June 2011

Treatments for keloids and hypertrophic scars

Posted on June 30, 2011

So in talking about scars, there are three basic things which lead to keloids and hypertrophic scars: Genetics Tension Inflammation Most of the treatments out there are aimed at these.  Bad scars are not seen immediately.  […]

FDA: “Women can’t keep breast implants for life”

Posted on June 22, 2011

I was surfing the web today June 22, 2011, and saw Yahoo news had the catchy headline “women can’t keep breast implants for life: FDA.”  This is in the “most popular news” section of the news, […]

The new “sexy” buzzwords in aesthetic plastic surgery

Posted on June 21, 2011

Beware of the marketers.  Industry, companies, and doctors can all be guilty of making medicine more into a marketing arena than something based in science, what we call “evidence based medicine.”  There are buzzwords thrown around […]

Women plastic surgeons- the road to get there

Posted on June 16, 2011

Today is not about plastic surgery per se.  This is more a pep talk to any women medical students out there, or other female plastic surgeons.  There was a recent Op Ed article in the New […]

Summer sun: No more tanning beds in Brazil. Why?

Posted on June 13, 2011

In Brazil you can not go to a tanning bed anymore.  Resolution RDC 56/09 was passed in November 2009 and prohibits the use of indoor tanning beds for cosmetic purposes throughout Brazil.  This came because of […]

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