The trend of the week this week: questions to me, the plastic surgeon, about “how can I avoid you?” How can I do what I want without surgery?
I get it.
Surgery is a big deal. It is scars, and surgery with its risks, and recovery, and paying money. So I get it.
So. Back to the question:
This is the age old question.
How can we make breasts larger without a foreign object? They have tried all sorts of things in the past. The issue with many of them is:
1. Screening of the breast for cancer
2. Injury or hormonal stimulation to the breast- could it cause cancer or make a cancer which is
I know many people think plastic surgeons are all about changing everything. I am not.
I was saddened by the recent Heidi Montag feature on People magazine. Here is a beautiful young girl who underwent a lot of surgery and procedures to change herself. Overlooking my opinion she aged herself by a decade and looks more
Now there is a title which gets your attention.
Nipples aren’t symmetric. Breasts aren’t symmetric. We always aim for them to be close, but as a colleague once said “breasts are sisters, not twins.”
I got an email from a breast augmentation patient saying her nipples are asymmetric. Most are a little. I looked at her preop
Ahhh. Marketing.
Do I sound like a broken record or what? I am just so dismayed by all of the hype and spin out there. It seems like everyone is trying to make a catchy new phrase for their surgery which will change the world, defy gravity, have no scars, and no downtime.
Bottom line still is when it sounds “too
Both products are offering goodies right now.
Juvederm is offering a free Vivite lip plumper ($45 value) when you use a syringe.
Restalyne and Perlane are offering $50 back for every syringe you use.
Woo hoo! Call the office for an appointment. These are great fillers for the tear trough, cheek, nasolabial fold (the parenthesis around your mouth)
Lauren Greenberg M.D.
750 Welch Road, Suite 117
