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Matristem for Wound Healing and Graft Stimulation

Wound healing and the science behind it is an integral part of plastic surgery. No medical specialty is faced with more diverse wound healing challenges being a referral source for difficult and non-healing surgery sites and wounds. Plastic surgery offers a wide spectrum of wound healing methods from tissue flaps, skin and fat grafting to Read More…

Case Study: Secondary Liposuction after a Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)

Background: A tummy tuck is the most successful body contouring operation in plastic surgery that we know. Its dramatic removal of excess skin and fat, and vertical rectus muscle tightening, produces an outcome that patient’s can not otherwise achieve on their own. While there is a resultant scar, that is a worthwhile trade-off in Read More…

A Methodology For Choosing Implant Size in Breast Augmentation

Beauty has always been in the eyes of the beholder. The parameters of beauty also differ from one culture to another and also change with time and fashion. What does that mean for breast size, particularly in a Western culture? Well the eye of the beholder is highly influenced by the culture in which they Read More…

Breast Augmentation Under Local Anesthesia

Breast augmentation remains a very popular body contouring procedure. It is a relatively simple outpatient procedure that takes about an hour to complete under general anesthesia. No matter how it is done, it fundamentally involves placing an implant behind the breast tissue. The breast implant essentially does all the work in terms of making Read More…

The Zipper Necklift For Neck Wattle Removal

The neck wattle is one of the most bothersome of aging facial features, particularly for the older male. Men are often much more concerned about their turkeyneck than they are about the bags and hanging skin around their eyes. That neck wattle not only flops around but really stands out in a shirt and Read More…

Indianapolis Zerona Body Contouring Study

In August 2010, the Erchonia Corporation was granted market clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the non-invasive body contouring device known as Zerona. This is a brand name and in and of itself conveys nothing about what it does or how it works. Zerona is the first non-invasive device to receive FDA Read More…

Avoiding Irregularities in Abdominal Liposuction

Liposuction is one of the most popular of all cosmetic procedures due to the ubiquity of excess fat. Of all liposuction procedures, the stomach or abdominal area is the most common area of treatment. While highly effective at removing abdominal fat, irregularities after abdominal liposuction are not rare. Second to that of the inner Read More…

Case Study: The Subnasal (Bullhorn) Lip Lift in Men

Background: Aesthetic concerns of the lips are largely a gender specific issue. By far, most cosmetic lip procedures are done in women. Men represent a very small percent (1 to 2%) of those patients who undergo lip modifications, whether it is injectable fillers or excisional lip modifications. The long upper lip is often viewed Read More…

Case Study: Breast Implants with Vertical Lifts in Sagging Breasts

Background: Breast augmentation remains as one of the most popular body contouring procedures. In simplicity, breast augmentation works by using an implant to expand out the existing breast tissue. Therein lies how the final breast result will look…it will reflect nothing more than a ‘blown-up’ version of the existing breast mound in most cases. Read More…

Can Botox Injections Ever Have A Permanent Effect?

The popularity of Botox for cosmetic facial uses is that it does something that not even surgery can do…stop unwanted expressions. Its downside is that its results are not permanent. Most patients would wish that its effects were either more long-lasting or were permanent. One question that some patients ask about the long-term use Read More…