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Liposuction and Fat Cell Biology – Are The Results Maintained? Part 2

Fat cells are well known to release a large of cytokines (adipokines) that help regulate energy homeostasis and overall body fat mass. (leptin, tumor necrosis factor and many others) Leptin, for example, is a hormone produced by fat cells to help regulate body energy balance. Higher levels of leptin release favors energy burning rather than Read More…

Liposuction and Fat Cell Biology – Are The Results Maintained? Part 1

Much of body contouring surgery employs well known methods of liposuction whose effectiveness is based on the removal of fat cells and their lipid contents. While lipoaspiration is highly successful in the short-term, as evidenced by endless before and after pictures from plastic surgeons, patients understandably want to know what is it’s long-term effects. In Read More…

Infection Complications from Overseas Plastic Surgery

Medical tourism, specifically getting plastic surgery outside of the U.S., continues to gain in popularity. Lower costs are the obvious reason and many procedures may be as much as 50% less than in the States, often more. While there is no doubt that quality plastic surgery is available abroad and, in some cases it may Read More…

The Corner of the Mouth Lift For the Sad or Aging Mouth Correction

When it comes to treating the aging face, most everyone immediately thinks about a facelift. While a facelift can be a variable concept depending upon how it is done, many patients assume that it is an effective cure for all parts of the face including the mouth. The reality is that lifting the downturned corners Read More…

The Illegal Practice of Black Market Buttock Injections

On the surface, no one would say to themselves…please inject my body with some foreign substance (of which I don’t know what it is or even care) in an unsterile/unclean hotel room or in a house or aprtment by someone who has no medical training at all. That does not sound like a good idea Read More…

The Emergence of Facial Feminization Surgery

Facial feminization surgery (FFS) in the transgender patient has come a long way in the past two decades. As societal and political changes have occurred, greater patient acceptance and awareness of the need for such external physical changes has become mainstream procedures for those plastic surgeons experienced in doing them. With roughly a 1/4% to Read More…

Options in Cheek and Midface Enhancement for the Aging Face

The one facial feature that is most associated with a youthful looking face is that of the cheeks. Firm uplifted and rounded cheeks are what is seen in younger people, flat deflated cheeks are usually seen as many people age. It is the loss of cheek volume that contributes to a tired looking and aged Read More…

Can Breast Implants Freeze?

In this very cold and arctic winter, it is no surprise that I have heard more than one breast augmentation patient ask if their implants could freeze. The answer, of course, is no since they are placed within one’s body under the muscle and the temperature around them never drops below 98 degrees F. The Read More…

The Effects of Facial Exercises on Facial Rejuvenation

The search for facial rejuvenation methods that are non-surgical in nature has been ongoing for centuries. While Botox, injectable fillers and light and laser therapies do offer some profound improvement in treating the effects of facial aging, these treatments lie within the medical community. But outside of traditional medicine are a variety of non-medical approaches Read More…

Fat vs. Implants for Buttock Augmentation

While implants offer a permanent buttock augmentation effect, they are associated with a much longer recovery period. One must be very selective in choosing patients for implants while one can be a lot more lax about who opts for fat grafting. If there is an equivocal choice between fat or implants for buttock augmentation, I Read More…