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Cosmetic Surgery Goes From Head To Toe

The cosmetic surgery field continues to expand both in the number of doctors performing procedures as well as in the types of procedures being performed. Conventional cosmetic procedures, such as breast augmentation, facelifts and tummy tucks, are well known and represent a few of the mainstream procedures. There are many other niche procedures, like earlobe Read More…

Male Nipple Disorders and Their Surgical Correction

The size and shape of a man’s chest can be a source of pride or embarrassment. Much emphasis on the aesthetics of a masculine chest is based on the pectoralis muscular anatomy. While this muscle provides support for the overlying skin, and clearly its size and border outlines are important, the lone remaining aesthetic feature Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breathe Right Strips and Rhinoplasty

Most everyone has heard of the over-the counter product, Breathe Right Nasal Strips. From people who have trouble breathing during the day or at night or to professional athletes striving to improve their performance, these externally nasal strips are obvious when used. These simple strips have been shown to open the nose behind the nostrils Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Men and Plastic Surgery

While the majority of plastic surgery is still done on women, a slowly increasing number of men are joining the ranks. While some of the procedures are clearly different between men and women due to obvious variations in anatomy, it is also important to recognize that these differences extend between the ears also. Men and Read More…

Oral Supplements for Enhancing the Effects of Botox

  The use of Botox and other analogues for the treatment of facial wrinkling, particularly in the forehead and crow’s feet area, has become as mainstream as Starbuck’s is for coffee. A testament to the success of Botox is that there is a good reason it is a multibillion dollar business per year…because it works. Read More…

The Role of Social Media in Plastic Surgery

Is there an association between social media and the increase in the number of plastic surgery procedures performed in the past decade? Recent online news stories suggest that it is so and some plastic surgeons concur. Annual statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery show increases Read More…

Total Hand Rejuvenation

While the aging of the face seems the most visible and subsequently the most treated by plastic surgery, it is not the only visible and unclothed body part that ages. I have seen many older women whose face is quite smooth because of numerous facial rejuvenation procedures but whose hands give their age away. The Read More…

The Various Methods of Injectable Facial Rejuvenation

The desire to correct an aging facial appearance has been around as along as there is recorded history. Facelift surgery in various forms has been employed now for over one hundred years. Today’s facelift techniques are very diverse and use manipulations of all tissue levels down to the bone to achieve often dramatic improvements. Younger Read More…

Improved Understanding of Injectable Fat Graft Volume Survival

Fat grafting has risen to the significance of being a standard procedure for the treatment of a wide variety of soft tissue defects and augmentations. It has become so because fat is almost always available in every patient, it is a natural substance and it can be delivered by injection. Collectively these factors make fat Read More…

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