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Oct

Time For a Change: Body Sculpture

Plastic surgery is an art and a science, and as an artist the plastic surgeon aims to create a beautiful result for the patient. When it comes to body contouring, several procedures allow patients to obtain the look they wish to achieve. Women may be concerned about the shape or...

Oct

Have You Made a New Year’s Resolution?

Out with the old, in with the new. The New Year brings with it a sense of renewal, moving forward, changes for the better. Hence the tradition of making a resolution and setting new goals towards which to strive. Often these include some aspect of life improvement - lose w...

Oct

Plastic Surgery Increases Patient Happiness

Plastic surgery is more than skin deep: in addition to the visible improvement in appearance from aesthetic surgery procedures, the latest study shows patients also benefit from increased happiness, self-esteem and self-confidence. Scientific investigation of the positive psychol...

Oct

Spring Forward Into Beauty

Now that we've adjusted our clocks and the weather is finally warming up, it’s time to start thinking about tuning our bodies and getting ready to shed the camouflaging winter fashions in favor of summer styles. For all of us, and especially those of us traveling to w...

Oct

Shaped Silicone Gel Implants Approved for Breast Augmentation

The FDA has just cleared another type of highly cohesive silicone gel breast implants for breast augmentation, the Allergan Natrelle Style 410. These “gummy bear” type implants have already been used for breast reconstruction, and have been studied extensively for saf...

Oct

Plastic Surgery by the Numbers

According to a study of aesthetic plastic surgery procedures conducted by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, over 14 million surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures were performed worldwide in 2011. This includes all types of treatments to beautify and...

Oct

Weight Loss After Abdominoplasty

Weight Loss After Abdominoplasty Posted on: Jan 29 2013 By: Dr. Olivia Hutchinson A new study in the latest issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons), addresses long term weight loss results after pat...

Oct

Three reasons why fall and winter are best times for plastic surgery

Three reasons why fall and winter are best times for plastic surgery Posted on: Jan 24 2013 By: Dr. Olivia Hutchinson Thinking about going under the knife, but not sure when the best time for plastic surgery may be? The fall and winter months are some of the most popul...

Oct

New Shaped Silicone Breast Implants

Breast augmentation options for breast enhancement include saline and silicone breast implants in a wide range of sizes. There is a 3rd type of breast implant which was recently made available only to board certified plastic surgeons in the US, the highly cohesive silicone gel im...

Oct

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...

Oct

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...

Oct

Stem Cells, Fat and Plastic Surgery – Update

As recently reported in the June edition of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, stem cells derived from fat possess many qualities that may be potentially beneficial when used in soft tissue augmentation. However, clinical research studies are in progress and the safe...

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