Deflating the InstaBreast Hype
If you’ve ever considered a breast augmentation, it’s not hard to understand the appeal of “test-driving” a pair of implants for a day. One surgeon in New York offers a method to “try it before you buy...
View ArticleCan a Plastic Surgeon Predict Your Aging Process?
It would seem everyone has attempted to predict their own aging process at some point. What will we look like at age 40 or age 50? Will there be heavy jowling or lots of wrinkles, or both? Dr. Peter...
View ArticleNo Spin Live… A Desire to Look Like Celebrities
In this latest episode of No Spin Live, Dr. William P. Adams Jr. and Dr. Jason Pozner discuss patients desiring features of celebrities with anti-aging expert Shannon Leeman. Currently trending is a...
View ArticleTapping the Brakes on Facial Aging Sans Surgery
Facing aging has newer roadblocks thanks to major developments over the past several years in non-invasive and minimally-invasive procedures. In the past, plastic surgery patients and surgeons alike...
View ArticleThe Solution For Lower Ab Flab
Ask any woman how she feels about her lower ab area and most will complain that it’s too large. Disparaging terms like “pouch,” “spare tire,” and “muffin top” are typically thrown around among...
View ArticleOnline Reviews and Plastic Surgery
Like it or not, we live in an age of customer reviews. If you want to find out how good something is on Amazon or whether a restaurant is four or five stars, you check out customer reviews. Living in...
View ArticleBig Implants – What You Need to Know “Up Front”
Breast augmentation is perennially ranked the #1 or #2 most popular aesthetic surgery performed each year. The objective is obvious – bigger, more shapely breasts. Size is thought to be a personal...
View ArticlePreventing Capsular Contracture
Although breast augmentation is the most common plastic surgery operation in the world, the procedure is not without risks. Far and away the most common and feared risk for any patient considering...
View ArticleUnbeatable Botox: Still The #1 Non-Surgical Choice
If you ask women in one word how to stop the hands of time from turning, many of them will respond – BOTOX. The popular injectable is not only a household name, but it remains the most widely used...
View ArticleEmbracing Subtle Scars for Beautiful Results
Beautifully natural plastic surgery results are the norm with accomplished surgeons, but scars are still a trade-off whenever a scalpel is involved. Patients who know their results will turn out well...
View ArticleMommy Makeover: Individualized For Every Patient
There is no standard Mommy Makeover procedure. Rather, the term refers to a combination of procedures that are designed to return the patient’s body to her pre-pregnancy state. And just like every...
View ArticleThe Media’s Impact on Plastic Surgery
It’s almost impossible to get away from the hype surrounding plastic surgery and the media’s impact. Who’s getting what done, Snapchat in the operating room, how quickly you can get back to work after...
View ArticleBreast Expectations: Surgery Planning for the Short & Long Term
The majority of women who walk into a plastic surgeon’s office for a breast augmentation consultation have already made up their mind to have the surgery, and may have expectations before they even...
View ArticleBreast Implant Manufacturers — Does It Matter?
There are three major breast implant manufacturers in the United States: Allergan, Mentor, and Sientra. Each makes a number of implant varieties from shape to texture to fill. Does it matter which...
View ArticleVolbella Delivers Full, Natural Looking Lips
Dermal fillers have been a game changer for rejuvenating the face without surgery. Even so, plastic surgeons have had to take a bit of a “one size fits all” approach until recently, using the same...
View ArticleThe Rise of Female Plastic Surgeons
James Brown sang about it 40 years ago: “It’s a man’s world.” And back then, when you wanted to have plastic surgery procedure, he was right: the vast majority of plastic surgeons were men. The Growth...
View ArticleFacial Aging Options
Many, many people are curious about facial aging options as their mirrors begin to show signs of time passed. For most of these curious souls, they are too youthful for a surgical facelift, but still...
View ArticleFor Bigger or Worse: Selecting Breast Implant Size
Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and it’s the same with breast augmentation and selecting breast implant size. There is no perfect ‘size’ when choosing a breast implant, but in the last few...
View ArticleGuiding Patients with Breast Surgery
One of the more difficult aspects of a breast surgery consultation is that oftentimes a patient will come in complaining about the look and/or feel of her breasts without really knowing exactly what it...
View ArticleThe Male Breast Reduction
No matter the cause, it’s hard for men to swallow the need for a male breast reduction. “Man boobs” are, however, a real thing. Fortunately there is a real solution. Gynecomastia is the condition where...
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