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The Search For Effective Cellulite Treatments

Cellulite, like its close cousin stretch marks, is a cosmetic scourge for many women. While there is no medical reason to treat cellulite, which is normal in the skin of many females and is not associated with any health risks, many women are concerned about it anyway. The unsavory presence of skin irregularities, lumps Read More…

The Risk of Breast Implants and A Rare Form of Lymphoma

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued today that there may be rare but possible association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).This form of lymphoma is extremely rare. This information is based on between 30 to 60 reports of ALCL among as many as 10 million women with breast implants worldwide Read More…

Roger Ebert and Prosthetic Facial Reconstruction

Later this week, renowned movie critic Roger Ebert is returning to television for two new debuts. One is something of which he is very familiar, a new show entitled “Ebert Presents at the Movies”.Since his original Sneak Previews show started some 35 years ago, and I remember it well as a regular viewer in my Read More…

Gummy Bear Breast Augmentation – Advantages and Disadvantages

Gummy bear breast implants have undergone clinical trial investigations in the United States for much of the last decade. Those clinical trials are now closed and the FDA is currently evaluating the data. Both existing U.S. breast implant manufacturers, Mentor and Allergan, have conducted clinical trials with their versions of the gummy bear implant. Mentor’s Read More…

Current Update on the Gummy Bear Implant for Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is one of the most successful and sought after of all body contouring procedures in plastic surgery. A huge part of any breast result is the implant. Prior to 1991, silicone gel breast implants were the most widely used. From 1991 to 2006, saline breast implants were the only option as the Read More…

Pectoral Implant Styles and Sizes for Chest Enhancement

A desireable male chest is usually defined by having well defined and fuller pectoralis muscles. For a body builder, model or anyone that does weightlifting to any serious degree, pectoral definition is the cornerstone upon which a great male body is built. Pectoral muscles due to their size and attachment to the arms is one Read More…

Understanding the Association of Smartlipo with Local Anesthesia

Liposuction continues to be one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures. Due to the abundance of numerous fat sites for treatment, its widespread use shows no sign of slowing down. With this popularity has come numerous methods to improve this body reshaping process. Technologies have largely focused on more efficient methods of fat Read More…

The Value of Facial Implants and Skeletal Augmentation in the Aging Face

Aging has an obvious effect on how the face looks from the outside with many recognized soft tissue changes. Wrinkles, deepening nasolabial folds, crow’s feet and jowls are but a few of the effects that gravity and time cause. This understanding has led to the many well known plastic surgery procedures whose intent is Read More…

3-D Implant Design and Engineering in Facial Reconstructive Surgery

Facial reconstruction patients can benefit today from custom-made bone replacements and bone fixation aids to optimize for the postoeprative form and function. High-resolution computed tomography (CT) modeling allows plastic surgeons to custom-design implants prior to reconstructive surgery. They are particularly useful for facial bone defects of the lower jaw (mandible), skull and the forehead and Read More…

Injectable Rhinoplasty Using Diced Cartilage

The concept of a non-surgical rhinoplasty or nosejob has emerged with the popularity and widespread use of injectable fillers. For select nasal defects, most commonly to camouflage a small nasal hump, fillers are introduced by needle through the skin to get an immediate result. While it is not permanent, the use of longer lasting fillers Read More…