Posted on December 28, 2009 in Breast, Mommy Makeover / Body post baby, Post Pregnancy Breast, breast reduction
Ah. The chicken and egg dilemma.
Many women with large breasts are overweight.
Many overweight women have large breasts.
When you are overweight insurance will tell you your breasts are large because you are fat. Lose the weight and your breasts will get smaller. This is true. Especially as you age, breasts get fattier. Even women who when
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Posted on December 24, 2009 in interesting & new
Santa came early for us this year.
T’was the night before Christmas (well actually a couple of nights)
And all through the House (of Congress that is)
The doctors and patients lobbied
And the cosmetic surgery tax was doused.
I was hesitant to publish this until I confirmed it from multiple sources. Thank you to all who wrote in
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Posted on December 15, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, interesting & new, skin fillers
Volumizing isn’t just for hair anymore.
There was a big shift in plastic surgeon thinking about a decade ago.
Look at the eyelid. We used to remove fat when doing lower eyelid surgery. The thought was remove the bulge, and the eye will look youthful. But the face doesn’t work that way. As you age, you lose
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Posted on December 10, 2009 in Body, scars & scar care, tummy tuck
The belly button.
It has no use after you are born, yet we are quite obsessed about it. Are you an innie? Outie? Many of my young patients pierce it. Many of my moms have one which “winks” after being stretched by babies. Some pregnant women get a small umbilical hernia, so the innie is now
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Posted on December 2, 2009 in Face, Skin / Nonsurgical, products
Yes, that was not a typo.
I do love skiing, and clearly winter is ski season as well. But as I am a plastic surgeon and not a world famous downhill racer, I am here to tell you winter is prime time, the best time, to improve your skin. Why? Mostly because it is dark, and you
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