I was quoted in the January 2013 issue of Marie Claire, discussing gummy bear breast implants and how my patented breast implant sizer helps surgeons avoid creating that fake look. Read the full article: http://bit.ly/VC6AI9
View MoreMy segment on The Ricki Lake Show will be airing Wednesday 11/14 at 3pm. I appeared with a patient who had bad symmastia (uni-boob) which I corrected. On the show, I talk more about plastic surgery gone awry, and how to find a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who is an aesthetic surgery specialist. Be sure to set your … Continue reading The Ricki Lake Show: Guest Appearance
View MoreAs you all may know October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I feel it is vital that I address the importance of pre- surgical testing with you. Be sure to read my piece in this month’s Huffington Post: “Two Bad Weeks for My Patients”: http://huff.to/WEmA0V
View MoreI was recently featured in the October issue of the Marie Claire magazine, providing women with tips to continue looking young. Read the article in full here: http://bit.ly/PD0Pg5
View MoreThis 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 important, … Continue reading Do people lose sensitivity in their breasts after an augmentation?
View MoreThis 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, whose children – hopefully –require less activity on their … Continue reading School Teachers Use Vacations for Plastic Surgery
View MoreBy now everyone has heard about the French breast implant manufacturer that filled breast implants with industrial silicone. But in all the discussion, the most important lessons have been missed. 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 … Continue reading PIP Breast Implants
View MoreWe often take for granted that plastic surgery does what we think it does. But after all these years, there was not a well done study demonstrating how much younger people actually look after a facelift. Finally in a paper published in the February issues of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, blinded observers thought … Continue reading Facelifts Do Work
View MoreI 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 surgery for … Continue reading Nanosheets” – Perhaps the Future of Plastic Surgery
View MoreWhether 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 activist part go. It’s his business how he interprets the Second Amendment. But arguing against the Daubert decision puts him in a category of such shameful anti-intellectual behavior … Continue reading Fit to Lead the Flat Earth Society
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