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Medical Insurance, Pre-Determination and Plastic Surgery

Third party insurance and potential coverage of surgical procedures is an important part of one’s overall health maintenance program. Many plastic surgeons are happy to participate and aid you in maximizing your insurance benefits. Plastic surgeons work on a daily basis with many insurance providers and are very familiar with this process. It is Read More…

How To Avoid Having Your Plastic Surgery Cancelled

In addition to the responsibilities of your plastic surgeon, anesthesiologist, and the nursing staff of a hospital or surgery center, surgery involves certain obligations on the part of the patient to ensure a safe and uncomplicated experience. The following is a list of the four most common issues that I have encountered over the Read More…

Botox and Informed Consent

When you are considering Botox injections (facial expression weakening/paralysis), consider the following issues which should be part of every procedure consent for this cosmetic treatment. These include issues of Treatment Areas, Outcome of the Procedure, Risk and Complications, and the all-important understanding of what the Costs will be. What specific areas are going to be treated? Read More…

Reducing Pain with Injectable Facial Filler Treatments

A variety of injectable fillers now exist for the treatment of facial folds and deep lines as well as enlargement of the size of the lips. While many of the injectable fillers are different and last varying lengths of time after injection, there is no question about their immediate satisfying results. Despite the instantenous results Read More…

Preparations Before Plastic Surgery

Here is a list of several important issues to be aware of and to do before your plastic surgery procedure. Restrain from eating and drinking 8 hours prior to surgery This is a rule of any surgery that, if misunderstood, may have life-threatening consequences. Food or liquids in the stomach may be vomited while Read More…

Medications To Take And Avoid Before Plastic Surgery

Prevention of complications after plastic surgery, such as bleeding and slow wound healing, can be aided by proper management of a variety of common medications. As an Indianapolis plastic surgeon, this is the medication to-do-list (and not-to-do) that I provide to each of my patients prior to their surgery. Medications to avoid two weeks Read More…

The Use of Fat Graft Injections to the Face for Volumetric Augmentation

While now nine different synthetic injectable fillers exist for the cosmetic treatment of facial lines and wrinkles, none of them are permanent. As they are all artificially-created materials, the body will eventually absorb or break them down so their plumping effect dissipates with time. Fat from your own body remains as a very appealing Read More…

Cost of Botox in Indianapolis

Botox continues to be the most popular in-office cosmetic facial procedure short of skin care treatments. It is so popular because of its tremendous effectiveness, producing a near-surgical result every time. Also, while not inexpensive, it is less costly than surgery and involves no recovery whatsoever. The cost of Botox does vary greatly across the Read More…

The Difference between Men and Women with Botox Injections

Botox exerts its effects through a muscle weakening or paralyzing effect. Like all drugs, its effectiveness is going to be dose-dependent. How much Botox® is injected will determine how much weakening of the muscle will occur and to what degree of improvement is seen in the undesired facial expression. The higher the dose given, the Read More…

Improving the Safety of Botox

Botox, the world’s #1 cosmetic facial treatment, comes in a bottle in a powder form. If you look at a bottle on its arrival and hold it up to the light, you would swear there was nothing in it. The amount of powder is so small, and the toxin that it carries so powerful, that Read More…