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Breast Reduction: Beyond Physical Benefits

Women who seek breast reduction surgery are usually encumbered by excessively large, heavy, pendulous breasts that may negatively impact their daily activities. This medical condition, called breast hypertrophy, may develop as early as adolescence, or manifest later in adulthood...

Dec

Mommy Makeovers: Which Options Are Best For You?

A Mommy Makeover encompasses a number of different plastic surgery procedures on the breasts and body designed to improve a woman's appearance after pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. The immediate post-partum period after delivery is replete with hormonal, physica...

Dec

Body Work: Maximize Results and Minimize Downtime

Body contouring includes a multitude of cosmetic procedures that refine all aspects of the body, most often the abdomen and flanks, breasts, and chest, as well as arms, hips, and thighs. It includes two primary components: skin tightening and volume improvement. With t...

Dec

Mommy Makeovers: Options To Help Moms Look Their Best

The Mommy Makeover refers to a set of plastic surgical procedures that are tailored to each individual woman in order to correct or improve some aspects of her appearance after pregnancy and childbirth. With the weight gain and hormonal changes intrinsic to every pregnancy come a...

Dec

Need a Revision? Choose Your Plastic Surgeon Wisely

Women and men are undergoing plastic surgery procedures in record numbers, and in most cases they are happy and satisfied with the results of their surgery. Although complications are rare, some cosmetic patients may need a revision of their aesthetic surgery either because of a...

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

The Mommy Makeover – by Dr. Olivia Hutchinson, New York City Plastic Surgeon

It's September, the children have gone to school, routines are in place, and you have some extra time to focus on yourself. So you’ve been thinking about how you look, perhaps your belly just isn’t as flat as you’d like it to be, perhaps your breasts aren&...