Definitely not. I have done breast reductions on women in their mid-70s. They have healed as well as younger women. Their results have been as life changing. One 77 year old woman called me a month after surgery from her aerobics class to say, “This is the first exercise I have been able to do… [read more]

Research shows the answer is Yes. Research last year showed that as residents in training, Board Certified Plastic Surgeons get far more experience and training in cosmetic surgery than any other specialty – including facial plastic surgeons and dermatologic plastic surgeons. Research published in May 2013 studies complications in panniculectomy (cosmetic skin removal from the… [read more]

Lots of people do it. But it increases your risks. 1. You lack family/friend support, 2. It is harder to check a surgeon’s credentials. 3. Foreign surgeons often can’t be sued – less ethical ones will cut corners and take risks. Combining a tummy tuck with breast surgery is especially hazardous abroad. Blood clots are… [read more]

No. Not even powerful CO2 laser resurfacing or a phenol peel can do this. Why not? • Lasers and peels treat the skin. • Eye bags are caused by excess fat under the eye and a weak orbital septum – this is the tissue that holds the fat in place. (In older people, there may… [read more]

It depends on what pregnancy did to your body. • Liposuction removes fat deposits under the skin. After liposuction the fat tends to return unless you exercise more and eat less. • Tummy tucks repair stretched muscle, remove loose skin and remove fat from the waist and upper abdomen. Liposuction is tailored to your needs…. [read more]

A laser facial often known as ‘non-ablative fraxel’ uses a laser to rejuvenate the skin. This is an office treatment with no down time. The best ‘fraxel’ lasers are the ND Yag and fractionated CO2. I prefer the ND YAG laser facial. What is involved? • You lie down and skin is cleaned, • Laser… [read more]

This is your 2013 buttock implant update. Thanks to new research – we appear to have a buttock implant operation with an acceptable complication rate. Although many people want larger buttocks, buttock implant results have been discouraging. Fat injections (the Brazilian Butt Lift) look great at first, then absorb. Silicone buttock implants had a 25%… [read more]

Skin necrosis is loss of skin from poor oxygen. If, in an effort to get your tummy very tight, your surgeon pulls the skin too tight, there is not enough blood flow to keep the skin alive. The skin turns dark, then black and then heals from below, leaving a tight, wide scar. For this… [read more]

Yes. But Exilis is not a laser. • Exilis uses radiofrequency to burst fat cells. • Your body then absorbs the melted fat. • Without fat cells, fat cannot return to that area. • Like liposuction, fat can return to other areas if you do not eat to your new shape. • How is Exilis… [read more]

Definitely Yes. Most people having liposuction are above their ideal weight. Best liposuction results are in people who are no more than 40 pounds above their ideal weight. But many people weighing much much more have liposuction and are very happy with the results. What does liposuction accomplish? Liposuction is not a form of weight… [read more]