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Dec

Summer’s Almost Here – Are You Ready For Hot Weather?

The sun is out, the temperature is rising, and it feels like summer. Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season, which means less clothing and more skin showing. What are the best ways to get ready for the heat, sand, and surf? Sun protection: Most i...

Dec

More Millennials Seeking Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is increasingly being sought by younger patients, and the millennial generation is a prime example. Born in the 80's and 90’s, these tech-savvy young adults grew up surrounded and heavily influenced by social media - facebook, twitter, inst...

Dec

Implant vs. Explant: Breast Enhancement Choices

When it comes to breast appearance, every woman has her own aesthetic views about what is her ideal breast size and shape. Some of us are perfectly happy with our looks, whereas for others, there are options and alternatives to improve and enhance what we already have. For those...

Dec

Plastic Surgery In Young Patients: Less Is More

In younger patients, such as teenagers and young adults, plastic surgery may offer options for improving certain aspects of their appearance. In this group of patients, it is even more important to fully discuss their motives and expectations. Many physical changes occur during...

Dec

Breast Implants: Myths and Facts

If you're one of the millions of women who is either considering or has already undergone breast augmentation surgery, you may be hearing stories about complications, revisions, and recommendations after surgery. Although every patient’s experience will be different...

Dec

Plastic Surgery Is Not Photoshop

1 and 2: before Photoshop 3 and 4: after Photoshop: how many changes can you spot?We are surrounded by and constantly exposed to images of absolutely fabulous looking women and men, with flawless skin, perfect proportions, ideal contours. Whether in printed...

Dec

Better Outcomes of Breast Augmentation Using Silk Coating on Implants

Breast implants are composed of an outer silicone shell and are filled with either saline or silicone gel. When used for breast augmentation or reconstruction, they are surgically inserted into a patient, and cause a normal foreign body response to the implant. A fibrous capsule...

Dec

Chin Implants – Focus on the Face

As patients seek to address distinct aspects of their facial appearance they would like to improve, a larger number have sought out chin augmentation. According to statistics provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), chin augmentation with implants has seen un...

Dec

New Silicone Gel Breast Implants Approved

On March 9th, 2012 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a new type of silicone gel filled implants manufactured by Sientra, Inc. The silicone implants will be available for use in aesthetic breast augmentation patients over 22 years of age as well as in brea...

Dec

FDA: Silicone Breast Implants Are Safe

The chief scientist for the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices, Dr. William Maisel, stated yesterday that silicone gel filled breast implants were indeed safe: “Women should feel assured that the F.D.A. continues to believe that currently marketed silic...

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