Category: plastic surgery humor

Part of many procedures in plastic surgery create a redistribution effect. For example a facelift relocates sagging tissues from the jowls and neck and moves them back up into a better place. Rhinoplasty takes down a hump and lifts up a low tip. A Mommy Makeover makes the breasts bigger and perkier with tightening and Read More…

  Plastic surgery offers a wide variety of changes to the face and body that in many cases can produce outstanding results. Many of these results are well publicized across the internet and on many plastic surgeon’s websites. But just because a great result can be obtained on one person does not necessarily mean that Read More…

  One’s perception of the ‘need’ for plastic surgery of the aging face is a matter of perspective as this word cartoon illustrates. I have heard many patients who are having some form of a facelift that their children are mortified that they are having the procedure. These younger children are not infrequently firmly against Read More…

  One of the classic topics of plastic surgery humor is breast implants. Whether it be a snowman or just about any other recognizeable figure or animal, breast implants have been placed on them to signify that they have had plastic surgery or been ‘done’ as a piece of humor.  A snow woman would be Read More…

  There is no more iconic Hollywood figure or sex symbol than Marilyn Monroe. Despite her relatively short life, she remains a recognizeable face today many decades after her tragic death. But despite her beauty she, like many famous people, was apparently not entirely happy with her looks. Medical records have recently come to light Read More…

  The association of silicone materials and plastic surgery dates back almost fifty years when silicone oil injections were first used for breast enhancement and facial rejuvenation in the late 1960s. While silicone oil injections have been banned in the U.S. for a long time due to adverse tissue reactions, silicone gel remains as a Read More…

I can think of quite a few patients whom after meeting,  that I was glad I had the opportunity to read their chart before entering the room and meeting them for the first time. As what jumped out at me as to why they came in for a plastic surgery consultation was quite different from Read More…

  It is commonly perceived that excess body fat and being overweight is better treated by diet and exercise than having plastic surgery. And this is most certainly true. Plastic surgery is not a substitute for making one’s best effort at being at the best body weight possible and getting off those excess bulges. But Read More…