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The Introduction to the New Patient in Plastic Surgery

It is well known that the key moment in most relationships, and often the most memorable, is the introduction. This is certainly true in medicine and particularly true in plastic surgery. It is true that patients come in on their own will but it is still a potentially scary and uncomfortable experience. They make Read More…

The Direct Browlift Option for Men

Men are more prone to eyebrows dropping down with age due to their often heavier foreheads. Fortunately, a low brow in a male is much more tolerable than in a woman. Male brows also have a different shape than a woman’s, being less arched and more at the level of the brow bone. When Read More…

Body Contouring after Bariatric Surgery

According to the annual statistics of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of body contouring procedures performed has dramatically increased over the past five years. Abdominoplasty, lower Body Lift, buttock lift experienced a 200% gain while thigh and upper arm lift experienced a 400% rise. This parallels and is due to Read More…

The Role of Technology in Plastic Surgery

We live in an era of plastic surgery where much of the new procedures and offerings are based on technology. Whether it be new devices, implants, or drugs, plastic surgery (like everything else) is technology-driven. But with each new technology, comes the same old questions of when to use it, is it better than what Read More…

The Layers and Vectors of a Facelift

A facelift is one of the most recognized procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery…..but also one of the most misunderstood. The general public’s perception of a facelift….based on TV shows and the internet…is someone after such surgery being bruised from their eyes to their neck and their face wrapped up in a big dressing…like they Read More…

The Impact of the Economy on Plastic Surgery

Undoubtably, we are in more difficult economic times than a year ago….even if you compare the gas prices alone. As is well known in plastic surgery, the less ‘luxury’ income that is available the less elective plastic surgery gets done. Cosmetic surgery is one of the first items crossed off the list in hard Read More…

The Short-Lived Body Image Memory Concept in Plastic Surgery

One of the most fascinating human observations in plastic surgery is how quickly patients forget what they looked like before surgery. Patients remembered ‘perceptions’ of their face and body is often quite erroneous…or their memories are quite short. Therein lies the value of preoperative photographs. Not only to marvel at how significant the changes Read More…

In Search of the Perfect Result in Plastic Surgery

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…

Effectiveness of LipoDissolve and Mesotherapy for Fat Reduction

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…

Cost Shopping in Plastic Surgery

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…