Category: plastic surgery

While the contemplation of having plastic surgery and receiving physical enhancements can be exciting, it can also be intimidating as well. While there are many aspects of undergoing surgery that can potentially go awry, one of the most basic is in the front end of the process…the initial consultation and presurgical planning. How does one Read More…

Medical tourism, specifically getting plastic surgery outside of the U.S., continues to gain in popularity. Lower costs are the obvious reason and many procedures may be as much as 50% less than in the States, often more. While there is no doubt that quality plastic surgery is available abroad and, in some cases it may Read More…

The search for facial rejuvenation methods that are non-surgical in nature has been ongoing for centuries. While Botox, injectable fillers and light and laser therapies do offer some profound improvement in treating the effects of facial aging, these treatments lie within the medical community. But outside of traditional medicine are a variety of non-medical approaches Read More…

With over 45 million reported smokers, it is no surprise that many patients who undergo plastic surgery are smokers. The adverse effects of smoking are well known with tobacco smoke containing about 5,000 different chemicals with 250 toxins including nicotine and carbon monoxide. Nicotine causes vasoconstriction and an increase in thrombotic occlusion. Carbon monoxide has Read More…

One of the most common plastic surgery risks, and certainly the one that is most recognized by patients, is that of infection. Fortunately in most elective aesthetic plastic surgery that risk is fairly low as the procedures are clean in largely healthy patients. But in certain aesthetic procedures which involve implants or going through the Read More…

Smoking is known to have many adverse health effects. The negative effects of the smoke and the many toxins that it contains seem to exert their greatest effect on the lungs due to direct contact. But that does not mean many other parts of the body may not be affected as well. It is often Read More…

Gastric bypass surgery, or even persistent efforts at diet and exercise, can result in large amounts of weight loss. With this weight loss often comes a lot of loose skin over many parts of the body. This has resulted in a number of body contouring procedures that removes this excess skin. Such efforts at bariatric Read More…

A common and expected question during every plastic surgery consultation is “what will the pain be like”? Although many plastic surgery procedures involve removing skin (tummy tuck, breast lift, face lift, blepharoplasty) which is not particularly painful, they are other procedures which have greater discomfort. Operations which involve bone and muscle manipulation, liposuction, and body Read More…