FAQs
What is aesthetic facial plastic surgery?
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Aesthetic facial plastic surgery aims to modify the appeance of facial structures—eyes, brows, nose, neck, skin, ears—to create harmony, balance, and rejuvenation. Everyone’s goal for facial modification is different. We want to listen and hear your interests, and tailor solutions to meet your goals.
Rhinoplasty: hump reduction, nasal tip refinement
Otoplasty: ear pinning, ear reduction (lobe, pinna)
Facelift: deep plane, neck lift, mini lift, lip lift
Eyes: upper blepharoplasty, lower blepharoplasty, endoscopic browlift
Skin rejuvenation: laser resurfacing, chemical peel, Botox, fillers
What is functional facial plastic surgery?
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Functional facial plastic surgery aims to provide improve the ability of the face to work better. This includes improvment of nasal breathing, relieving visual obstruction from excessive drooping of the eyelids, and reconstucting the face after injury from trauma or cancer. Functional facial plastic surgery may be covered procedure by insurance.
Functional rhinoplasty: nasal valve repair, crooked nose, septoplasty
Facial nerve: reinnervation, static/dynamic reanimation, chemodennervation, facial sling, eyelid weight
Endoscopic orbital decompression: Graves ophthalmopathy
Trauma: mandible fracture, midface/tripod fracture, orbital fracture, sinus fracture
Tissue reconstruction: cancer defects, trauma defects, free tissue transfer, bone graft
What makes you different? What is a facial plastic surgeon?
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Dr. Chang and Dr. Hadford are the few fellowship-trained facial plastic surgeons in Middle Missouri. Both are double board-certified or board-eligible, having completed training in Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology) as well as an additional year of fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. We are specialists of the face!
How can I contact you?
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You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.