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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...
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Plastic Surgery Addiction Many patients ask or assume that I frequently see so called ‘plastic surgery addicts’ as they phrase it. Their perception of the plastic surgery addict is the patient who just can’t stop having plastic surgery and comes back over and over. In reality, there is some truth to Read More…
Choosing Breast Implant Size in Breast Augmentation Since I have been talking about methods for determining the right breast implant size for a patient, let me share with you one method as promoted by Mentor, one of the two breast implant manufacturers in the United States. Their system, known as Body Logic, provides a Read More…
One of the most important considerations that a patient has about the breast augmentation procedure is the final size that the breasts will be. Obviously, this is controlled almost exclusively by the size of the breast implant. I have previously discussed in a prior post about the differences between saline vs. silicone breast implants. Read More…
Explore Plastic Surgery – America’s #1 Plastic Surgery Blog As of December 1 2007, I have created a separate website from my plastic surgery practice for informational plastic surgery blog, known as Explore Plastic Surgery. There you will find my daily input on interesting aspects of plastic surgery techniques, methods, devices, and implants. On that site Read More…
Cellulite: Difficult Problem, No Permanent Solutions Much like scars and stretch marks, the problem of cellulite is common and questions as to how to treat it equally so. Cellulite remains, however, an aesthetic problem that defies a single effective answer. The testament to that can be seen on the internet with hundreds of cellulite Read More…
Board-Certification in Plastic Surgery: Who has it and What does it mean? When one is considering plastic surgery, whether it be cosmetic or reconstructive, one of the first questions that patients have been advised to ask is……is my surgeon board-certified? Despite knowing to ask this question, most patients have no idea what it means Read More…
Hair Restoration for the Thinned or Absent Eyebrow I used to see one or two patients a year who had lost their eyebrows due to an accident such a burn injury or an avulsion from a motor vehicle accident. While these still do occur, I am now seeing more patients that have very thin eyebrows Read More…
EYELID SURGERY – Best Facial Rejuvenation Value for most Patients Although eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) treats only a small area of the face, it has a dramatic impact on facial appearance. Dollar for dollar, blepharoplasty surgery has the best value of almost any facial plastic surgery due to the way we humans interact, eye to Read More…
LipoDissolve……Lose Fat Without Surgery? LipoDissolve® is a fat treatment utilizing a combination of naturally occurring compounds administered through a series of micro-injections. LipoDissolve injections reduce the size of localized fat deposits and is an excellent non-surgical alternative for those patients seeking minimally invasive techniques to improve body contour. It is not a treatment for Read More…
BREAST REDUCTION: PAIN RELIEF AT ANY SIZE It has long been know to plastic surgeons that reducing the size of large heavy breasts results in improvement in back, neck and shoulder pain. Unfortunately, health insurances often disagree and have historically placed an arbitrary amount of breast tissue that must be removed to be eligible for 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...