The recent June 2015 issue of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Journal has an article, “Effects of Nitroglycerin Ointment on Mastectomy Flap Necrosis in Immediate Reconstruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” It is a study out of Canada. […]
I have had a run of new Botox patients recently, and they were very nervous about their first time. They had no idea what to expect, so I thought I’d write a blog with some basic […]
There is a new filler in town. For those of you who are already confused by soft tissue fillers, this may add to your confusion, so let me try to help you. RESTYLANE SILK It is […]
This was a paper of out Philadelphia in the May 2015 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, “A Quantitative Analysis of Different Botulinum Toxin Formulations: A Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Clinical Trial of Comparative Dynamic Strain Reduction.” […]
Another great little paper out of my recent May 2015 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal. “Is there a Safe Lipoaspirate volume? A Risk Assessment Model of Liposuction Volume as a Function of BMI Based on TOPS Data.” […]
I love fat grafting and am always on the lookout for ways to improve the fat survival and predictability, particularly if it looks like something that will be usable in the OR sometime soon. This was […]
There is no scarless surgery. When you cut the skin you will always get a scar. It may be a thin scar, a pretty scar, a faded scar, a hidden scar. But there is always a […]
Fat is awesome. I see it moved to new sites (face, breast, buttock), where it lives. Not only does it give volume, it can make the skin look pretty and dewy again. BUT it is unpredictable. […]
As a member of the Aesthetic Society, I now am avidly reading two journals each month. This last one from the May June 2015 Aesthetic Surgery Journal had an article from my mentor who taught my […]
Every year we analyze the trends in plastic surgery. We do this by all submitting our numbers of Botox injections, Juvederm and Restylane fillers, breast augmentations and breast lifts and breast reductions, tummy tucks… you get […]