Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.
Comprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: CHAPTER FIVE: LOWER FACIAL REJUVENATION CHAPTER FIVE: LOWER FACIAL REJUVENATION Overview The rhytidectomy, or facelift, procedure has remained synonymous with facial rejuvenation in the lay public’s mind. The term “facelift” has entered the lexicon to signify any reparative endeavor, e.g., the dilapidated edifice underwent a much-needed facelift. In the past, a cervico-facial…
Read MoreA fit and well proportioned body is often considered a symbol of health and vitality. But despite good health and a reasonable level of fitness, some individuals may still have a body with disproportionate contours due to localized fat deposits. These areas may be due to heredity or family traits rather than lack of weight…
Read MoreHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Lip reconstruction for large defects of the lower and upper lip continues to be a formidable challenge. The first written description of lip reconstruction was by Susruta in 1000 BC, but an ancient Hindu description of facial, lip, and nasal reconstruction with a forehead flap is reported as early as 3000 BC.1 Sabatini…
Read MoreComprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: CHAPTER SIX: HAIR RESTORATION CHAPTER SIX: HAIR RESTORATION Overview Cosmetic surgery for men has dramatically increased in popularity over the past decade, spurred in part by mass media images that portray the idealized male form. Aesthetic surgery is a natural extension of the fitness fixation that has captivated the male ego and…
Read MoreUnderstanding Forehead Lifts The effects of aging are inevitable, and, often, the brow and forehead area show the first signs. The skin begins to lose its elasticity. Sun, wind, and the pull of gravity all affect the face, resulting in frown lines, wrinkling across the forehead, and an increasing heaviness of the eyebrows and the…
Read MoreUnderstanding Rhytidectomy Aging of the face is inevitable. As the years go by, the skin begins to loosen on the face and neck. Crow’s feet appear at the corners of the eyes. Fine forehead lines become creases and then, gradually, deeper folds. The jawline softens into jowls, and beneath the chin, another chin or vertical…
Read MoreComprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: CHAPTER NINE: CUTANEOUS REJUVENATION part two HypopigmentationUnlike post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which is reversible, hypopigmentation proves to be a more recalcitrant entity. Hyperpigmentation usually results from injury of the melanocytes superficially that leads to melanin stimulation, whereas hypopigmentation is a product of a deeper level of dermal injury in which the melanocytes are ablated.…
Read MoreComprehensive Facial Rejuvenation: CHAPTER NINE: CUTANEOUS REJUVENATION CHAPTER NINE: CUTANEOUS REJUVENATIONOverview Although the principal focus of this book is surgical, incision-based, intervention for the aging face, a thorough understanding of cutaneous resurfacing modalities must also be sought to offer the patient the most complete rejuvenative regimen. Patients who only exhibit actinic damage, such as superficial…
Read MoreEdward D. Buckingham, M.D. Edwin F. Williams, M.D., F.A.C.S. * Williams’ Center for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1072 Troy Schenectady Road Latham, NY 12110 edbuckin@hotmail.com edwilliams@nelasersurg.com 518-786-7000 (phone) 518-786-1160(fax) *Corresponding author Port-wine malformations also referred to as port-wine stains (PWS) are more accurately described as postcapillary venule malformations. In the past the classifications of…
Read MoreClinical Challenges in Otolaryngology Rejuvenation of the Midface Edwin F. Williams III, MD, FACS Edward D. Buckingham, MD Dawn C. Buckingham, MD Hypothesis: Midfacial rejuvenation can best be safely and effectively accomplished through endoscopic browlift incisions. Background Surgeons have for many years recognized the youthful contour of the neck and jawline. Additionally, forehead rejuvenation has…
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