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06/15/2026

There's a reason I didn't become a general plastic surgeon.

When I completed my training, I made a deliberate choice to operate exclusively on the face and neck.

Not because other procedures aren't valuable. Because specificity produces better outcomes.

Every surgery I perform, every technique I've refined, every result I've studied is focused on one region of the body. The face. The structure beneath it. The way it ages. The way it responds to surgery. The way a result should look at one week, one month, and five years out.

That depth of focus is what I bring to every patient who sits across from me.

I'm not a generalist who also does facelifts. I'm a facial plastic surgeon and this is all I do. There's a difference, and I think it shows in the results.

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06/09/2026

One month post rhinoplasty and chin implant. The difference balance makes.

This patient wasn't asking to look different. He wanted his features to work together.

Two specific concerns brought him in: a dorsal hump that was disrupting his profile, and a chin that he felt could better complement the rest of his face. We addressed both in a single surgery. The rhinoplasty brought his bridge back into a clean, straight profile while preserving the strength and masculinity of his nose. The chin implant added the projection needed to bring his lower third into proportion with everything above it.

One month post op, swelling is still present and both results will continue to refine over the coming months. What you're seeing right now is early. The final result will be even better.

Facial balance isn't about changing who someone is. It's about making sure every feature is working in harmony with the others.

If proportion and balance are what you've been thinking about, a consultation is a good place to start.

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06/05/2026

The Hartford Courant named me Best Cosmetic Surgeon in Hartford for the third consecutive year and we had an amazing night celebrating at Dunkin Donuts Stadium with some really wonderful people. What a night.

None of this happens without our patients. You trust us with something that really matters to you and we never take that for granted. This belongs to you just as much as it belongs to us.

To our team, our community, our friends and our families — thank you for everything. We love what we do and we love doing it for you.

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06/03/2026

Six weeks post deep plane facelift and deep neck lift. And she's not even close to her final result.

This patient came to me with a clear priority — her neck. The fullness, the loss of definition, the way it looked in photos. It was the thing she'd been thinking about.

She told me she had started avoiding cameras. That seeing herself in photos had become something she dreaded rather than something she enjoyed. Not a dramatic confession — just a quiet, honest acknowledgment that something had shifted and she was ready to do sShe told me she had started avoiding cameras. That seeing herself in photos had become something she dreaded rather than something she enjoyed. Not a dramatic confession — just a quiet, honest acknowledgment that something had shifted and she was ready to do s about it.

We performed a deep plane facelift with a deep neck lift. The deep plane addresses the structural tissue beneath the surface — repositioning what has descended rather than simply tightening skin over it. The neck lift addressed the muscle banding and submental tissue simultaneously, restoring the clean jawline and neck angle that had been bothering her.

What you're seeing here is six weeks. There is still swelling. Still healing. The final result will continue to emerge over the next several months.

And she already looks like this.

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05/29/2026

Six months. Five angles. One very happy patient.

This patient came to me bothered by two specific things — a dorsal hump and a tip that felt out of balance with her profile. She wasn't asking for a dramatic change. She wanted her nose to feel like it belonged on her face.

Here's what we did: smoothed the bridge, brought the dorsum and tip into better proportion with her facial profile, and refined the tip cartilages for a subtle, natural lift.

These images are at six months. Five angles, both profiles, both three-quarter views, and frontal, because one angle doesn't tell the whole story. Rhinoplasty results are three-dimensional, and that's how they should be evaluated.

What you're seeing is still not the final result. Swelling in rhinoplasty continues to subside for up to a year, sometimes longer. She already loves what she sees. It will only get better from here.

This is what a targeted, specific correction looks like. Not a transformation. Not a template. Just her nose, refined.

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05/14/2026

She didn't want a new nose. She wanted hers — just refined.

She'd been thinking about it for a few years. An overprojected dorsum and tip — her nose projected further than felt balanced with her other features. Subtle enough that most people never noticed. But she did. Every time.

What she asked for in the consultation was precise: bring it into balance without changing what makes her nose hers. That kind of clarity is exactly what I want to hear. It tells me the patient knows what she wants — and what she doesn't want touched.

Three months post-op. Rhinoplasty continues to refine for up to a year, but the projection is balanced, the tip is refined, and she looks like herself. Just the version she always had in mind.

If you've been sitting on something specific contact our office to schedule a free phone consultation with Erin.

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Karter Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery
📍 Glastonbury, CT
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05/08/2026

'I've been saying maybe next year for years.' Here's what the consultation is actually
like — and what it isn't.

This is the sentence I hear most often from rhinoplasty patients at their first consultation. Not 'I just decided.' But 'I've known for a long time. I just needed to get here.'

If that's where you are, I want to tell you what the consultation is and what it isn't.

It isn't a sales meeting. I'm not trying to convince you to have surgery. I'm trying to have an honest conversation about whether surgery is the right decision for you, whether your specific concern is addressable, and whether the risk-benefit ratio makes sense given your anatomy and your goals.

It isn't a commitment. Scheduling a consultation means you want information. That's it. Many consultations end with a patient deciding they want more time. That's a completely appropriate outcome. It isn't a generic assessment. I don't apply a standard aesthetic to every patient. The consultation begins with you telling me the specific thing that bothers you — and most rhinoplasty patients describe it very precisely, because they've been thinking about it for years.

What the consultation is: a candid, unhurried conversation about your face, your specific concern, what the surgery would involve, what recovery looks like, and what a realistic outcome is. If I don't think I can give you the result you're describing — I'll tell you that, and I'll tell you why.

The thing that keeps most people from booking isn't fear of surgery. It's fear that the consultation will be pressured, generic, or that the surgeon won't understand the specific thing.

I'll understand the specific thing.

05/05/2026

This patient trusted me with something she'd been carrying since she was fourteen years old.

She came to her consultation having already done more research than most people do. She knew her concern — a dorsal hump she'd been aware of since her mid-teens — and she knew what she was asking for. Not a different nose. Just hers, without the one thing that had made her avoid cameras, edit her photos, and angle herself in every group shot for over a decade.

What she told me stuck with me: "This is the center of your face. If something goes wrong, you can't hide it." She wasn't being dramatic. She was being precise. That kind of clarity — knowing exactly what bothers you and exactly what you don't want to change — is what makes a rhinoplasty case like this one something I can do with complete confidence.

Her result is what happens when a patient does the work, chooses carefully, and trusts the process. She's over a year post-op now. She doesn't angle herself in photos anymore. She's stopped thinking about it.

That's the whole goal.

Book with us:
Karter Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery
📍 Glastonbury, CT
📞 860-775-5595
🖥️ karterplasticsurgery.com

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120 Hebron Avenue Suite 2A
Glastonbury, CT
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