Category: gynecomastia

Chest Correction (Gynecomastia Reduction) in the Male Bariatric Surgery Patient

In the male bariatric surgery patient who has undergone massive weight loss, the resultant chest wall (breast) deformity is often of major concern. The appearance of the male chest, like the female breast, is of understandable significance. This male chest deformity is often called gynecomastia but this is inaccurate and actually signifies a different pathology. Read More…

The Wrap-Around Jawline Implant for Men

The use of facial implants for male face enhancement is common and the traditional areas include the chin, cheeks, and jaw angle areas. Every now and then, I get a request or see a patient who really enhancement in a different area of the jaw….the vertical dimension. Making the jawline longer in the vertical dimension Read More…

The Thigh Lift in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

For many massive weight loss patients (> 100 lbs), the thigh is often the last stage of body contouring that is done. It is always a good idea to see how much result you can get in the thighs after the abdominoplasty/panniculectomy/circumferential body is completed first. While these procedures won’t make a dramatic difference Read More…

The Limited Facelift: A Jawline Tuck-Up

The sagging jawline is one of the first signs of sigificant facial aging. Occurring somewhere in the early to late 40s, the development of jowling begins which may be accompanied by looser skin in the neck and loss of the once-sharp neck angle. In seeing a lot of these early aging patients, they often are Read More…

Arm Lifts in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

Of the many bariatric surgery patients that I have seen over the years who have lost 100 or more pounds, the concern over their saggy arms is often a top concern. I would have to say that the arm concern combined with the stomach or waistline are almost always the top two priorties of the Read More…

Circumferential Body Lift in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

With the tremendous increase in the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the past five years, to no surprise there has been a near equal increase in the number of post-bariatric body contouring procedures performed to deal with the resultant excessive hanging skin. These bariatric plastic surgery procedures include arm lifts, breast lifts, abdominoplasties, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Less Is Rarely More

I have noticed over the years an occasional relationship between the economics of a patient, affordability if you will, and the potential satisfaction from a procedure.The less likely a patient can really afford the procedure, the less likely they may be completely satisfied with it. To give a good example, I had a lady last Read More…

The Meaning of Before and After Pictures in Plastic Surgery

One of the most frequently asked questions to me by patients, and undoubtably looked for on websites and the internet, are photographic results of plastic surgery. Specifically, plastic surgery pictures from the specific plastic surgeon that they are evaluating. Given that everything we do in plastic surgery is visible and capable of being photographed, most Read More…

Patient Appreciation in Plastic Surgery

Like all businesses, I get many accolades for services provided as well as a lesser number of complaints about services or results. That is the nature of plastic surgery where everything we do is visible. All results can be easily judged and criticized. But I got a very kind note from a parent about Read More…

Medical Insurance and the Cost of Rhinoplasty

One of the most frequently confusing issues for patients is the cost of rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty, external nose reshaping, which is frequently a cosmetic procedure (although not always) is often confused with Functional Nasal Airway Surgery whose onjective is to improve breathing and is often covered by medical insurance. Th confusion comes in as many patients Read More…