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Case Study: Smartlipo Neck Reduction and Contouring

Background: The heavy or fat neck is a common problem in younger patients who often have a concomitant body fat issue. The neck is often a symptom of the patient’s overall weight and its size may yo-yo very much like their body does with cyclical weight changes. But for many of these patients, weight loss Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Neonatal Ear Molding

Misshapen ears are a common aesthetic problem. Given the complexity of the shape of the ear, which is largely determined by its cartilage component, it is amazing that it develops in utero and appears after birth as well formed as it often is. While manipulation of the external ear can be done by a variety Read More…

Case Study: Pectoral Implants in Men For Non-Muscular Pectoral Enhancement

Background: One sign of masculinity is the size and shape of a man’s chest. This has been so since antiquity and is evidenced today from comic book characters to body building and muscle supplements. The one largest tissue component that gives a male chest its features is the pectoral muscles. The pectoral muscle is a Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Laser Resurfacing at a Fraction

Laser skin resurfacing has now been around for several decades and involves a simple treatment principle…uniform removal of the outer layers of the skin. This can be done from very superficial to deep depending upon the power settings of the laser and the depth of the skin contour problem. Fractional laser treatment represents a paradigm Read More…

Scar Outcomes from the External Direct Browlift Procedure

As one ages, many facial structures fall unless they are rigidly fixed to bone. One of these falling structures is that of the eyebrows. Normally the eyebrows are situated either directly in front of or slightly above the level of the supraorbital ridge bone. But with time, gravity and expressive movements, the brows may Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Repeat Plastic Surgery Patients

You may think that the rise in plastic surgery procedures being done comes all from new patients. And while more people are having plastic surgery than ever before, a fair portion of these procedures are actually being done on prior patients. Most plastic surgery practices will tell you that one-third or more of cosmetic procedures Read More…

Financing For Plastic Surgery

A major contributing factor to the rise in the number of cosmetic procedures, particularly those involving surgery, is financing. While once a non-existant or negligible part of most plastic surgeon’s practices a mere decade ago, it is now a significant and important component of patient conversion today. Like many other luxury services, the ability to Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Benefits of Breast Reduction

Breast reduction surgery helps reduce the symptoms of neck, back and shoulder pain that large hanging breasts create. Much like a rope around a women’s neck onto which are attached several lb. sacks, the continuous pull of the weight of the breasts causes musculoskeletal pain from the neck into the back. But the amount of Read More…

Rupture Rates of PIP Breast Implants

Just like the U.S. had its own breast implant problems back in 1991, Europe is now dealing with one of its own in the recent PIP breast implant problem. Unlike the U.S problem which centered around the now unproven issue of systemic and autoimmune diseases from ruptured breast implants, the French-manufactured PIP implant problem is Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Rise in Cosmetic Procedures

Everyone is aware that cosmetic surgery is a burgeoning business based on the sheer number of advertisements and coverage by the media. Recent statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that the number of cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. has doubled over the past ten years. But this dramatic increase has Read More…