The holidays always give one a chance to be with family and friends, and that is what is needed at times to get our brains working from a totally different…
adminJanuary 28, 2012
As a board certified plastic surgeon patient safety is my first concern and removal of so much fat, even under a controlled environment of a hospital, is just not worth…
adminJune 23, 2011
The study showed that if your team loses, the next day you will increase your intake of food calories and saturated (bad) fat by at least 16%.
adminSeptember 26, 2013
Studies have shown that liposuction patients actually have a lower rate of infections than controls without antibiotics
adminNovember 15, 2010
Alcohol is good for you and is bad for you. Red wine is apparently the best type of alcohol to drink for the good effects. All alcohol, including wine, have…
adminNovember 4, 2011
The timing of when a patient can start to drink alcohol after cosmetic plastic surgery will depend on a number of factors. The basic factor is that alcohol has three…
adminAugust 18, 2012
Remember, practicing good hand hygiene is the single most important action we can take to prevent the spread of pathogens that lead to infection.
adminJuly 30, 2011
How is a Tummy Tuck Done? Please watch the Youtube video I created so as to understand the technique of a tummy tuck/abdominoplasty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdBmjXNa-j0 For more information on abdominoplasty, please…
adminOctober 27, 2010
Lying to your plastic surgeon can be deadly I was recently lied to. I've become better over the years at figuring out when a cosmetic patient is fibbing, but the…
adminDecember 23, 2012
What are infections and what can we do about them? Admit it. You've been there. Once you are finished, you go to wash your hands. Do you turn on the…
adminDecember 28, 2012
Ever wandered into a public toilet and thought about all the bacteria there? Ever been a little afraid? Be afraid, be very afraid! Here is Part one of this article…
adminJanuary 3, 2013
Most active adults need about 2000 calories a day. Calories derived from food and drink. That equates to roughly 20 handfuls of food with each handful having about 100 calories…
adminJanuary 13, 2013
To me it would make sense that if a product, like Botox Cosmetic, is made in a particular factory, like the Allergan factory in Ireland, then it should be accepted…
adminJanuary 18, 2013
Positive thoughts and attitudes to healing will improve the patient's cosmetic surgery results. Plastic surgeon have always known this but now comes the first glimpse into research that may actually…
adminFebruary 2, 2013
Recently I heard that the radiologists ( those are the doctors trained to look at X-rays) at Inova Fairfax Hospital, outside of Washington, DC and where I perform some of…
adminFebruary 7, 2013
In defense of our skin we have for millenia protected it from the environment as best as we could first with mud, then with clothes and oils, and now with…
adminFebruary 12, 2013
Full tummy tuck and mini tummy tuck differences I just had a patient leave my office who was a little disappointed with the results of her mini tummy tuck surgery/mini abdominoplasty.…
adminFebruary 17, 2013
It seems to be that exercise is just revving up the metabolism allowing the body to burn more calories on an ongoing basis, and too much exercise just slows down…
adminFebruary 24, 2013
