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Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Bariatric Plastic Surgery

The treatment of obesity with bariatric surgery is a commonly done and highly effective procedure for generating large amounts of weight loss. (> 100 pounds) This has led to a large population of such weight loss patients seeking body contouring surgery to deal with their hanging skin issues. Many of the body contouring surgery Read More…

Assessment of Patient Satisfaction With Botox Facial Injections

Botox is the world’s most popular minimally invasive facial treatment for cosmetic purposes. Temporarily decreasing or eliminating certain forehead and eye wrinkles that result from reflex facial expressions has proven to be highly desired throughout much of the civilized world. I have always said that Botox is so popular because it simply works well Read More…

Avoiding An Unnatural Cheek Implant Result

Cheek implants are a fairly simple and effective method of enhancing this important aesthetic part of the face. By placing implants through an incision on the underside of the upper lip, the cheek area can be enhanced in various three dimensional ways with different types of implant designs. While once used exclusively for people Read More…

Hump Reduction in Rhinoplasty

A bump or hump on the nose is one of the most common reasons one seeks a rhinoplasty procedure. Reducing a hump and having a smoother bridge of the nose makes it appear more pleasing. Even if many other features of the nose are being changed , one of the signs of a successful Read More…

The Suture Suspension Facelift (Threadlift) – Does It Work?

The appeal of using specialized sutures to resuspend sagging facial tissues in a minimally-invasive operation is enormous. Doing a little facial tightening or tuck-up as an office procedure with little downtime has its obvious advantages. As a result, numerous types of barbed sutures have become available over the past five years and many such procedures Read More…

The Elbow Lift – An Extension of the Upper Arm Lift

The elbow lift, or removing excess skin from around the elbow (middle) area of the arm, is an uncommon procedure in body contouring surgery. Most of the time an upper arm lift ( between the elbow and the armpit) is enough to take care of one’s arm concerns. But the extreme weight loss patient can Read More…

Common Myths About Breast Reduction

Breast reduction is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures in the United States. Reduction of large breasts provides immediate and long-term improvement in back, shoulder, and neck pains that come from a woman having to carry around excessive breast weight. Despite the common performance of the breast reduction operation, there are numerous Read More…

Different Approaches to Arm Lifts in Extreme Weight Loss Patients

Arm lifts or Brachioplasty is a plastic surgery procedure that removes excess skin and fat from the arm. The trade-off for this skin removal and tightening of the upper arm is a long scar that runs down the arm. This cut out of skin and the resultant scar can be done on either the inside Read More…

Rebound Relaxation After Facelift Surgery

A facelift does a tremendous job of improving the neck and jowl lines. While there are numerous methods and advocates of different facelift techniques, there is not one universally agreed upon technique that ‘works the best’. All types of facelifts must engage one important reality….the surgery is treating the symptoms of the problem (loose skin Read More…

Permanent Makeup (Micropigmentation) in Plastic Surgery

Permanent makeup, also known as micropigmentation or intradermal pigmentation, is an established method of applying small amounts of colored pigments into the deep (dermal) layer of the skin. This technology has been around for over twenty years and has been proven to be medically safe and highly effective. Micropigmentation is used for a variety of Read More…