The New York Times not long ago published an article touting the benefits of breast augmentation while “awake” (link here). The supposed benefit of this technique is that the patient, who has been given valium and other sedatives for the procedure, can participate in the sizing process during surgery, and help to select her implant size. The […]
Capsular Contracture Around a Breast Implant As we’ve discussed before, capsular contracture around a breast implant is the #1 most frustrating problem of breast augmentation surgery. Despite a “textbook” surgical procedure and a perfect patient, hardness around the breast implants still can sometimes occur. Until recently though, we’ve always thought that the choice of the […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and their families. My wish for you – if you can get possibly together with your families, that you do so, and share some time together and give thanks for what we have, and for what we have been blessed with. And maybe have a little turkey and mashed […]
CNN has done a nice human interest story on a lady who had bilateral breast reconstruction after mastectomy and radiation therapy using a fairly new microsurgical technique called the S-GAP flap. The link is here. It’s good to get the word out about these newer options for breast cancer patients. There are several important “teaching points” […]
You’ve heard about stem-cell enhanced fat grafts for rejuvenating the face and the hands…but here’s a new & very cool idea: stem cells to fix an ailing heart. Here’s the concept: Do some liposuction, and isolate out the small percentage of fat-derived stem cells from the rest of the fat enzymatically. Take these stem cells, and inject […]
Ask anybody what they worry about when they are thinking of having surgery, and I’m willing to bet that answers like “I’m worried that I’ll be in pain or be nauseated” are near the top of the list. What if I told you that, with improved medications prior to surgery, we could make this a […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked that propoxyphene, (brand names Darvon and Darvocet) be removed from the US market. The decision will also affect generic manufacturers and the makers of propoxyphene-containing products. At a press conference last week, Dr Gerald Dal Pan, director of the FDA’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, said “For the first […]
While it seems hard to imagine today, back before the early 1980’s, plastic surgeons didn’t really have any reliable injectable products to use for wrinkle correction or lip enhancement. When Zyplast and Zyderm arrived in the early 80’s, a new generation of of non-surgical corrections via injectable fillers became possible. These bovine-collagen fillers weren’t by any means perfect – […]
1. The new e-book “Plastic surgery 101: What to know before your consultation” is now completed and available. Yay! It will be a free download for patients that schedule a consultation, and I hope everyone will find this guidebook to be educational in nature. If our established patients would also like to get a copy, […]
Do you have a fairly minor shape problem with your nose, but don’t care for the idea of a complex rhinoplasty procedure? Well, here’s an option for you to correct it, without the fuss of surgery. Called a “non-surgical rhinoplasty”, the technique essentially uses filler agents like Restylane, Juvederm or Radiesse to disguise the less […]
