Recently, I was asked to provide insight into the newest photographic methods used for patient education and demonstration of results in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery. I have had an interest in photography since the early inception of 2D morphing for simulation of post op results in plastic surgery almost 15 years ago. Now […]
Read MoreI have been seeing lately that there is a “new” method of breast augmentation being promoted by non plastic surgeons. They call it “awake breast augmentation” because the patient is awake and under a light local anesthetic. Supposedly, the awake patient can pick her size while on the operating room table. This shockingly ridiculous method […]
Read MoreThe enclosed letter I received the other day is reminder to me and my staff about how important our relationships that we build we our patients are. We fully understand that patients have many choices in providers of cosmetic services and we try to not only do it better, but also do it with passion, […]
Read MoreLouisville magazine’s August 2010 issue featured their biannual listings of the “Top Surgeons in Louisville” . Rather than just name docs in a specialty, they recognized that each specialty of medicine had independent and multiple different skill sets. For instance, not all heart surgeons concentrate on surgery of the lungs yet they are all called […]
Read MoreI seem to see a lot of breast implant patients who have had their surgeries done elsewhere who have problems with their breast implants. One of the more common problems is migration of the implant either downward or downward and outward. Often times simple sewing up of the breast implant capsule is first attempted to […]
Read MorePlastic surgery has always been a visual science. Its all about peoples perception of their own visual persona that they feel they represent to those around them. We, as plastic surgeons, provide to our patients the ability to improve that image. We, therefore at consultation for these visual improvements, need to convey to our patients […]
Read MoreLast Friday we had the honor of training plastic surgeons from Japan in the use of lasers for improving the outcomes of liposuction. We developed most of the protocols for safe and effective laser lipolysis that are now used by physicians from around the world. This advanced method of body contouring improves the contour of […]
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