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Preoperative Marking in Plastic Surgery

Wrong-site surgery is a well recognized problem in the United States. The actual incidence isn’t precisely known, and numbers vary, but it is estimated to be around once in every 100,000 surgeries or so. Most likely the incidence is probably higher. That ratio seems pretty good unless you are that unlucky one amongst the Read More…

Turbinate Reduction (Outfracturing) in Functional Nasal Airway Surgery

Functional nasal airway surgery is intended to improve breathing though your nose by removing mechanical obstructions to airflow. Many patients confuse this type of nasal surgery with rhinoplasty which is the external reshaping of the nose. (particularly as it relates to insurance coverage!) This is understandable given that it is quite common to do Read More…

Rhinoplasty and Chin Augmentation – A Dual Facial Profile Change

In considering rhinoplasty surgery, your face must be considered as a whole. The nose must be particularly assessed in reference to another horizontally projecting facial feature…the chin. If your chin is small, you may benefit from a chin implant. The reason is that the size of the chin changes the way you, and others, Read More…

Male Body Contouring – Liposuction and Tummy Tucks

When men seek body contouring, the vast majority of cases will involve the abdomen and waistline liposuction. It is very rare to ever do in a man any other areas that are more common in women such as the hips, buttocks, or thighs. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I can not even remember Read More…

Weird Diseases in Plastic Surgery – Part 2

My second installment of unusual and weird diseases that plastic surgeons occasionally see. Necrotzing Fasciitis Necrotizing fasciitis, commonly portrayed and spoken of in the media as a flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria, is actually not that uncommon and is not a medical disease that is new. It is an infection of the deeper layer of Read More…

Total Jawline Enhancement in Men

One of the most dominant and defining features of the male face is the jawline. While the chin is a part of the jawline, it does not represent the entire dimension of the lower third of the face. It represents only the central third. The dimensions of the jawline follow the curvature of the mandible Read More…

Weird Diseases in Plastic Surgery – Part 1

Plastic surgery, because of its scope of treatment possibilities from head to toe, undoubtably sees the greatest number of strange and weird disease conditions that require surgical care. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice over the years, I have come across a fair number of them. When recently asked by a patient as to Read More…

Plastic Surgery Recovery – Understanding Bruising and Swelling

While every patient knows and anticipates that they will have some bruising and swelling after any plastic surgery operation, most do appreciate the sequence of the process or its time of resolution. This gives rise to many patient phone calls and much anxiety which is perfectly understandable. The first concept for patients to grasp Read More…

Smartlipo and Skin Tightening

Smartlipo, or laser liposuction, is touted to have the dual effect of fat removal and skin tightening. There are considerable discussions and debates on the internet, plastic surgery meetings, as well as other venues about whether this claim of skin tightening is real and can be verified. While much ongoing clinical and scientific work Read More…

Botox for Excessive Armpit Sweating (Axillary Hyperhidrosis)

Excessive sweating, also known as primary focal hyperhidrosis (PFH), is a disorder of the sweat glands that may involve the axillae, palms of the hands or soles of the feet. Why the sweat glands produce such high volumes of fluid is not known. This problem affects nearly 3% of the US population and is Read More…