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Postoperative Instructions: Inner Thigh Lifts

Inner thigh lifts are done to recontour the bulging or full area between the inside of the upper legs. In some cases, it is done to correct sagging inner thigh skin after a large amount of weight loss. Through a crecent removal of skin of varying widths with the upper end in the groin crease, Read More…

The Risk of Revisional Liposuction in Body Contouring

While liposuction is the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedure around the world, it is exposed to the same basic risk of any other plastic surgery operation….the risk of dissatisfaction and the need for revision. There is no way to know the exact rate of revision for liposuction but surgeon estimates have it as high Read More…

Case Study: The Value of Nipple Lifts in Breast Augmentation

Background: Breast implants are placed in a wide variety of breast shapes. While they will always increase breast size that does not mean an improved breast shape will always result. A key feature of the perception of breast shape is the location of the nipple-areolar complex. It is always most aesthetically pleasing when it is Read More…

Avoiding Unnatural Results in Plastic Surgery

One of the most common concerns from many before surgery patients is that they don’t want to look like they have had plastic surgery. In theory, what patient does? But yet many do and one only has to look to Hollywood to see many examples. Patients point them out all the time and often Read More…

Postoperative Instructions: Migraine Surgery

Migraine surgery can be done in the properly selected patient through decompression of what is known as peripheral triggers. These are various locations of large sensory nerves that may be entrapped by muscle and other tissues as they exit the skull bone. Three such peripheral triggers have been identified including the supraorbital nerves for Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Cosmetic Procedures and the Economy

Despite the relatively weak state of the U.S. economy, the number of cosmetic procedures continue to increase. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there was a 5% increase in the number of aesthetic procedures from 2011 to 2012. With over 14 million procedures performed, this is the third year in a row that Read More…

Differences in Botox Dosages in the Upper and Lower Face

At this point in time, almost everyone has heard of Botox and know it as a changer of facial expression. To those people who receive these neuormuscular injections, they are aware that to receive it is given in dosages known as units. They often are aware of the exact units that they have received Read More…

Case Study: Body Lift Surgery in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient

Background: Extreme weight loss has a lot of positive medical benefits for the obese patient, from cardiovascular health to an overall lifestyle improvement. The one negative effect from a generalized ‘body deflation’ from the weight loss is the discovery of loose and hanging skin that is seemingly everywhere. While it can occur anywhere from the Read More…