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Dec

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Textured Breast Implants: Important Update

Breast implants are FDA approved medical devices with documented safety record, and millions of women have successfully undergone breast augmentation or breast reconstruction with both saline and silicone implants. In the last few years, a rare disease entity known as BIA-ALCL (...

Dec

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Breast Augmentation News: What You Should Know About Breast Implants

Breast augmentation remains the No. 1 cosmetic surgery procedure in the US, and women now have more breast implant options than ever. Variations in implant characteristics such as size, shape, fill material, and shell surface have created hundreds of possibilities for women who...

Dec

Fat Is Fabulous: Perspectives From Plastic Surgery

Much time and effort is spent on trying to eliminate fat from our bodies, and the means at our disposal are seemingly endless. Our focus is on reducing excess weight, either by diet and exercise, or if that fails, by any number of surgical and non-surgical interventions. Li...

Dec

Rhinoplasty: New Trends and Options

Rhinoplasty is plastic surgery of the nose, and may involve any number of procedures that aim to improve its appearance. Nasal anatomy includes a complex architecture of bone and cartilage components that are interconnected. Understanding how to achieve desired changes while mai...

Dec

Breast Reduction – Newest Data on Benefits and Timing of Surgery

Breast reduction surgery, also referred to as reduction mammaplasty or mammoplasty, is a plastic surgery procedure that has been proven to have a significant positive effect on quality of life for women who suffer from excessively enlarged breasts, or breast hypertrophy. It has...

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

Diet, Exercise, and a Little Extra

If you're like most of us, part of your New Year’s resolution likely involves some form of self improvement. Whether embarking on a new diet, adding to your exercise routine, or making sure you’re taking care of your health, it’s not alway easy to reach y...

Dec

Have You Made a New Year’s Resolution?

Out with the old, in with the new. The New Year brings with it a sense of renewal, moving forward, changes for the better. Hence the tradition of making a resolution and setting new goals towards which to strive. Often these include some aspect of life improvement - lose w...

Dec

Silicone Breast Implants Safety: No Increased Health Risks

A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine examines the possible health risks associated with silicone breast implants. Breast augmentation surgery is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in the US, and last year alone nearly 300,000 women underwent the op...

Dec

Female Athletes and Plastic Surgery

Cosmetic surgery offers many women and men the possibility of improving aspects of their appearance. Some procedures can be performed with minimal downtime, quick recovery, and great results. Female athletes are a subgroup of our plastic surgery patients and are also concerned a...

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