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…

  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…

  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…

Like writing, speaking teaches you. I have given many hundreds of presentations and lectures on plastic surgery from audiences as small as one to hundreds of people. In every single instance, the person who learned the most from each experience was me. One side of learning in speaking is in the actual preparation. I have always Read More…

  I currently have a large daily plastic surgery blogs and, some of my patients who actually have seen or read it, have asked the question…why do you write? The answer is a simple one…I learn more when I write than when I read. When I was at the University, there was some relevance to Read More…