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Breast Implants – A Fifty Year History

Breast implants have undergone an interesting and at times tumultous history. While they have brought improved self-esteem and restoration of a more normal body shape to tens of millions of women, they have also had their share of legal and regulatory issues. This is not surprising given the very large numbers of patient implanted Read More…

Requirements for a Safe Liposuction Experience

Another tragedy involving liposuction surgery was highlighted in a news story out of New York earlier this week. An alleged ‘plastic surgeon’ was charged with homicide in a model’s death in which he performed liposuction. The 51 year-old female suffered from heart disease and had heart transplant surgery in 2004 and was on anti-rejection Read More…

Case Study: Otoplasty for Protruding Ears

Background: The shape of the ear, like the nose, is one of the most variable features of one’s face. While it is chocked full of hills and valleys composed of cartilage and has an array of anatomic convolutions, the human ear is nonetheless very recognizeable. Any gross abnormalities in its shape and size is easily Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Improvement in Self-Esteem After Surgery

While the media and the internet is filled with plastic surgery ‘problems’ and apparent unfulfilled expectations, what occurs in the typical plastic surgery patient? Like most stories that are newsworthy, a normal happy patient is not very interesting or of much interest. Thus the public’s perception of plastic surgery can become a little skewed. Read More…

Microcannula Injectable Filler Lip Treatments

While many patients enjoy the benefits of injectable fillers into the lips, they do not look forward to the experience of getting it. No matter how it is conventionally done, there is going to be pain involved. While I have a few patients who prefer to take it ‘straight’ (no form of anesthesia), they Read More…

New Neurotoxins and Botox

Botox is now an iconic brand of cosmetic product that is instantly recognizeable. Originally approved for use in 2002 to temporarily smooth frown lines between the eyebrows, it has grown in the past decade to be a near 2 billion dollar-a-year business. While there are numerous approved and off-label medical uses for Botox, the Read More…

Common Questions About Mommy Makeovers

Mommy Makeover is a descriptive term that has worked its way into the plastic surgery nomenclature in a very short time. Introduced just a few years, women are increasingly requesting this type of surgery. While the term may be recent, the plastic surgery operations used in it have been around for over half a century. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Mommy Makeovers and Sex

A woman’s hormones are well known to change as they age. Women over age 40 will have a decrease in such hormones as estrogen and oxytocin while testoterone increases. This can lead to an increase in one’s sex drive. But the post-pregnancy bodies of many women over 40 leave them feeling very self-consicous with loose Read More…

Kybella Injections for Neck Fat Reduction

The removal of fat without liposuction has led to a wide variety of non-surgical treatment approaches. These include numerous energy-based treatments which are applied externally. While one can debate the merits of the various devices and their technologies, they all have limits in terms of effectiveness and the speed at which results are seen. This Read More…

Surgical Scar Healing – Patient Education and Expectations

Scars are by far and away the concern of most plastic surgery patients, either before or after surgery. They are keenly interested in how to diminish their appearance and or what specific preventative or treatment strategies would be most effective. Scars can also be a source of tremendous dissatisfaction if they become exaggerated due to Read More…