One of the banes of the cosmetic plastic surgeon’s existence is the formation of scar tissue or a capsule around a breast implant. We know little about why it occurs…
Worse still, another German manufacturer of breast implants has admitted that they bought their silicone for implants from PIP- they bought the industruial grade silicone instead of the medical grade…
Last week the PIP company came under international investigation for faulty manufacturing processes with over 100 Dutch women having had silicone implants that are failing by rupture and oozing of…
Confusion about breast augmentation implants enlarged The other day a patient came for consultation for breast augmentation. I have written extensively about these procedures in the past. Here are a…
The new Gummy bear implants will have a very specific use in a limited number of cosmetic plastic surgery patients interested in breast augmentation but may find more use in…
New breast implant shapes better I have written in the past about breast augmentation with saline and silicone implants and even about the different shapes of breast implants. Here are…
I have written in past blogs about the futility of exercise as a weight reduction method. This is an update from 5 years ago! The Washington Post and other sources…
Every so often someone , somewhere, comes up with a name for something that cosmetic plastic surgeons already have been doing for years. That is exactly the case with "360…
Once all laser options have been tried, a lifting of the facial skin and pulling of the skin can be attempted. Again, we will get an improvement but the smooth…
Some surgeons are skilled at judging the amount of pull on a face with the patient under general anesthesia and with no muscle tone. Most are not. The un-resisting muscles…
I have noticed that many face lift patients operated on by plastic surgeons under general anesthesia tend to have a “fake or artificial” or “pulled to tight” look. If they…
In these types of patients the plan for the abdominoplasty surgery is different from those patients that carry their weight in their skin fat. With internal (visceral) fat and loose…
My facial nerve injury In the previous blog I wrote about the anatomy of the facial nerve. Here is the link in case you missed it. Facelift and facial nerve…
There are two main and opposing view points in my opinion. Cosmetic surgery may be sinful as in one of the seven deadly sins which has since the age of…
New tummy tuck technique for wound closure As a cosmetic plastic surgeon I am constantly trying to improve my surgical results and, in particular, the quality of the scars cosmetic…
Lyme disease effects and facial palsy I was not going to write again about Lyme disease or my recovery from facial palsy, but recent news just begs for comment. I…
The amount of cosmetic plastic surgery information on the internet is truly astounding; equally astounding is the amount of false and plain wrong information.
Biggest problem that I see with Botulinum toxin injections - Patient expectation - some patients have bigger and stronger muscles that cause deeper lines on the skin. Obviously they will…
They are hence placed in locations where long term or permanent strength is not needed and where the natural scar tissue that forms in wounds can take over the function…