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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
One of the most challenging tasks in Plastic Surgery is to try and please patients who are seeking the ‘perfect result’. What I am specifically referring to are three types of patients; a new patient who has never had plastic surgery before, a patient that I have operated on previously and wants the result Read More…
In the most recent issue of our prestiguous journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (April), I read an article on evaluating the effectiveness of mesotherapy on body contouring. This was a study out of Seoul, Korea on 20 women who had mesotherapy injections on their inner thighs on one side and not the other over Read More…
Everyone wants the best deal in anything in life…and in plastic surgery this concept is no different. However, the very cost-conscious patient (shopper) in plastic surgery often turns out to be a problem patient. I am not saying that every patient that wants to negotiate price is a problem, it just seems that there is Read More…
The news today of a teenager who has died in Florida while undergoing breast surgery due to malignant hyperthermia is a horrible tragedy. Many will ask could it have been prevented and how can this happen today with all the technology available in modern medicine? Most of the pubic is unaware of this very rare, Read More…
On Tuesday March 25, 2008, Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon, presented a lecture open to the general public on the topic, ‘Trick, Trend, or Truth: The Insider’s Guide to Plastic Surgery’ at Frederic’s AVEDA Institute in Indianapolis. In this presentation, Dr Eppley reviewed ten of the most popular cosmetic plastic surgery procedures today and Read More…
Every plastic surgeon understands the importance of listening to patients, either before as well as after any operation. Plastic surgeons understand this better than any other medical specialty, short of psychiatry. (and we have to be part-time psychologists often!) But, quite frankly, listening takes time and extensive time is often not possible at each Read More…
Despite the more recent public awareness of fat removal by liposuction and fat injections for volume addition in the past 20 years, the use of fat in plastic surgery has been around for over 50 years. The history of liposuction dates back to the early 20th century with the famous first case of unsuccessful liposuction Read More…
As a plastic surgeon, I certainly am asked and do treat a lot of fat concerns. Whether it be liposuction treatments for fat removal or fat injections for adding volume somewhere, plastic surgeons probably handle more fat than any other medical specialty. Yet, we still do not understand much of its physiology and its response to Read More…
As a physician and plastic surgeon, I have been extensively educated and have been trained to speak the medical and surgical ‘languages’. Furthermore, spending a lot of time talking to and educating other doctors, I have learned to speak in an erudite and ‘big word’ manner. However, when it comes to talking with patients, Read More…
The typical prospective patient over the past decade has been extensively instructed to investigate the credentials of their chosen plastic surgeon, from board-certification to patient recommendations. All of these are very good and certainly should be done. But many plastic surgeons in any given community will pass the ‘credentials test’. Then what? Don’t overlook the Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...