Plastic Surgery Articles

Cosmetic surgery has become a mainstream option for women in the United States and for too many of them the doctor’s office is a dream factory. The most important part of an interview between doctor and prospective patient covers the issue of expectations versus realities. It’s an important issue to the profession and also to the legions of patients who are devoting both financial resources and personal time to pursuit of an aesthetic goal. Read more

Times are hard. People are holding their nest eggs closer to their chests, taking caution in their spending; waiting to hear the economy is getting stronger, better. But what are people holding out on to? Luxury items — clothes, jewelry, that new car they had their eyes on, and anything they deem unnecessary. Read more

Imagine waking up every day, looking in the mirror, staring at skin that has been melted away, ears that never fully developed or a mouth so deformed that you cannot speak. Sounds horrific, devastating, tragic?

Now imagine waking up everyday, looking in that same mirror and then going out and changing the world. Sounds impossible, amazing, heroic? For four individuals who were given the 2008 Patients of Courage: Triumph Over Adversity award in a Nov. 1 ceremony, presented by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), it is the simple truth. Read more

A delegation of thirty five plastic surgeons under the auspices of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons visited China in June as part of the People to People Ambassador Program.  The itinerary included visits to hospitals, clinics, meetings with their Chinese peers and just generally, an opportunity to learn how plastic surgery has progressed in China and how it is being used. Read more