Tell us a bit about yourself?
My name is Joe Khoury , I am a Lebanese Plastic Surgeon that graduated medschool from University Saint Joseph (USJ) completed my residency in Paris, France and had the opportunity to work at the Bitar Cosmetic Surgery Institute in the USA as a Cosmetic Fellow. I returned to Lebanon in July 2019 and I have opened up a practice in Badaro and in Tabarja.
How can we reach you?
You can reach me through Instagram @drjoekhoury or call 01/615115 to take an appointment.
What are the latest in Plastic Surgery?
After having the opportunity to travel Europe and the USA I can say with confidence that the field of plastic surgery is booming in its surgical and non-surgical aspect.
There is new surgical techniques to better the result that we can achieve like high definition liposuction, composite breast augmentation and preservation rhinoplasty and non-surgical procedures to achieve minimal invasive results with little to no downtime.
Can you talk a bit more about High Definition Liposuction?
Let me just take it back to the beginning. Liposuction was invented in order to remove adipose tissue AKA fat without creating unsightly scaring. It was used at the beginning and marketed as weight loss procedure. We all know now that this is not the case and liposuction is more of a shaping procedure. Where high definition comes into play is that we believe now, as plastic surgery, removing fat is insufficient we can now go further and shape the muscle aesthetics.
Nowadays, we can perform a 6-Pack Abs Surgery for men and women defining their abdominal muscles and the aesthetic V-shaped lower ab. We can also define the calves in men and women lacking definition. We can also, in addition to fat transfer to the buttocks, create the aesthetic gluteal frame also known as Brazilian Butt Lift.
You have cited composite breast augmentation is it a new technique?
The traditional breast augmentation is performed by placing an implant in the breast either above or below the muscle. In the last decade fat was introduced to the breast as it is a living cell that provides a more natural feel and no implant related complications. With all its advantages fat transfer to the breast doesn’t have the same lift effect as an implant and the augmentation is limited by the survival of fat. We can now see the emergence of composite breast augmentation.
Why are the main advantages of that technique?
By combining both we can now give a lift with the implant and shape the breast with fat grafting. One major indication is having a very Wide cleavage and a lacking décolleté, we can transfer fat to this region enhance the breast contour.
Transitioning to the nose we are now hearing more and more about Laser surgery for the nose can you elaborate?
Laser surgery to the nose doesn’t exist it is just a marketing scheme. However there is a lot of innovations in the field of rhinoplasty. What people might refer to is the emergence of a new machine called pietzotome. This machine has enabled us to achieve better control in hump reduction in specific indications.
Other innovation is in our surgical technique where preservation rhinoplasty has emerged.
What about non-surgical nose job or liquid rhinoplasty?
All of these are fillers to the nose. With the years of experience that we accumulated using hyaluronic acid fillers, we can now achieve in specific cases by using fillers the same results as surgery.
Joseph El Khoury, M.D.
Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
American Aesthetic Surgery Fellow at the Bitar Cosmetic Surgery Institute
Member of The American Society Of Plastic Surgeon (ASPS)
Member of The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
Phone : +9611615115// +96170745258