Plastic Surgery Articles

One of the potentially most confusing things for the patient considering plastic surgery, particularly for elective cosmetic surgery, is “How Do I Know that My Surgeon is Qualified?” There are many different means of answering that question but the FIRST place to start is looking for Board Certification. Unfortunately, even this can be confusing to the patient so let me list a few salient points for the potential patient to consider. Read more

Frequently my day will start making rounds on my patients in the hospital. My patient population encompasses most of what a board certified plastic surgeon is trained to treat. So, in any given week I may have patients with pressure sores that I have repaired, patients with traumatic injuries and breast cancer patients after reconstruction. Patients with pressure sores present a very unique set of challenges- Read more

How many times do we see advertising for affordable cosmetic surgery in print, radio, or TV? You know the ads that promise terrific results via a short procedure, done often under local anesthesia that allows the patient to return to work the next day? The ads that show incredibly young, beautiful models in bathing suits lounging at a pool, supposedly having undergone “liposculpture” or “liposuction with laser”. Read more