This week a patient came to my office, and told me about her treatment here in Orlando with a gadget called the Lipotron 3000. It’s advertised as being a radiofrequency machine that can melt both subcutaneous and visceral fat, and is promoted as part of a weight loss treatment called Lipo-Ex or LipoFast. It’s also called […]
Every few years, there seems to be a return of an old concept that didn’t work the first time around: trying to lift a droopy (ptotic) breast with internal sutures. This was first developed around 2001 by the Bulgarian cosmetic surgeon Serdev, who applied internal suture lifting techniques to almost every part of the body […]
At long last: The FDA approved Allergan’s Style 410 silicone breast implants today. This is the long-awaited “Gummy Bear” implant, which is filled with thicker “form-stable” silicone. The implants have been in use in Canada and Europe for a number of years, and American plastic surgeons have been waiting…and waiting…and waiting for the FDA to […]
Hello everyone, I’m writing this blog post as I am in the midst of having a CoolSculpting treatment. Yes – I am being a test patient. Even though I’m a skinny guy, I’ve got some areas around my middle that I’d like to get rid of, too. The old muffin top. What better way to talk with […]
While the smartphone is pretty impressive technology, turns out that melanoma diagnosis apps are still pretty dumb – and inaccurate. A new study, published in JAMA Dermatology this week found that 3 out of 4 apps incorrectly labelled at least 30% of actual melanoma skin cancers as “unconcerning.” Four smartphone apps marketed for analyzing skin […]
Studies published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine show that the risk of smoking in women has been previously significantly under-estimated. According to study author Dr. Prabhat Jha of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, “The group of women that started smoking seriously in and around 1960 can be followed up only now — […]
Here’s an interesting story from NBC News. Seems that the FDA isn’t too happy about unapproved Botox coming across the northern border… For the consumer, the take-home message is this: if the price of the “Botox” you are getting seems too good to be true, maybe it isn’t really genuine, FDA-approved Botox, sourced from Allergan. […]
File this report under “news of the weird”…cocaine smuggled inside a breast implant. A Panamanian citizen travelling from Bogota, Colombia flew to Barcelona. But she wasn’t acting right, making security officers there suspicious that she might be carrying drugs either on her person or in her luggage. After all, Colombia is the source for 90% of the […]
Here’s a cool “infographic” from ASAPS about cosmetic surgery trends for men. In our practice, the most popular cosmetic surgical procedures are liposuction for the “muffin top” and abdomen, and blepharoplasty, particularly for the upper eyelid.
One of the “Holy Grail” topics in plastic surgery is the non-surgical removal of fat: in other words, no incisions, no anesthesia, and no instruments being inserted under the skin. This rules out regular liposuction, laser liposuction, tummy tucks and all the traditional methods. Recently, there are several FDA-approved methods that have taken America by […]
