Archive for the ‘Plastic surgery science’ Category

Breast Reduction

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

In our plastic surgery practice in New York, breast reduction for men is one of our leading procedures. We’ve developed a reputation for gynecomastia surgery because we perfected the technique years ago and designed our own specialized instruments, and because few plastic surgeons truly focus on male breast reduction. But we’ve performed breast reduction for [...]

Botox-like Spread On Gel

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Reading cosmetic surgery statistics, it’s easy to see that Botox, with five and 1/3rd million injections in 2010, is without doubt cosmetic surgery’s most popular treatment. But imagine how much more popular the wrinkle remover would be if needles and syringes were taken out of the equation. Three dermatologists, two in Florida and one in [...]

Liposuction Study: Does Fat Come Back?

Monday, May 16th, 2011

A new study in the professional journal Obesity found that liposuctioned fat can return. Terri Hernandez, M.D. and Robert Eckel, M.D. of the University of Colorado gave normal-weight women surgical vacuum removal of fat, including: · Thigh liposuction · Abdomen liposuction To start, the physicians measured the women’s lower bodies by taking skin fold measurements, [...]

Face Lift with Fat Transfer

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

You may be currently reading a great deal of news about fat used in face lifts. But the procedure has quite a history. First done in 1893, German physician Franz Neuber took some fat from the arm of a patient to fill in a large pit on her face According to some plastic surgeons at [...]

Plastic Surgeons and Anaplastology

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Most plastic surgeons have extensive training in reconstructive plastic surgery, restoring diseased, injured, absent or badly formed face and body features back to normal. But sometimes there is just not much to work with. For instance, a man in East Texas was thrown from his vehicle during a car crash and completely lost his right [...]

Breast Augmentation at Gordon Baker Symposium

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

We recently spent five wonderful days at a symposium in the warm sunshine of Miami; escaping from NYC’s thick blanket of snow and sub-zero weather was a real treat. The Gordon Baker Symposium is a real treat for the mind, too, providing you’re a plastic surgeon. An audience of about 500 plastic surgeons gathers yearly [...]

Plastic Surgery and Serendipity – Part II

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

We recently added a post to our blog about serendipity. Our chance finding was about a new way to treat a condition of excessive, problem underarm sweating. We stumbled across the new treatment – medically known as hyperhidrosis — while doing a gynecomastia procedure. (Read more about our own cosmetic surgery chance finding.) Now, the [...]

Breast Augmentation: A New Wrinkle

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Whenever a cosmetic plastic surgeon finds that you are a good candidate for a particular procedure, say, breast augmentation, the doctor also makes sure you know the possible risks of surgery. Sure, cosmetic surgery is designed to make you look better, but the process is real surgery, nonetheless. The typical list of possible – but [...]

Breast Augmentation with Your Own Fat

Monday, January 24th, 2011

One of the hottest procedures sweeping the globe is breast augmentation with your own fat. It offers: Your own, soft tissue No breast implant rippling or showing through the skin No implant to rupture or replace No capsular contracture Downsides include modest breast size changes – about a cup size per surgical session. Plus, more [...]

Breast Augmentation via Injection

Friday, January 14th, 2011

It seems like when even small amounts of controversy surround a cosmetic plastic surgery procedure, a registry is set up for patients who have had that procedure. The Silicone Breast Implant Registry in the U.S. is an example. It’s both public relations, a commitment to patient safety and a great way to show the procedure [...]