type of board certification and understand every aspect of the face lift surgery before undergoing the procedure.

When in consult with the Plastic surgeon Dr. Blau will assess the possibilities of what can be done to improve facial lines, wrinkles, jowls and sagging skin. There are alternative procedures to consider in conjunction with facelift surgery to help with the forehead lines, crow's feet and bags which can not treated with a facelift.

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Question about cories.?!?

Is one way of telling male albino cories(and all other cories) from the females but their mouth whisker sizes? Males having sma whiskers and females haveint big whiskers? Er no? Or is body size the only way? Any way I could get mine to breed in my 20 gal tank with other fish in it? Thanks?!?!?

Cory genders are best sorted or "sexed" by looking at them from above. At 1.5 to 2 inches the males are a lot slimmer than the females.

Whiskers can get injured on sharp gravel (a no-no). Also dirty gravel can lead to bacteria infections. Try to do 50% partial weekly water changes and gravel vacuum some of your tank each time.

I've have had Corys leave 100s of eggs in a 40-gallon community tank. Other Corys and many fish will eat them. It is a pain in the neck to take a razor blade and remove them one at a time. Soon after they are cut loose from the tank side, one must suck them up with a turkey baster or pipette. One can also remove plants or rocks with eggs upon them to a 10-gallon hatching tank. You may need a larger aquarium to grow them out.

Very rarely, in a heavily planted, well fed all-Cory aquarium, a few fry will survive and grow up.

I hope you can see why one might find it best to set up a bare 10-gallon tank with a sponge filter removed from an established tank. The Corys (maybe two males and a female) can be conditioned on black-worms. Do partial water changes frequently and after spawning (w/o bothering the eggs) to removed extra gametes in the water.

One might keep a five-gallon bucket of prepared water on the floor near the 10-gallon tank. When half the water is removed, gently pour that water from the bucket into the tank. Temperatures may drop a little, simulating tropical cloudbursts over the headwaters where Corys may live. Often well cared for Corys will be stimulated to spawn.

Hope this helps!