With the holiday travel season fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a bit about TSA’s X-ray scanner. I’m all for effective security measures, but I’m not a fan of the travellers dilemma: TSA pat-down / assault versus the who-knows-whether-it’s-really safe X-ray scanner run by non-medical people who have no idea what they’re using. Surfing the net, I found the perfect […]
Let’s face it – if modern medical science had an effective treatment for cellulite, the world would beat a path to its door. Even slender women can have the dimples and irregular skin contours with this cosmetic issue. So what can be done about it? Modern cellulite treatments really began with the Endermologie and later, the Synergie machines. Both […]
Bad news for those of you hoping to reduce their cancer risk by eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables: it doesn’t seem to work. The results of a decade-long epidemiologic study in the British Journal of Cancer (link) seem to suggest there is no protective effect between fruit and vegetable consumption and several of the most […]
While the vast majority of our patients are lovely, well-adjusted people who I enjoy meeting and helping, Plastic Surgery certainly does attract some of the more unusual personality types… Sometimes, it’s actually better for everybody not to operate. When I was researching for this post, I found this wonderful piece by my colleague, Dr. Ramona Bates (link […]
Everybody likes to get a deal, right? Here are our December specials…. – 20% Off Medical Spa Gift Certificates – for Non-Surgical Procedures, Spa Services and Products. Get a $100 certificate for $80! Makes a great gift! The Gift certificates must be purchased by December 31, 2010 and may not be redeemed the same day of purchase. […]
The New York Times not long ago published an article touting the benefits of breast augmentation while “awake” (link here). The supposed benefit of this technique is that the patient, who has been given valium and other sedatives for the procedure, can participate in the sizing process during surgery, and help to select her implant size. The […]
Capsular Contracture Around a Breast Implant As we’ve discussed before, capsular contracture around a breast implant is the #1 most frustrating problem of breast augmentation surgery. Despite a “textbook” surgical procedure and a perfect patient, hardness around the breast implants still can sometimes occur. Until recently though, we’ve always thought that the choice of the […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and their families. My wish for you – if you can get possibly together with your families, that you do so, and share some time together and give thanks for what we have, and for what we have been blessed with. And maybe have a little turkey and mashed […]
CNN has done a nice human interest story on a lady who had bilateral breast reconstruction after mastectomy and radiation therapy using a fairly new microsurgical technique called the S-GAP flap. The link is here. It’s good to get the word out about these newer options for breast cancer patients. There are several important “teaching points” […]
You’ve heard about stem-cell enhanced fat grafts for rejuvenating the face and the hands…but here’s a new & very cool idea: stem cells to fix an ailing heart. Here’s the concept: Do some liposuction, and isolate out the small percentage of fat-derived stem cells from the rest of the fat enzymatically. Take these stem cells, and inject […]
