Gregor M Bran is a senior staff member within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Dr Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany. As an exclusive scholarship holder of the EAFPS, he completed his fellowship in the Netherlands and the USA. Dr Bran founded and runs the Center for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery in his hospital. He has specialist interest in the fields of rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and anti-aging procedures. His scientific work focuses on wound healing, and evaluation of facial attractiveness. He has published in international journals and presents regularly at international conferences.

JOURNALS REVIEWED: Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America and JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery – Oct 2014 (ongoing)

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Longevity of lip augmentation with SMAS

Lip augmentation is an extremely popular cosmetic procedure. Various surgical techniques have been described. However, only a few studies have specifically addressed lip augmentation with superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS). Postoperative analysis never extended beyond one year so far. The authors...


Medical tattooing for a better life

Dermatography (medical tattooing), was first documented in the 19th century, and is nowadays frequently performed for nipple reconstruction after mastectomy. Despite its popularity in the field of breast reconstruction, this procedure is not used on a broad scale in any...


Impact of lateral crural repositioning on alar rim position

Cephalic orientation of the lower lateral cartilages results in tip fullness, a bulbous tip, and alar instability during inspiration. It has an incidence of approximately 68% in primary and 87% in secondary rhinoplasty patients. Paquet et al. performed the first,...