Patients always want to know a simple and reliable way to find a doctor they can trust. Well, it is easy if you are a smoker. If you smoke, just ask your plastic surgeon if he will (more…)
Patients always want to know a simple and reliable way to find a doctor they can trust. Well, it is easy if you are a smoker. If you smoke, just ask your plastic surgeon if he will (more…)
The secret to making a breast augmentation patient happy with the surgical result is to make her feel like she looks great. This usually involves meeting the patient’s expectations by making her look the way she wants to look. (more…)
There is a movement in plastic surgery to reduce the frequency of breast augmentation revisions. This is a laudable goal, as revision within the first two years of surgery can be as high as 30 percent. It is especially a problem when a common reason for the revision is that the patient is unhappy with their breast size after surgery. (more…)
Every woman having breast augmentation wants to make sure she has the best possible operation so as to achieve the best possible results. Though the basic idea of breast enlargement is simple, there are many factors to consider, and a simple idea can become quite confusing. Obviously one wants to be bigger, but by how much? Alteration in shape is another goal, but what shape? (more…)
Patients are frequently dissatisfied that their breasts are both too large and too droopy. The question they want answered is, should they have a breast reduction or a breast lift? The answer depends on many factors such as how big are a patient’s breasts and how much smaller does she want them. Understanding the differences between the two surgeries will help. (more…)
When I think about how nasal surgery used to be done and the results that ensued, I am amazed the surgery was ever popular. In the past, numerous patients recounted brutally painful experiences during nasal surgery. Moreover, just about everyone can remember someone they knew who had a “nose job” and came out looking ridiculous. (more…)
Women frequently ask themselves, “What happened to my body?” after the birth of their second or third child Despite dieting and exercise, young women notice their abdomen does not look as good as it once did. Stretch marks may be present across their lower abdomen, and no matter how many “crunches” are done muscle tone just cannot be recovered. (more…)
Liposuction, or liposculpture, is the most common cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. Traditionally, liposuction was associated with an outpatient surgical setting, where excess fat was removed and patients experienced rapid recovery and gratifying results. In recent years, procedures have become more ambitious with larger amounts of fat being removed. Though this progress frequently allows for more dramatic results, it has unfortunately been associated with serious complications, including death. (more…)
Every patient considering plastic surgery wants their results to be the very best possible. Moreover, they seek to avoid any preventable bad outcome. Many experience a great deal of anxiety over just how to accomplish these two goals. This article presents a few common sense steps to guide the potential plastic surgery patient. (more…)
Over the years, breast augmentation has been tremendously popular because the results have been predictably good 10 excellent. The only real way to improve this procedure was to make it easier on the patient. This article explains small but significant changes in breast augmentation that have achieved just that. (more…)