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Circumferential Body Lift in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

With the tremendous increase in the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the past five years, to no surprise there has been a near equal increase in the number of post-bariatric body contouring procedures performed to deal with the resultant excessive hanging skin. These bariatric plastic surgery procedures include arm lifts, breast lifts, abdominoplasties, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Wisdom – Less Is Rarely More

I have noticed over the years an occasional relationship between the economics of a patient, affordability if you will, and the potential satisfaction from a procedure.The less likely a patient can really afford the procedure, the less likely they may be completely satisfied with it. To give a good example, I had a lady last Read More…

The Meaning of Before and After Pictures in Plastic Surgery

One of the most frequently asked questions to me by patients, and undoubtably looked for on websites and the internet, are photographic results of plastic surgery. Specifically, plastic surgery pictures from the specific plastic surgeon that they are evaluating. Given that everything we do in plastic surgery is visible and capable of being photographed, most Read More…

Patient Appreciation in Plastic Surgery

Like all businesses, I get many accolades for services provided as well as a lesser number of complaints about services or results. That is the nature of plastic surgery where everything we do is visible. All results can be easily judged and criticized. But I got a very kind note from a parent about Read More…

Medical Insurance and the Cost of Rhinoplasty

One of the most frequently confusing issues for patients is the cost of rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty, external nose reshaping, which is frequently a cosmetic procedure (although not always) is often confused with Functional Nasal Airway Surgery whose onjective is to improve breathing and is often covered by medical insurance. Th confusion comes in as many patients Read More…

Before and After Breast Augmentation Photo Results

A very frequent request for potential breast augmentation patients is that they would like to see breast augmentation photos/pictures of my results. I find patients reviewing before and after breast augmentation photos to be extremely educational for them and I insist that they do so. I refer to them to either by practice website, http://www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com/breast-aug.html Read More…

Principles of a Natural-Looking Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty, or nose-shaping surgery, is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures of the face. It can have a dramatic effect on one’s facial appearance due to the prominent position of the nose on the face. While rhinoplasty surgery has been performed for over 100 years, modern rhinoplasty techniques create noses that are Read More…

Patient’s Changing Expectations After Plastic Surgery

One of the more interesting observations in plastic surgery is the change in patient’s expectations before and then after a plastic surgery procedure. Often it occurs in the most unlikely of patients. What I am referring to is how some patients, who before surgery state that they would find any improvement in their problem acceptable, Read More…

Another Botox Scare

I read earlier this week of another Botox ‘concern’ this week on the internet which reported ‘Botox moves from the face to the brain’. This news story was based on a recently published paper in the Journal of Neuroscience. The concern is that Botox apparently can migrate from where it is injected to somewhere in Read More…

Am I Ready for Plastic Surgery?

I often get asked by patients if I think they are ready to have plastic surgery. My initial reponse is always the same….if you think you want or need it…then you are ready. Something as elective and personal as plastic surgery can’t really be decided by the doctor, I simply decide what the best treatment Read More…