Category: plastic surgery

  With extreme weight loss (100 pounds or greater), the excess skin that results is usually everywhere. While it may be problematic at one body area more than another, the loose skin often poses an overall concern that literally may be from head to toe. Since most body contouring patients have needs that exceed just Read More…

  With the euphoria that often comes with the anticipation of major body contouring surgery after a lot of weight loss (and who can blame you after all this time and effort you have put into it), is the reality of what plastic surgery can and can not do. I have observed that all body Read More…

  While some patients may be anxious to get on with the ‘final’ stage of their weight loss journey, it is important to wait until at least several months after you have reached your weight loss goal. This allows your body a period to recover and adjust metabolically to the new weight, allows time for Read More…

  Body contouring surgery can be technically performed on any massive weight loss patient. The important question, however, is whether you can go through the operation safely and heal after surgery with a reasonably low risk of potential complications. (there is no such thing as zero risk of complications in any surgery) Any patient’s candidacy Read More…

  The development of loose floppy skin after large amounts of weight loss (greater than 75 or 100 pounds) is a well recognized problem that occurs frequently. While it can be a surprise to some weight loss patients, it should not be. Whether the weight loss is from heroic dieting efforts or bariatric surgery, the Read More…

  In large weight loss patients, through bariatric surgery or from their own dieting program, excess skin is almost always left behind. If the excess skin is considerable, this results in a ‘new’ problem. The body may be smaller, but the large folds of skin cause problems of personal embarrassment, the need to still buy Read More…

The value of computer imaging in facial plastic surgery is significant. For procedures of the nose, chin, and neck, profile imaging is standard and fairly accurate. For frontal views around the forehead, eyes, nose and mouth, computer imaging is not as accurate but is, nonetheless, useful. While compter imaging was once only available in a Read More…

  While patients usually come in for a specific facial concern, it is hard to see the face as a single part. Aesthetic facial surgery is all about creating facial balance and proportion. Sometimes, the correction of a single facial feature does put it into good balance…but other times it requires adjustment of multiple features Read More…

  In plastic surgery, we continually strive to make every face that we operate on better. Sometimes the facial problem is easy and the surgery straighforward. Other times, the facial problem is more difficult to identify and takes more careful analysis. Knowing what makes a face attractive is important of we are to try and Read More…