Dr. John Owsley, Plastic Surgeon - Northern California
Plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley is a Northern California clinical professor
of Plastic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He has taught
medical residents throughout his career. In 1990, he established the fellowship
of the Esthetic Surgery Institute in San Francisco in which a young plastic
surgeon spends a year in Northern California with Dr. Owsley, learning advanced
techniques in facial cosmetic surgery, including rhinoplasty.
In 1989, he founded the Annual Esthetic Surgery Symposium, sponsored by the
University of California, San Francisco. This symposium was held annually in San
Francisco for 13 years until the symposium merged with the ongoing New
Horizons Annual Symposium, which is sponsored by the American Society of Plastic
Surgeons Educational Foundation. Typically, the symposium attracts an audience of
between 150 and 200 plastic surgeons each year. Oakland, California, area rhinoplasty
plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley has been a member of the faculty of the symposium
for the last 15 years.
In the past three decades, plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley has published multiple
landmark papers and books that describe a new understanding of the complex facial
anatomy as applied to every type of cosmetic facial surgery. It's easy to understand
why rhinoplasty patients travel from Oakland and Northern California, and from all
over the country, to experience plastic surgeon Dr. Owsley's rhinoplasty expertise!
Natural Rhinoplasty Results with Dr. Owsley - Northern California
Dr. John Owsley's approach to rhinoplasty, as well as all other areas of facial
rejuvenation surgery, is characterized by an individualized anatomic analysis and
a surgical approach that achieves a uniquely natural appearance. As a premier plastic
surgeon in Northern California who is able to carefully select his patients, Dr.
John Owsley's rhinoplasty practice near Oakland and San Francisco specializes in
primary nose surgery for developmental deformities, as well as the rejuvenation
of the aging nose.
Northern California plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley's preferred technique for
these challenging rhinoplasty problems is the classic closed rhinoplasty operation
in which the surgical incisions are completely concealed within the nostril opening
so there is no external scarring. The closed rhinoplasty technique was originated
in Berlin, Germany, by Dr. Jacques Joseph in the early 1920s. Several of Dr.
Joseph's disciples came to the United States. Dr. Owsley was trained in the closed
rhinoplasty technique during his residency under one of Dr. Joseph's second-generation
rhinoplasty trainees before coming to the Oakland area. Dr. John Owsley's trainer
in the closed rhinoplasty technique was the renowned Dr. Gustaf Aufricht in New York City.
With a closed rhinoplasty technique, the experienced plastic surgeon develops his
ability to "see" with his fingertips and to visualize the anatomic correction of
three-dimensional structures in his imagination. Such surgical skills require years
of experience and technical refinement based upon exquisite understanding of the
anatomy of the nasal bones and cartilage, their variations, and the effect aging
has on the nasal structures. Dr. John Owsley is one of the few plastic surgeons in
Northern California with the extensive experience to offer this rhinoplasty method
at his Oakland and San Francisco Bay area practice.
Dr. John Owsley developed his early surgical skills with extensive practice in
cleft lip rhinoplasty. These congenital deformities are among the most challenging
and difficult rhinoplasty patients. As the consultant cleft palate plastic surgeon
at the University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Owsley performed hundreds of
nasal operations on a large population of cleft lip and palate patients. His
contributions to that specialty led to his being honored as the President of the
American Cleft Palate Association in 1978.
Open and closed rhinoplasty in the Oakland, California area
In the past two decades, an alternate rhinoplasty technique has been proposed
that is called open rhinoplasty, which uses an external skin incision to elevate
the nasal skin for open direct exposure of the underlying cartilage structures.
This technique was introduced and has been taught primarily by surgeons trained
in ear, nose, and throat residency programs, though a number of leading practitioners
of the open rhinoplasty technique have been trained in both plastic surgery and ear, nose,
and throat. The open rhinoplasty technique has been widely adopted in residency
training programs, largely because of the scarcity of experienced experts in the closed
rhinoplasty technique. The open rhinoplasty technique facilitates visualization of
the structural alterations required and is generally easier to teach to young plastic
surgeons, but it does leave the potential deformity of an external scar that may be visible.
Both the open and closed rhinoplasty technique can have excellent results in the hands
of an expert plastic surgeon. For the Northern California rhinoplasty patient, the important
decision is to choose an experienced, expert plastic surgeon with a well-developed artistic
vision and a proven track record.
Repairing an aging nose with rhinoplasty - Oakland & San Francisco
Because of his large referral practice for facial rejuvenation for the past two decades,
plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley has focused his attention on and has extensive experience
in the treatment of the aging nose. Rhinoplasty patients travel from Oakland, Northern California,
and from everywhere in the United States for help with their aging nose. Aging changes in the
nasal skin can unmask and accentuate underlying structural deviations from the aesthetic ideal
that were previously masked by a younger, more elastic skin. The nose lengthens, droops, and
can become more hooked in appearance. Such deformities have been caricatured in cartoons and
film and are painfully apparent as individuals grow older.
Correction of the aging nasal deformity is an integral part of facial rejuvenation and is
commonly performed in conjunction with other cosmetic surgery procedures of the forehead,
eyelid, face, and neck, either together or separately as required by the individual situation.
Dr. Owsley is one of the world's leading experts in rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation as
evidenced by his extensive experience as an invited speaker in annual national meetings and
symposia, and the steady stream of visiting plastic surgeons and trainees to the Esthetic Surgery
Institute in San Francisco to observe Dr. Owsley perform surgery.
Patients travel from many places to experience the advanced rhinoplasty techniques of
plastic surgeon Dr. John Owsley. Whether you're from Oakland, San Francisco, Northern California,
or from another state or country, Dr. Owsley can help you. Contact his rhinoplasty practice near
Oakland in Northern California today to find out how!
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