Summertime is an opportunity for breaking free from the winter activities and strutting your stuff. This, of course, means looking your best, and that does not come without preparation. While exercise and eating healthy are key elements to looking your best, medical advancements and technology can aid your efforts. When it comes to body contouring, most of us are … [Read more...]
Stimulating the Beautiful You
It’s Your Call You have the power within you to be beautiful. In most instances, it’s simply a matter of releasing this power or stimulating your body to release it. In fact, the healing process involves inflammation. Inflammation is known to produce collagen in response to stimulation whether by heat or some other means. In fact, most medicines are nothing more than the … [Read more...]
Consumer Research & Cosmetic Surgery
Patients frequently come to our office for cosmetic surgery consultation with a preconceived notion as to what is needed. While, as a plastic surgeon, I am happy to address the patient’s stated purpose, it is important to realize that information obtained from the Internet and other sources might be incomplete and perhaps even misleading. Therefore, it is important to seek … [Read more...]
Plastic Surgery: A Cure for Personal Relationship Problems?
It has long been known that a person’s appearance will affect not only the way a person feels about him or herself, but also the way that person interacts with others. Maxwell Maltz wrote an entire book, Psychocybernetics, in 1960 about this important aspect of life. Other books such as Dress for Success deal with this same premise. The thought that “plastic surgery reaches … [Read more...]
Booty Beauty – Your Derrière is Showing
Although Creole in origin, the word booty, meaning buttocks, was propelled into public awareness through Jennifer Lopez’s music. Since then, it has become a fashion statement of pop culture and an allure of the fashion-conscious female. Designers have strived to accommodate the desire for a conspicuous derrière, and plastic surgeons have crafted the “ideal backside” by means of … [Read more...]