Category: cosmetic surgery | plastic surgery

  The great boom in plastic surgery over the past decade has been largely spurned by the use of injectable treatments and lasers for aesthetic facial rejuvenation. This has arisen to a shift in the average age of patients seeking cosmetic changes with a younger age group than ever before. Recent statistics put forth by Read More…

  Inadequate training and poor judgment account for a disproportionate number of complications and unsatisfactory results that occur annually from cosmetic surgery procedures. With so many different types of doctors doing cosmetic surgery, how can one make a safe and wise choice? In days gone by, the use of the terms such as ‘board-certified’ and Read More…

  A front page article in USA today reviewed a burgeoning problem in the world of cosmetic surgery…a growing number of complications spurned by surgeons of dubious training backgrounds. As insurance reimbursements have continued downward to abysmal levels, doctors who are trained in many other medical specialities than plastic surgery are either doing or opening Read More…

  As of Jan. 1 this year, a new law took effect in California whose intent is to provide greater safety for patients undergoing plastic surgery. Known as the “Donda West Law”, it is named after rap artist Kanye West’s mother who died a day after cosmetic surgery in 2007. According to reported autopsy results, Read More…

  We are exposed everyday to incredulous claims about health and cosmetic products and services. Advertisements from radio to infomercials bombard us on the weakest aspect of our inner selves…how we look and feel. We all want to look better and feel healthier and to do it with the least effort possible. It is this Read More…

The well publicized death of Donda West  in November 2007 after undergoing cosmetic surgery has given rise to a new California law. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken a step towards making more strict laws pertaining to cosmetic surgery following the tragic death of rapper Kanye West`s mother. The new bill is designed to provide greater Read More…

  Over the past few years, I have noticed a fair number of internet inquiries about the desire for cosmetic surgery from members of the armed services. I get at least once a week such an inquiry from someone stationed either locally or anywhere around the world, most commonly Iraq and Afghanistian. I suspect this Read More…

  One of the most interesting and relevant concepts in elective cosmetic plastic surgery is that of value. In short, what are you getting for what you are paying. As I often say to patients in my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, ‘we are not saving any lives here or curing cancer….it is just cosmetic surgery.’ Read More…

  The classic phrase, “Beauty is only skin deep”, belies the truth. The relevance and importance of beauty is pervasive, penetrating deep into all societies. It has long been acknowledged that people who are deemed physically attractive have a societal advantage. Numerous studies, using photographs, have shown that those who are judged to be physically Read More…

  According to a recent plastic surgery society survey, plastic surgeons are not immune to the economic and credit crises. Overall declines are widely reported in major cosmetic procedures. However, even in these tough times, the survey found that both men and women are continuing to spend money on non-surgical procedures to look and feel Read More…