Obesity kills, yet food is obviously essential. Why do we forget that sun kills? I talk about sun exposure and tanning booths with patients all of the time. Highly intelligent men and women somehow live in denial that their ongoing sun exposure can lead them to get melanoma. Unless they had a family member die of it, the subject … Continue reading Sun Kills
View MoreThis is an amazing story: one licensed doctor had physician’s assistants working for him, and allowed them to do the surgery. These physician’s assistants were supposedly licensed as actual doctors in Colombia, but not here in Florida. One board certified plastic surgeon saw so many disasters coming from the one clinic that he alerted authorities. http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/palm-beach-county-news/raid-on-cosmetic-surgery-office-yields-4-arrests-for-practice-without-a-license/24471094 A … Continue reading 4 Arrested in Palm Peach for Performing Plastic Surgery Without a License
View MoreAn unlicensed doctor injected an unknown substance in this woman’s face, buttocks, and breasts. It has hardened and disfigured her. Her face is so firm that she has become known locally as “cement face.” http://www.medicaldaily.com/plastic-surgery-nightmare-earns-florida-woman-nickname-cement-face-fake-doctor-oneal-ron-morris-used Be sure not to miss the video of her at the bottom of the article.
View MoreI think the image of plastic surgery as being Hollywood is over…or at least it should be. Even in conservative Edinburgh, plastic surgery is on the rise. This article mentioned that it is not just for the rich or for the “Hollywood type.” As we here in Hollywood have known for a long time, patients are typically neither … Continue reading Plastic Surgery is a Global Phenomenon!
View MoreThe word “Laser” has enticed patients since the technology was first associated with medicine. Anything “laser” meant better, less pain, better technology, which of course meant that it was the best. Lasers are an amazing technology. But just because something has a laser does not mean it is better. For instance laser liposuction devices such as SmartLipo have … Continue reading Stem Cell Lift or Stem Cell Filling?
View MoreIt is important that patients have a detailed record of every medical device implanted in their body. That’s why every breast implant patient is given a card with all the details of their implant, we keep it on record in the office, and it is kept on file with the device manufacturer. That’s a system … Continue reading Rube Goldberg Breast Implant
View MoreIn the past year, I’ve diagnosed six patients with breast cancer. That might not sound like a lot for a doctor, but I am a plastic surgeon. This isn’t supposed to happen. My patients see me voluntarily and our interactions are full of happiness and optimism. It is wrenching to tell just one patient they … Continue reading Aesthetic Surgeons Save Lives
View MoreHere are eight people who have had plastic surgery to look like their favorite celebrity:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/celebrity-plastic-surgery_n_4151715.html The one thing that does stand out to me is that not a single one of these people remotely resembles their celebrity “twin.” Plastic surgery has a long way to go…but then again, making someone look like someone else has … Continue reading Fans get plastic surgery to look like their favorite celebrity
View MoreMen lose their butts after 40? It certainly isn’t happening to me. As a matter of fact, I see the same guys in synagogue every year. Last month at Yom Kippur services I didn’t notice any men with diminishing buttock girth. I wonder if this study applies to Jews… http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/mens_health/over_and_losing_your_bum_UPAk3MeSPeyInOk61GqJ3H
View Morehttp://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131023/vietnam-arrests-cosmetic-surgeon-over-missing-patient This report claims that an “unlicensed cosmetic surgeon” in Vietnam threw a patient’s body into a river after she died on the operating room table during a “breast enhancement procedure.” If true, this story is so repulsive that no elaboration is needed. While I’ve never heard of a surgeon dumping a body in the … Continue reading Vietnam arrests cosmetic surgeon over missing patient
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