Blog

Health Insurance, Predetermination, and Plastic Surgery

Patients frequently consult plastic surgeons for procedures and medical conditions that they may feel is or should be covered by their health insurance. Sometimes this is true, other times it is not. Procedures such as breast reduction (female and male), abdominal panniculectomy after weight loss, and rhinoplasty (nose surgery) are common health insurance requests Read More…

Botox Injections for Bruxism (Clenching)

Botox injections are well known for their facial cosmetic benefits as well as the relief of certain medical conditions such as excessive sweating. Botox works primarily by temporarily decreasing or paralyzing the muscles into which it is injected. Because of the ability to lessen muscle contractions, it is logical to assume that Botox will work Read More…

The Manufacturer’s Warranties of Breast Implants

Breast augmentation is a procedure that requires the use of a synthetic breast implant to create a bigger breast. Breast augmentation is one of the few plastic surgery procedures where the device (implant) is responsible for the entire result. But like all medical devices it may fail and the breast augmentation result will be Read More…

Understanding the Risks of Revisional Surgery in Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is a wonderful procedure that does a great job of enhancing a woman’s breast size. Because it takes an implant to achieve this result, however, there are distinct risks associated with a synthetic enhancement method. Such complications include the typical surgical risks of bleeding and infection but an implant brings to the Read More…

The Anatomy of the Buccal Lipectomy

I frequently get asked by patients in consultation or online what they can do to make their face look thinner. Besides the obvious answer of weight loss for some patients, they are specifically asking about facial fat removal either through liposuction or removal of the buccal fat pads. While liposuction can make a great Read More…

The Use of Infra-Orbital Rim and Cheek Implants

Deficiencies of the lower rim of the eye socket and cheek create a hollowed-out appearance. Some call this a tear-trough deformity although this is not really accurate. A tear trough deformity is a depression between the eye and nose, technically known as the nasojugal fold. Underdevelopment or underprojection of the lower orbital rim and cheek Read More…

Treating The Sagging Male Chest after Massive Weight Loss

Currently, men make up a minority of patients presenting for body contouring surgery after weight loss. However, their numbers are increasing and they have several different body concerns that women. One of these is that of the chest area. The skin sag and the presence of excess fat under the nipple creates a relatively new Read More…

The Upper Body Lift in Bariatric Plastic Surgery

The excess skin and fat from extreme weight loss often creates a circumferential hanging effect at many levels of the body. While many think of the body lift as only one contouring procedure, they are only thinking of the lower body lift or circumferential body lift procedure. There is another body lift procedure for the Read More…

Rebuilding the Bridge of the Nose in Revisional Rhinoplasty

Removal or smoothing out a hump or bump on a nose is one of the most common techniques used in rhinoplasty. Many patients have a prominent hump that they want reduced. Hump reduction is a combination of bone and cartilage removal. Small or minor humps are usually filed done which is a very controlled Read More…

The Circumferential Body Lift Procedure For the Surgery Patient

In some weight loss patients, enough loose skin results that it feels like a suit is hanging off your body. The excess skin exists in a 360 degree fashion from the chest down to the knees. You could call this the ‘sharpee’ syndrome or one that looks like ‘wax melting off a candle’ but Read More…