Category: plastic surgery

  Body contouring plastic surgery after extreme amounts of weight loss must take into consideration the nutritional condition of the patient. Unlike traditional cosmetic surgery where one can assume that the patient can heal satisfactorily, such an assumption can not be safely made in patients who have lost a lot of weight. This is particularly Read More…

  Before and after photographs of plastic surgery procedures are commonplace today.  They are present  on doctor’s , societies and referral websites.  Thousands upon thousands of plastic surgery procedure photographs are available all over the internet. While not long ago a plastic surgeon had a book of before and after pictures in their office for Read More…

Women have long sought to improve the appearance of their eyes by enhancing their eyelashes. Whether it be from the application of mascara or synthetic eyelashes which attach to the eyelid, longer and fuller eyelashes provide real beauty to the eye area. The newest method of eyelash enhancement are semi-permanent eyelash extensions. They offer the cosmetic benefit of lengthening Read More…

  Healing after many plastic surgery procedures is uneventful and expected. However, certain types of patients and plastic surgery procedures  result in outcomes that have wound healing problems. While not all wound healing complications can be prevented,  some can be averted or lessened in their severity by preoperative preparation  I like to think of major Read More…

  The treatment of obesity with bariatric surgery is a commonly done and highly effective procedure for generating large amounts of weight loss. (> 100 pounds) This has led to a large population of such weight loss patients seeking body contouring surgery to deal with their hanging skin issues. Many of the body contouring surgery Read More…

  Patients frequently consult plastic surgeons for procedures and medical conditions that they may feel is or should be covered by their health insurance. Sometimes this is true, other times it is not. Procedures such as breast reduction (female and male), abdominal panniculectomy after weight loss, and rhinoplasty (nose surgery) are common health insurance requests Read More…

  Body contouring surgery usually involves the removal of large segments of excess skin and fat after considerable weight loss. Such radical resection usually occurs from tummy tucks, body lifts, and thigh lifts. Lesser segments of skin and fat are removed in breast lifts, arm lifts, and back lifts. No matter what the area of Read More…

  The problem of aging has troubled many since the beginning of time and the dream of finding a solution to the aging problem is as hopeful today as it was thousands of years ago. Conventional wisdom is that aging is caused primarily by the cumulative damage of environmental factors, wearing down the very cells Read More…