West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon Dr. Michael Schwartz Procedure Spotlight: Dr. Schwarz is a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon and Certified Otolaryngologist what is a board certified facial plastic surgeon?

Dr. Schwartz maintains an active reconstructive practice for patients afflicted with face and nose skin cancer. Such patients often present with potentially devastating facial defects as a result of treatment for this serious and common problem. These patients require the highest level of reconstructive plastic surgical skill in order to be able to resume normal social interactions without feeling self conscious about their appearance.

Dr. Schwartz presents these case studies on his aesthetic website because he believes that the high level of expertise, training and experience that is gained from this part of his practice also enhances the techniques and results he can provide for his aesthetic patients. As the following case studies demonstrate Dr. Schwartz' training and experience has him well prepared to correct or enhance any facial deformity.

Warning! The following case studies contain medically graphic photos of facial defects and deformities. Do not proceed unless you are comfortable viewing such types of information.

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The patient is seen following reconstruction of a complete through and through defect of the left nostril and rim.

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Before and after repair of upper lip defect.

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Before and after repair of the nose-eye region.

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Before and after repair of complete nasal skin loss with extension to the right cheek.

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The patient presents with 2 defects of the nose following cancer removal (repair not shown).

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Six months later he presents with recurrence of disease on the left side with superior extension (top photo). Because of the rapid recurrence and malignant transitional nature of his skin it was elected to remove all nasal skin entirely. He is seen before removal of any lesions (bottom left) and after total reconstruction (bottom right).

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The patient is seen on left after previous skin cancer removal and reconstruction by a different surgeon. She now has recurrent cancer. Middle photo shows extent of removal needed to treat recurrent cancer. She is seen on right following reconstruction of middle photo defect by Dr. Schwartz.