Category: plastic surgery

  Plastic surgery, because of its scope of treatment possibilities from head to toe, undoubtably sees the greatest number of strange and weird disease conditions that require surgical care. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice over the years, I have come across a fair number of them. When recently asked by a patient as to Read More…

  While every patient knows and anticipates that they will have some bruising and swelling after any plastic surgery operation, most do appreciate the sequence of the process or its time of resolution. This gives rise to many patient phone calls and much anxiety which is perfectly understandable. The first concept for patients to grasp Read More…

  Some patients that I see for body contouring ask about diet pill medication and request that I either recommend one or write them a prescription for a pharmaceutical weight loss drug. While I am not a diet doctor per se, I think there are some basic concepts for patients to understand. If you see Read More…

As we commemorate D-day now 65 years later, this brings to mind for me how this and the previous World War shaped and propelled Plastic Surgery into the limelight of modern medicine. The father of modern plastic surgery, British surgeon Harold Gillies (1882 -1960), developed many plastic surgery techniques during World War I. (1914-1918) Since Read More…

  By definition, any plastic surgery operation requires incisions to create its final result. Sometimes the incision is a big part of the final outcome and in others it is merely an access point from which to do the significant part of the procedure. In either case, incisions are what patients see and focus on….and Read More…

As May is skin cancer prevention month, it is appropriate to talk about the most lethal of the three main types of cutaneous malignancies, melanoma. The occurrence of melanoma over the past several decades has continued to increase. It seems more and more people are being diagnosed and treated for this type of skin cancer. Read More…

  Herbal supplements today are as common, if not more common, than prescription medications for many people. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, most of my cosmetic patients are taking at least one herbal supplement. For most, the concept of using herbal supplements is that they can’t hurt and can only help. And since they don’t Read More…

Being tongue tied is more than just not knowing what to say. It is an actual medical diagnosis  (ankyloglossia) that is not that uncommon. (estimates are one in one to two thousand people) In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I have seen lots of them over the years. It is a condition inside the mouth Read More…

  The second face transplant in the United States was performed earlier this week at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The first U.S. face transplant was done in December 2008 at Cleveland Clinic. To date, there have been 7 face transplants done worldwide, 4 in France, 2 in the U.S. and one in China. Read More…