The disfigurement resulting from facial trauma, birth defects or surgery for facial cancers can be devastating. Abnormally positioned eyes, a crooked smile, cheek asymmetry or facial scarring can make an individual self conscious and hesitant to interact socially or professionally.

Fortunately, many techniques are available to correct most of these acquired or congenital deformities. These techniques can help replace lost tissues with bone, cartilage or biomaterials, camouflage scars, reposition facial soft tissue and bony structures and can help reestablish facial harmony.

Whether the deformity results from a dog bite or facial laceration, fractures sustained in a motor vehicle accident or athletic event, or defects created from removal of a skin cancer or facial bone tumor, Dr. Der Sarkissian can apply his expertise to each of these situations.

Having performed reconstructive procedures on hundreds of individuals at The Boston Medical Center and at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and as far as Vietnam and Ecuador, he has amassed a vast experience in all aspects of facial reconstruction. During your consultation, he can discuss all of the traditional as well as innovative and leading edge techniques available for your particular situation.

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