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The Safety Of Combining A Tummy Tuck With A Hysterectomy

The combination of a tummy tuck with a hysterectomy is a common request. There are many reasons for putting the two together including avoiding two surgeries, having but one recovery, convenient surgical access, and potential economic savings. There is also the simultaneous attainment of a medical and a cosmetic benefit as well. The ‘hysterectomy tuck’ Read More…

Looking Behind The Facetime Facelift

Facelift surgery over the past two decades has undergone a lot of evolution in techniques. From the incision placement around the ears, extent of flap dissection, SMAS manipulation, and use of adjunctive methods such as fat grafting, facelifting today is an amalgamation of methods to get the best result for each patient. It can be Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Complexity of Lip Anatomy

The lips on a face seem relatively uncomplicated, seemingly two simple strips of red-colored tissue placed in a horizontal orientation as the gateway to the mouth. But their shape is actually more complex than it seems as evidenced by the named descriptions of different anatomical points. (cupid’s bow, philtral columns, commissures, vermilion, vermilion-cutaneous junction) Each Read More…

Case Study: The Challenges of Combining Implants with Breast Lifts

Background: A woman’s breast is not a stable structure over her lifetime. It is exposed to many changes from its initial development throughout puberty to an older woman. Undoubtably the greatest changer of breast shape is pregnancy, causing gradual expansion and then a relatively rapid deflation. With this overall yoyo of breast shape comes loss Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Facelifts Get Younger

Facelifts are historically thought of being needed by the time one is in their late 50s or early 60s. While the changes seen at this age were impressive, they were also dramatic and easily seen. But societal standards have changed and the importance of stemming the facial aging process earlier so one continues to look Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Smoking and Its Effects on Wound Healing

Smoking not only induces medical disease but impacts wound healing significantly. Its negative effects are thought to be primarily related to its reduced levels of tissue oxygenation, a critical factor that helps surgical wounds heal. Two major smoke consitutents, nicotine and carbon monoxide, causes peripheral vasoconstriction and decreases the ability of hemoglobin in red blood Read More…

What Is A Gummy Bear Breast Implant?

The concept of a gummy bear breast implant has been around now for several years. Patients ask about them, often enthusiastically, like it is the ultimate breast implant. A few prospective breast augmentation patients even say they are not going to have their surgery until they are available. The name gummy bear is all over Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Botox Units

Like all drugs, Botox is administered by dose. Every patient who has ever received it knows this well because they are charged some many $/unit. Much of the competition and advertising for Botox business is done by offering discounts by reducing the $ charge per unit. Patients often look astutely for who is offering Read More…

Facelift Surgery and Blood-Related Complications

As the overall number of cosmetic procedures and surgical providers increases, the number of potential complications and adverse outcomes will also become more prevalent. While there are numerous site-specific problems that can occur with any plastic surgery, such as infection and wound healing issues, the number of medical complications that are potentially lethal that can Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implants 50th Anniversary

Breast implants continue to be one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries, accounting for over 300,000 procedures last year in the U.S. alone. While breast implants seem like they have been around forever, it is now a mere 50 years since the first breast augmentation surgery was performed in the spring of 1962 in Texas. Read More…