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Apr
According to a recent media campaign by the ASPS, “anyone can wear a white coat, but not everyone is board certified in plastic surgery. ” Yes, it is true - a doctor's medical license doesn’t restrict what procedures they may perform. It&...
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Apr
And to all those out there who support a single-payer system, I ask you just this: If you had your choice of any government agency you have frequently interacted with that you could model your healthcare system, which one would it be? The Post Office? DMV? ...
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Apr
I would normally be upset at a surgeon sending out a press release bragging that they had done an extraordinary number of a procedure. But I feel differently here. I first learned about doing scarless breast reduction by liposuction from Dr. Eugene Courtiss, while I was a s...
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Apr
Not only is this story overblown, it is simply not true. So why is the story out there? First, there is no industry to make money on a facelift like there is when selling a filler. Many publicly traded companies have a pecuniary interest as well as the ability t...
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Apr
A saline implant with the feel of silicone? Hmm… I've felt the implant. It is soft if so underfilled that it flops over on itself. That can lead to folds and ripples, and perhaps even weakness and shell failure where the shells rub together. I...
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Apr
I'm proud to be a co-author in what is the lead-article in the most prestigious plastic surgery journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Symmastia is when the breast implants are too close together, often lifting the skin off of the breastbone, so that the two bre...
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Apr
Why can't actors stick to acting and musicians focus on making music? Why must they speak authoritatively about that which they don’t know? What makes Cheryl Crow an authority on “Botox and stuff? ” Sure, it can look bad if overdone ...
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Apr
I've heard of adventure tourism, and I’ve even heard of sex tourism. But “Cosmetic Toursim? ” Going to countries known for their monkeys, lemurs, and primitiveness of their medical care for elective surgery? You’ve gotta be kidding! Unfort...
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Apr
I'm looking forward to going to Malaysia November 2009 to lecture on various aspects of breast augmentation. The faculty is awesome, and was put together by my friend Charles Randquist from Sweden. He’s one of the best breast augmentation surgeons I know...
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Apr
My google alerts seem to go off every week with a story about the increase in “moob” surgery in the UK. Two things strike me about this. First, is the term “moobs. ” I think it is horrible! But then again, from the country that broug...
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Apr
This product has proved to me that even as a plastic surgeon, how stupid men are. I would have never guessed that women think so much about their eyelashes, but this stuff is flying off the shelves in my office, and is already a multi-million dollar product for Allergan. &nb...
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Apr
UltraShape, there is a selective damage to fat cells; nerves and blood vessels were preserved. But “freeze-thaw necrosis” - the process of Zeltiq, can't distinguish between the unwanted fat and normal tissue. Zeltiq takes months to show a result and ...
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