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How Safe are Injectable Fillers in the Face ?

The use of injectable fillers for cosmetic facial treatments is very common and popular. Millions of such treatments are done every year in the United States. Their popularity and effectiveness has given to risen to ten (10) commercially available injectable fillers at present, including well known names such as Restylane, JuvaDerm and Radiesse products. Read More…

FDA To Investigate Injectable Filler Use in the Lips and Face

Injectable fillers, with compositions of collagen, hyaluronic acid, or synthetic beads, are a popular method of adding volume or plumping facial lines and wrinkles. It is a highly effective procedure that produces instantaneous results with very few complications. Current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, however, is limited to certain facial lines and wrinkle areas Read More…

Does The Method Of Extreme Weight Loss Increase The Risks of Body Contouring Surgery?

Large amounts of weight are being lost in this country through the popular procedures of bariatric surgery, most notably gastric bypass and the lapband operations. Despite the popularity of bariatric surgery, I see in my practice just as many patients who come in for body contouring procedures who have lost weight through diet and exercise. Read More…

Back Lift Surgery in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient

The back is not spared from the extreme weight loss process. While skin may sag worse in the front (abdomen) after a lot of weight loss, sagging in the back occurs as well. It tends to not sag as much as other areas due to three factors: the thickness of back skin (one of Read More…

Chin Augmentation Surgery – What To Expect Right After Surgery

Enhancing one’s chin with an implant is a common plastic surgery procedure. The simple placement of a synthetic implant on the front of the chin (mandibular symphysis) bone can make a dramatic difference in how the lower jaw looks and in the appearance of the lower face and neck. While chin augmentation is a Read More…

Tummy Tuck Surgery – What To Expect Right After Surgery

Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery is a dramatic operation that offers an unparalleled change in your waistline shape and contour. It can be so significant that I frequently refer to it as the ‘facelift’ of the body. Like all dramatic surgical changes, there will be some equally dramatic immediate after effects that all patients Read More…

Rhinoplasty Surgery – What To Expect After Surgery

Rhinoplasty or nose reshaping is one of the most popular facial plastic surgery procedures. Because the nose occupies such a prominent place on the face, the desire to change one’s nose is a big decision. In addition to the uncertainty of how one will ultimately look after surgery, concerns about how one will appear Read More…

Plastic Surgery Videos

I stumbled across recently the website entitled About.Com and discovered that they had a lot of health-related videos (297 to be exact). These videos are short ( a few minutes) but are of excellent quality with outstanding 3-D animations. They specifically have 10 that are for plastic surgery on the following topics. Breast Augmentation Read More…

Liposuction – What To Expect Right After Surgery

Liposuction remains one of the most popular of all plastic surgery procedures. If you count all the different body areas from which fat is removed , liposuction is the #1 plastic surgery procedure performed in the United States. While liposuction continues to evolve with newer methods of fat emulsification (e.g., ultrasonic, laser), the basic Read More…

Buttock Implants vs. Fat Injections for Buttock Enlargement Surgery

Enlargement of the buttocks or buttock enhancement is a plastic surgery procedure that has become more commonly requested and performed in the past several years than ever before. Ten years ago, this was a procedure that was unheard of and rarely done. Due to cultural influences and a changing population mix, the shape and Read More…