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Apr
This is a great question! You must accept a risk of some loss of sensation. The most common area to lose sensation is on the skin of the lower outer quarter of the breast. Whether this happens is related to the course of the nerve to this patch of skin. Less common, but more impo...
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Apr
This last August I was pleasantly inundated with teachers wanting surgery before school goes back. It is always fun talking with them about how much time they need off. Kindergarten teachers are so busy chasing kids, they may need more time than a sixth grade teacher...
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Patients and surgeons need regulatory bodies such as the FDA to evaluate products strictly on the basis of evidence. And if you think that is what is going on, then you are mistaken. Companies making a “substantially similar” product to one that is already in the...
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Apr
At first this seems restating the obvious, but there are legitimate concerns raised about whether patients really looked younger from these procedures or just different. Or whether these surgeries only smoothed and didn't actually rejuvenate. One important thing I alwa...
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Apr
I have heard of nanotechnology, but I have to admit that until I saw this, I had not heard of nanosheets…so if I told you anything that was not in this story, I'd just be making it up! But from what I can read, this is one of the most exciting advances in surge...
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Apr
http://www. examiner. com/x-7812-DC-SCOTUS-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Obamas-OSHA-nominee-is-antigun-activist-and-junk-science-peddlerWhether or not you are an Obama supporter, I think we can agree that a junk-science advocate has no role heading OSHA. I can let the anti-gun activis...
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Apr
https://www. mlive. com/living/grand-rapids/2009/07/unleashed_neuticles_offers_pet. html Yup. You read it right. My google alert for silicone implants went off for this one. Yes, you can actually get fake testicles for your dog. Too bad this came out just after I f...
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Apr
http://www. theplasticsurgerychannel. com/plastic-surgery-procedures/breast-aesthetics/breast-augmentation/cohesive-gel-breast-implant-trials-video-feature. html#more-185 I've been interested in cohesive implants for many years. I remember being in Israel in 1997, and vi...
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Apr
In this appearance on PSC, I discuss the role of 3D imaging in breast surgery. Breast augmentation patients clearly want to know what they will look like. 3D imaging is just one more way to help them envision what they might look like after breast augmentation. ...
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Apr
But this lawsuit will not bring her back. At a time when we are debating how to pay for health care, it would be prudent to remember that every dollar of the “unspecified amount” her parents seek could be paying for care of the uninsured. Will the money re...
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http://health-fitness-disease-illness. blogspot. com/2009/09/breast-augmentation-becomes-no-1. htmlEarlier in 2009, ASAPS released statistics that showed that breast augmentation had become the most popular cosmetic procedure in the United States. This Post by Dr Loverme is a ...
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Apr
Need I say more? I'll accept the fact that patients have consented to this and someone else is doing the twitting…but who needs to follow a particular surgery live? It is just creepy to follow an operation like one watches the Indy 500, bored speechless e...
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