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Why Smoking Is Bad For Your Plastic Surgery

A recent article published on CNN online and picked up by numerous news agencies was entitled’ Smoking May Make Your Nipples Fall Off’. As sensationalized as that headline appears, there is more than just a kernel of truth to it. This is referring specifically to those folks who undergo plastic surgery of the breast, not Read More…

Breast Implant Complications – Intrathoracic Displacement

In a case report that appeared in the December 15th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a women ‘swallowed’ her breast implant during a pilates exercise. The news media was quick to pick up and publicize this finding, sometimes in a sensational manner. On the surface, this breast implant story does sound Read More…

Sutures Reactions after Incisional Closures in Plastic Surgery

The use of sutures is an absolute must for the closure of any type of incision in plastic surgery. Careful approximation of the wound edges and providing underlying layers of support by sutures are what makes the resultant scar from any elective plastic surgery procedure usually favorable and minimized. While the use of sutures Read More…

Muscle Tightening in Tummy Tuck Surgery

A tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is one of the most common and successful of all cosmetic body contouring procedures. Besides the obvious removal of a segment of lower abdominal skin and fat, the underlying muscles are frequently manipulated as well. Usually spoken of in terms of tightening, this part of a tummy tuck is often Read More…

Semi-Custom Facial Implants From 3-D Models

The use of implants makes it possible for many cosmetic facial procedures to be done. The mere existence of some of these implants has created new possibilities for facial augmentation. A wide variety of preformed implants of differing materials are available which allows the plastic surgeon to enhance structures as diverse as the temporal Read More…

Remote-Controlled Breast Tissue Expanders

While current implants offer excellent results in breast augmentation, they are not perfect. One of the concerns both before and after breast augmentation for many patients is…what if they are not big enough? And even if they appear of good size right after surgery, some women will eventually feel after time that they are Read More…

Facial Implants Instead of Orthognathic Surgery

While facial implants are commonly used to highlight the convex bony prominences of the cheeks, chin and jaw angle for purely cosmetic purposes, they have applications to other facial regions and problems as well. They can be very useful in bony deficiencies as well such as midface and mandibular hypoplasias as an orthognathic surgery Read More…

The Effects of Breast Lifts and Reductions on Upper Pole Fullness

Lifting and reduction techniques are common methods of cosmetic breast reshaping. Whether it is to lift up a smaller sagging breast or to reduce a large and pendulous breast, pushing up breast tissue and encasing it in a smaller and tight skin envelope is the basic approach. It would seem logical that by so Read More…

Facial Disfigurements and Their Impact On Job Interviews

Plastic surgeons have the opportunity to see a lot of patients with a variety of facial disfigurements. Ranging from traumatic injuries to birth defects to defects caused by a variety of neoplastic pathologies, people so afflicted are understandably concerned about their appearance and want to be as whole as possible. They feel, justified or Read More…

Plastic Surgery Product Review: Xeomin Injectable Facial Wrinkle Reducer

The battle of the facial wrinkle reducers continues to become more competitive. Botox has always been the gold standard because it was first and largely established the market as it exists today. Several years ago Dysport entered the scene which initially caused a bit of buzz. But to date it has not eroded dramatically Read More…