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Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Laser Resurfacing at a Fraction

Laser skin resurfacing has now been around for several decades and involves a simple treatment principle…uniform removal of the outer layers of the skin. This can be done from very superficial to deep depending upon the power settings of the laser and the depth of the skin contour problem. Fractional laser treatment represents a paradigm Read More…

Scar Outcomes from the External Direct Browlift Procedure

As one ages, many facial structures fall unless they are rigidly fixed to bone. One of these falling structures is that of the eyebrows. Normally the eyebrows are situated either directly in front of or slightly above the level of the supraorbital ridge bone. But with time, gravity and expressive movements, the brows may Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Repeat Plastic Surgery Patients

You may think that the rise in plastic surgery procedures being done comes all from new patients. And while more people are having plastic surgery than ever before, a fair portion of these procedures are actually being done on prior patients. Most plastic surgery practices will tell you that one-third or more of cosmetic procedures Read More…

Financing For Plastic Surgery

A major contributing factor to the rise in the number of cosmetic procedures, particularly those involving surgery, is financing. While once a non-existant or negligible part of most plastic surgeon’s practices a mere decade ago, it is now a significant and important component of patient conversion today. Like many other luxury services, the ability to Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Benefits of Breast Reduction

Breast reduction surgery helps reduce the symptoms of neck, back and shoulder pain that large hanging breasts create. Much like a rope around a women’s neck onto which are attached several lb. sacks, the continuous pull of the weight of the breasts causes musculoskeletal pain from the neck into the back. But the amount of Read More…

Rupture Rates of PIP Breast Implants

Just like the U.S. had its own breast implant problems back in 1991, Europe is now dealing with one of its own in the recent PIP breast implant problem. Unlike the U.S problem which centered around the now unproven issue of systemic and autoimmune diseases from ruptured breast implants, the French-manufactured PIP implant problem is Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Rise in Cosmetic Procedures

Everyone is aware that cosmetic surgery is a burgeoning business based on the sheer number of advertisements and coverage by the media. Recent statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows that the number of cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. has doubled over the past ten years. But this dramatic increase has Read More…

The Complexities of Combining Breast Implants and Lifts in the Sagging Breast

The sagging breast poses one of the most difficult problems in cosmetic plastic surgery. While many patients assume that the simple placement of a breast implant will create the effect of a breast lift while making it bigger, this perception is usually wrong. This may work for the smallest amount of breast sagging. But for Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Most Popular Country for Plastic Surgery

Cosmetic surgery abounds in the U.S. as seen everywhere from print and electronic media. One would think that this is an almost exclusive American phenomenon that is less popular anywhere else in the world but that impression would be wrong. While the U.S. has the greatest number of procedures performed of any country in the Read More…

The Safety of Outpatient Tummy Tuck Surgery

Reshaping of one’s stomach and waistline through a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure that has a long history of success. The procedure has evolved over the years from the relatively simple excision of loose skin and fat to a more comprehensive procedure that may include liposuction, fascial muscle reshaping and flap Read More…