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Russell Facial Plastic Surgery

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Russell Facial Plastic Surgery

Dr. Joseph Russell is a Dual Board-Certified Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

www.russellfacialplastics.com

10/01/2025

I was so happy to see this sweet patient today as the first patient on the first day at my new practice, Russell Facial Plastic Surgery! Three weeks ago she had large hole in her lip from a nasty basal cell skin cancer removal (swipe left to see it), which I repaired with a V-Y flap, one of my favorites. It was so good to see her smiling again, and she was just a ray of sunshine to kick off the new practice. Check out the link to the new site in my bio!

01/08/2025

I was thrilled to see this patient today, 9 months after I repaired a large defect in his nose from a skin cancer removal. This location of the defect near the edge of the nostril can easily lead to disfiguring retraction of the nostril as the area heals. To prevent that retraction, I took cartilage from his ear, and placed it along the nostril margin to support that area. I then performed a bilobed flap that shifted skin from higher on the nose to cover the defect. With this combination of techniques, he has healed well, and is pleased that no one has noticed that anything happened to his nose!

02/29/2024

Happy Leap Day! I decided to celebrate with a post, as this opportunity only comes around once every 4 years. This patient’s case illustrates the use of natural borders to design a flap to repair a defect in the lip. She had a skin cancer removed by her Mohs surgeon, which left a sizeable defect in her left lip. The middle frame on the first picture shows how I designed the flap so that the incisions would be made along the junction of her lip and cheek, the junction of the white and red portions of her lip, and the junction of her nose and lip. This even required excision of additional skin between her lip and nose, but as you can see, the result is so much better than any of the alternatives. She and I both love the result, and her friends say they don’t believe she had anything done to her lip! Enjoy your leap day friends, and make the most of it!

11/22/2023

I am thankful that I got to see this patient of mine today, 6 months after her nasal reconstruction. She was understandably concerned about how her nose would look after seeing the defect from the skin cancer she had removed from her nose. I surgically took skin from her cheek and used it to fill the hole from the cancer removal. Now, 6 months later, she is thrilled with the outcome, and none of her friends and colleagues can tell anything happened!

11/15/2023

I just love how a lip lift rejuvenates the central face! This lovely patient had a lip lift 11 months ago as a standalone procedure in the office to treat her thin upper lip. As you can see, by removing excess skin from under the nose, the height of the lip is shortened, which makes the whole area look more youthful, and volumizes the red portion of the lip. She loves her results, and so do I!

09/26/2023

I recently saw this wonderful patient of mine about 8 months after I performed her cheek reconstruction. I remember she was worried that she would never look normal again after seeing the hole in her face after the skin cancer had been removed. I reassured her then that she was going to look normal again, and sure enough, it's almost impossible to tell now that anything had happened!

09/20/2023

I just saw this patient of mine today, now a little over a year from the first stage of reconstruction of a complex defect of her nose from skin cancer removal. She was missing skin from her nasal tip, the areas beside the tip, and the columella, which is the central portion of the nose between the nostrils. The skin you see in the after photos came from her forehead. With her first surgery, I took skin from the forehead near her hairline, and left it connected to her eyebrow for 4 weeks to provide blood flow for the new skin of the nose. Then I removed the tissue connection in a second stage operation. Then about 10 months later, with the third and final stage of her reconstruction, I refined the contours of her nose to get it back to as normal appearance as possible. She still has a little swelling and redness, but these will continue to fade over time. She is so happy to have her nose restored, and I am glad that she now has this all behind her!

09/13/2023

This patient developed a skin cancer at a young age and in a difficult spot--on her eyelid. She was very concerned about her eyelid being permanently disfigured from the removal of the skin cancer when she first consulted with me. While I can never absolutely guarantee an outcome, I always do my best to restore normal form and function for my patients. I just saw her today at 2 months after I performed her eyelid reconstruction, and she is so happy with the results. Being able to help patients in this way is one of the reasons I love what I do!

08/16/2023

I was thrilled to see this lovely patient and her sweet family today, 8 months after her rhinoplasty and chin augmentation. I had not seen her since her early post-op, since she has been studying abroad, so I was looking forward to seeing her progress. My surgical goals were to reduce the size and projection of her nose, while also elongating the lower third of her face with a chin implant, thereby harmonizing her nose and chin with the rest of her facial features. She loves her new nose and chin, and her mother is so pleased that everything looks natural--she still looks like herself, just improved!

07/25/2023

It was great to see this wonderful patient 3 months after I reconstructed her nose and cheek. She had an extensive basal cell cancer at the edge of the nose that required removal of a significant portion of her nose and cheek by her dermatologist to get clear margins. I used the adjacent skin and soft tissue from the cheek, as well as cartilage from her ear, to reconstruct the defect, placing the scars in the natural creases as much as possible, so that they hide better. She is very happy with how it has turned out!

07/18/2023

Turning back the clock! This patient is 6 weeks out from her deep plane facelift, necklift, and brow lift. She has a little bit of swelling under the chin that will resolve over the next few weeks, but she still looks amazing already. You can clearly see the power of the deep plane technique for restoring volume and youth to her face. The other important thing is that you do not see tightness or "wind-tunnel" effect with the deep plane facelift, as you often see with the more common SMAS facelift techniques. She is loving her results, and so do I!

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Charleston, SC
29451

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	7:30am - 11:30am

Website

https://www.russellfacialplastics.com/

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