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Artefill (Now Bellafill) As A More Permanent Injectable Filler

The newest facial injectable filler to enter the commercial cosmetic marketplace is Artefill, a semi-permanent to permanent in-office treatment for deep facial lines. This is primarily intended for the nasolabial fold area, often times called the cheek-lip groove or fold. It is the result of cheek tissue descending with age, falling over the fixed upper Read More…

Terminal Illnesses and Plastic Surgery

I was contacted by a patient’s husband today by e-mail and asked, even though his wife was sick, if she could still have a breast augmentation. His wife suffered from a serious brain disease but had always wanted larger breasts for much of her adult life. Is doing the requested procedure responsible plastic surgery? Read More…

Children’s Book of Plastic Surgery

I saw a book on the internet today entitled ‘My Beautiful Mommy’, co-authored by a female patient and a plastic surgeon from Florida. It is beautifully done and a very clever idea. Besides being cute, it is also reflective of our culture and the tremendous popularity of plastic surgery. Had someone told anyone ten years Read More…

Laser Assisted-Liposuction – Promising New Method For Fat Removal and Skin Tightening

Advancements in methods of fat removal by liposuction continue to change and be ‘improved’. One of the most noteworthy methods that is currently marketed and touted is laser liposuction, or more accurately, laser-assisted liposuction. As opposed to the traditional technique of cannula insertion, eating up the fat tissue, and then sucking it out, the mechanical Read More…

The Breathe Easy Rhinoplasty

I came across an interesting blog from Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills California on Google’s blogspot on rhinoplasty. They had entitled their version of a rhinoplasty as ‘Breathe Easy’. This obviously relates to the concern of some patients (although most patients are not aware of this possibility) that breathing through their nose Read More…

Patient Financing in Plastic Surgery

Only three years ago, the number of patients who used financing for elective cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in my practice was around 10% or less. As we proceed forward into 2008, that number has jumped to over 30% and appears to be going even higher. There are many reasons for this trend from a Read More…

Large Implants in Breast Augmentation

My approach to selecting a size for one’s breast augmentation is that it is the patient’s choice. It is not for me to judge someone’s taste or desires. Breast size is a very personal issue and it is, to some degree, a bit like art. Beauty (breast size) is in the eye of the beholder. Read More…

Earthquakes and Complications in Plastic Surgery

As I was sitting here early this morning at 5:30AM preparing for a day of plastic surgery sorting out implants and patient records, there was a peculiar silence and then a noise which caught my attention. It made me sit right up and listen…and then a subtle vibration began. And then the whole building shook Read More…

The No Packing Rhinoplasty

One of the greatest fears of many patients who are considering rhinoplasty surgery is that their nose will be packed during surgery, subsequently requiring removal sometime after surgery. That thought is one of significant uncomfortability at best and outright pain at the worst. I have found that many potential rhinoplasty patients often ask….are you Read More…

Age Limits for Plastic Surgery

One of the many things that you are never too old for is……..caring about a long-standing cosmetic concern. Several months ago, I did a facelift on a lady who was 82 years old. She was in perfect health and was bothered by her ‘neck waddle’. While obviously everyone her age probably had a lot Read More…