Posted on October 31, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, botox, skin fillers
The Medi Spa. Who doesn’t want to have medical procedures done in a spa? The soothing lights, smell of lavender, and cucumber ice water. Sounds much better than a doctor’s office. Oooh, and it is in the mall? Maybe I can go get a pair of shoes afterwards.
The issue is no one should inject who
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Posted on October 27, 2009 in Mommy Makeover / Body post baby, Post Pregnancy Body, breast augmentation, breast reduction, liposuction, tummy tuck
See the recent article published on me featured in an online magazine for busy moms.
It discusses many of the issues with mommy makeovers.
http://bizymoms.com/palo-alto/surgery/mommy-makeover-palo-alto.php
Posted on October 23, 2009 in Skin / Nonsurgical, scars & scar care
We plastic surgeons do not do scarless surgery.
We make pretty scars. We hide scars. We try to make small scars. But anytime you cut through skin you will have a scar. In our training, plastic surgeons learn how to make a good skin closure. To do this, we have multiple layers of closure under the
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Posted on October 21, 2009 in Uncategorized
testing twitterfeed
Posted on October 20, 2009 in Body, Post Pregnancy Body, interesting & new, liposuction
There is a lot of trickery and marketing in liposuction. I have had people ask me, “Do you do liposculpting?” Liposelection, liposculpture, laser liposuction, UAL, Vaser, ultrasonic liposuction- what do these all mean? Please see my liposuction page on my website. Much of this terminology doesn’t mean anything. We all sculpt (or should) when we
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Posted on October 14, 2009 in Body, Post Pregnancy Body, tummy tuck
Tummy tucks hurt.
I know I know. Clearly G-d is not a woman. How can something as miraculous as a baby wreak such havoc on our bodies? And then, when we decide “Okay. I am going to suck it up, get the scar, and go through the surgery,” why oh why does it hurt so much?
Tummy
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Posted on October 10, 2009 in Breast, breast reduction, interesting & new, liposuction
Large pendulous breasts suck. They give you neck pain, shoulder pain, rashes under your breasts. You hunch over due to the weight and droopiness. Forget about jogging. Oh, and the lovely feeling of the breast sticking to your skin on a warm summer night. But the scars of a breast reduction aren’t so nice either,
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Posted on October 7, 2009 in Body, Breast, Mommy Makeover / Body post baby, Skin / Nonsurgical, breast reduction, scars & scar care, tummy tuck
No plastic surgeon can do surgery without a scar.
I know. Shocking the “doctors” on shows like Nip Tuck and every soap opera out there can fix a major accident with not a single scar, but real doctors cannot. In the real world, anytime you cut through the skin there will be a scar.
Our goal is to
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Posted on October 5, 2009 in Body, Mommy Makeover / Body post baby, Post Pregnancy Body, liposuction
Liposuction is tricky. I do a lot of liposuction; I have published on liposuction; I fix other people’s liposuction.
There are pitfalls and risks to liposuction. If you can lose the weight on your own, do it. I think liposuction is great for diet and exercise resistant fat, but there can be issues. I do not candy coat these risks, among
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Posted on October 2, 2009 in Breast, Mommy Makeover / Body post baby, Post Pregnancy Breast, breast augmentation, breast implant
Breast implants come in all shapes and sizes.
Basic differences in implants:
volume
shell: smooth or textured
profile: low, medium, or high
shape: round or anatomic / shaped
fill: saline or gel
The gummy bear implant is the style 410 implant. It is essentially the fourth generation of gel implant. It is a shaped anatomic implant, firmer than current implants. Due to
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