Plastic Surgery Articles

When choosing a plastic surgeon, there are many factors to consider. Of course, credentials and experience are two of the key players in choosing a surgeon; however, most individuals prefer to select a surgeon that has operated on a friend or family member who can show them the outcome. Read more

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is still the most common side effect experienced by plastic surgery patients despite advances in modern medicine. While studies have been conducted to find ways of improving PONV, there is not yet a definitive cure. Read more

Ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) have become an important element in the health care options available in this country. These facilities are essentially outpatient surgical facilities available to the doctors affiliated with them. Because of the rapid improvement in medical technology, dozens of surgical procedures that would have required an impatient stay a decade ago can now be provided on an outpatient basis, with the patient proceeding home as soon as any medication or anesthesia involved wears off. Read more

Most scars have a history, a story behind them. For some men, sitting around a campfire with their buddies, drinking beer, comparing their “battle wounds” may be way to puff their feathers and compete for the highest honor of manhood. For most women, however, when the conversation switches to “scar talk,” the purpose is usually not to compare the number of scars and their histories, but to compare creams and other scar reducing remedies. Read more

While the physicians of ancient times made crude efforts at plastic or reconstructive surgery, the real birth of modern plastic surgery came as a response to the battlefield injuries of World War One. That war was, to a great degree, fought in the trenches. The result was a disproportionate number of head and facial injuries, injuries whose scars would be forever on view for those that survived. Read more