Burr von Maur, M.D.

Dr. Burr von Maur is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and former Chief of Plastic Surgery at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. von Maur specializes in facial rejuvenation, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, ancillary procedures, body contouring, liposculpture, and breast enhancements.

EDUCATION

M.D. – University of Iowa, 1972
General Surgery – University of Iowa
General Surgery Residency – University of Iowa, 1977
Residency – University of Missouri, 1979-1981
Specialty Cosmetic Surgery Training – New York University, 1980

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Board of Surgery

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES / SOCIETIES

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

PROCEDURES:

FACIAL REJUVENATION SURGERY

Dr. von Maur specializes in Facial Rejuvenation procedures. He utilizes computer imaging with each consultation to achieve maximum results with his patients.

Short-scar facelift
Facelift with volume enhancement and deep plane facelift
Endoscopic cheek lift (mid-facelift)
Cheek enhancement using fat transfer or cheek implants
Neck lift with muscle tightening
Lipo-sculpture of the neck and chin
Endoscopic brow-forehead lift
Blepharoplasty (eyelid beautification)
Rhinoplasty: This surgery is of special interest to Dr. von Maur. He performs this surgery using an open or closed technique and will frequently combine cartilage modification with cartilage grafting and internal nasal reconstruction for breathing improvement. Dr. von Maur believes that facial balance is an integral and extremely important element in creating facial beauty. The nose is the aesthetic center of the face and small alterations or refinements in the nose will have a remarkable effect on improving the over-all facial appearance.

BODY CONTOURING SURGERY

Many patients, despite diet and exercise, are unable to achieve the body or silhouette they dream of. While other patients who have lost weight find themselves dealing with “problem areas” where there is excess, redundant skin.

Dr. von Maur specializes in body contouring from head to toe. He has a vast experience with abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), thigh-buttock lift, lower body lift, inner thigh lift, and arm lift (brachioplasty). These are very rewarding procedures with patients who have struggled most of their adult life with these problems and have finally found a solution. By combining external ultrasound and power-assisted liposculpture and using three-dimensional analysis, significant improvement of your figure and shape is the result.

External ultrasonic power-assisted lipo-sculpture which includes three-dimensional and circumferential lipo-sculpture
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
Full body lift (includes buttock, thighs, and abdomen)
Thigh lift
Thigh-buttock lift
Buttock enhancement with fat transfer or implants
Brachioplasty (arm lift)

BREAST ENHANCEMENT

Breast augmentation is one of the most popular plastic surgeries today performed in southern California. Dr. von Maur utilizes saline or silicone, depending on the patient’s breast configuration. This can be determined at the time of initial evaluation. The scars from breast augmentation are generally peri-areolar, but sometimes trans-axillary, and sub-mammary. Dr. von Maur likes to use a pain pump catheter for breast augmentation patients because it can be left in place for up to three days.

Breast lift (mastopexy) is the best way to correct post-partum breasts where the skin is stretched and the breasts droop. There are varieties of mastopexy methods used that are state of the art and very effective. The breast lift can be done with our without a breast implant depending on the patient’s desires.
Breast reduction helps to improve body proportion, reduce neck, back and shoulder pain, improve well-being, and allows a person to engage in activities that would normally be a challenge. This operation is done under general anesthesia and is sometimes partially covered by insurance.