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• Abdominoplasty

  Tummy Tuck

  In a tummy tuck procedure, excess fat and skin are surgically removed from the middle and lower abdomen, and the muscles of the abdomen wall are tightened.
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• Aesthetic Dermatology (BOTOX, Fillers, and Chemical Peels)
• Blepharoplasty

  Eyelid Lift

  The medical term for an eyelid lift is blepharoplasty. This procedure can remove puffiness or bags under the eyes. It can also correct droopy eyelids.
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• Body Contouring

  Body Contouring After Weight-Loss Surgery

  Body contouring is a type of surgery that improves how you look. It’s done after you lose a large amount of weight. This type of surgery gets rid of extra skin folds and other surrounding tissue. This gives your body smoother contours.
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• Botox
• Breast Reconstruction (breast augmentation, breast lifts, breast reduction)

  Breast Augmentation Surgery

  Breast augmentation surgery increases the size or the fullness of the breasts using sacs filled with fluid or gel. These sacs are called breast implants.
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• Chemical Peels

  Chemical Peel

  A chemical peel uses a chemical solution to improve the skin's appearance by removing the damaged outer layers. It can reduce or remove fine lines under the eyes and around the mouth.
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• Cosmetic/Aesthetic Surgery (facelift, necklift, browlift, eyelid surgery)

  Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Overview

  Cosmetic plastic surgery is performed in order to change one's appearance. For some, it may mean redesigning the body's contour and shape or the elimination of wrinkles. Others may choose varicose vein treatment or breast augmentation.
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• Derma Fillers
• Dermabrasion/Microdermabrasion

  Dermabrasion and Dermaplaning

  Dermabrasion involves a surgeon using a high speed rotating brush to remove the top layer of skin. This is done to remove fine wrinkles or minimize scars. The size and depth of the scars, as well as the degree of wrinkling, determine the appropriate level of skin that will be surgically sloughed.
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• Free Flap Breast Surgery (DIEP Flaps, TRAM, Latissimus)

  Breast Cancer: Breast Reconstruction After Breast Surgery

  Breast reconstruction surgery involves creating a breast mound that comes as close as possible to the form and appearance of the natural breast.
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• General Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Overview

  The goal of reconstructive plastic surgery is to improve body function, but the surgery may also be performed to create a more normal appearance and improve self-esteem.
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• Liposuction

  Liposuction

  Liposuction removes excess body fat through a suctioning process. It is not a substitute for weight loss, but it does change the body's shape and contour.
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• Lower Extremity Reconstruction
• Microsurgery
• Nerve Reconstruction

  Neurological Disorders

  Here is a list of nervous system disorders that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional.
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• Reconstruction of Facial Skin Cancer Defects

  Overview of Plastic Surgery

  Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involved with the improvement in a person's appearance and reconstruction of facial and body tissue defects caused by illness, trauma, or birth disorders.
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• Rhinoplasty

  Rhinoplasty

  Rhinoplasty is surgery to change the size or shape of your nose. It is also called a nose job. This procedure is usually used to make the nose smaller or to narrow it. But it can also make the nose larger.
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• Scar Revision

  Scar Revision

  A scar revision is a procedure done on a scar to alter the appearance of the scar. The revision may improve the cosmetic appearance of the scar or restore function to a part of the body that may have been restricted by the scar. It is important to remember that scars cannot be completely removed.
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1. Tom Liu, MD, Peter Ashjian, MD, Jaco Festekjian, MD: Salvage of Congested DIEP Flap with a Reverse Flow Venous Anastamosis: Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 58, No. 6, June 2007.
2. Wan, D, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, A, “Inclusion of Mesh in Donor Site Repair of Free TRAM and Muscle-Sparing Free TRAM Yields Comparable Rates of Abdominal Complications to DIEP Reconstruction” PRS, August, 2010
3. Vyas, R, Dickinson, BP, Watson, JP, Da Lio, AL, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH., “Risk Factors for Abdominal Donor Site Morbidity in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction” Plast Reconstr Surg 121 (5): 1519-26, 2008
4. Festekjian, JH, Crisera, CA, Mehrara, BJ, Watson, JP, Da Lio, AL. “Vascular Complications and Microvascular Free Flap Salvage at UCLA 1991-2004: The Role of Thrombolytic Agents.
5. Reinblatt, M, Vaca, L, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, AL, Watson, JP, Crisera, CA. “Advanced Age as a Risk Factor for Free Tissue Transfer Breast Reconstructions: A Review of 372 Operations”.
6. Carlsen,, BT, Ashjian, P, Dickinson, BP, Da Lio, AL, Watson, JP, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH. “Outcome of Microvascular Complications after Free Flap Breast Reconstruction”.
7. Festekjian, JH, Liu, T, Saran, M, Louie, O, Da Lio, AL, Crisera, CA,. “DIEP, Muscle-Sparing Free TRAM, and Free TRAM flaps Favorably Withstand the Effects of Adjuvant Radiation”.
8. Pavone, L, Roostaein, J, Crisera, CA, Festekjian, JH, Da Lio, AL. “Immediate Reconstruction with Silicone Gel Implants Using Various Mastectomy Incisions: The UCLA Experience”.
9. Vardanian, A, Crisera, CA, Da Lio, A, Lipa J, Festekjian, JH, “Expander breast reconstruction with and without alloderm”. Chang, E, Crisera, CA, Lipa, J, Da Lio, A.

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• Southern California Super Doctors, 2016
• Southern California Super Doctors, 2015
• Southern California Super Doctors, 2014
• Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2013-2014
• Southern California Super Doctors, 2010-2013
• Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2007-2008
• Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2003-2004

Special Award: A patient donated a gift in Dr. Festekjian honor in the sum of $10,000.00 to the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center, directed by Dr. Janet Pregler.

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