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Nov

Autologous Fat Grafts – Uses and Benefits

Fat injections, also known as autologous fat grafts, fat transfer or transplantation, have been used in different clinical settings for volume augmentation or restoration. Techniques for harvesting and injection vary, depending on volume, indications and sites for injection. In a...

Nov

Dense Breasts and Mammograms – New Legislation in New York State

A new law was recently enacted in New York State which requires patients whose mammogram shows dense breasts to be notified in the radiology report. Dense breast tissue may diminish the sensitivity of mammograms to detect breast cancer, and is also associated with an increased ri...

Nov

The Best Neck – Variations on Neck Lifts

Often patients are concerned about only one particular aspect of their appearance, whether it's their eyes, jowls or neck. Providing customized procedures to improve their looks requires considerable judgement and experience, combined with an understanding of anatomy. In so...

Nov

Is There Mercury In Your Skincare Products?

Dr. Hutchinson is providing the following information for our patients' benefit, compliments of the Amercian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS): The FDA has issued a warning that some face creams manufactured abroad and sold in the United States illegally contai...

Nov

Eat Healthy To Help Stay Healthy

Scientific research is lending increasing evidence to support the fact that nutrition directly impacts our health. Maintaining a healthy diet leads to improved health overall, and conversely, poor nutritional habits adversely affect one's health. According to the latest stu...

Nov

Fat, Stem Cells and Liposculpture

Plastic surgeons have long known that fat possesses wonderful properties, and that it can be harvested and injected for volume augmentation in many diverse conditions. What makes fat different from, and in many ways better than, any other fillers is the fact that it is natural ti...

Nov

The Art of Fat – Its Uses and Advantages

Much of what is discussed relating to beauty today involves removing and minimizing fat, but this extremely important component of the human body has some wonderful and unique properties. Fat under the skin acts to add volume and plumpness, and both these qualities are associated...

Nov

Fresh Is Best – Risks from Canned Foods

Eating canned foods has been shown to significantly increase the level of a chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) in a person's body. Elevated levels of BPA have been linked to an increased risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes in some studies. BPA is a byproduct of the in...

Nov

Anti-aging Skin Care – More Than Skin Deep

Healthy skin comes from a myriad set of factors. Some things, such as our genetic blueprint, are inherited and at this juncture there isn't much that can be done to change that. This is an area of active research, however, and will most likely represent the way of the futur...

Nov

Why You Should Choose a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

If you're considering plastic surgery, one of the most important decisions is choosing your plastic surgeon. With all the media, marketing and internet information about cosmetic surgery, it is not always easy to identify which surgeons are qualified to perform which proced...

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