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Does Sunscreen Have a Link To Cancer?

Recently, the Post Dispatch printed an article in the health section that caused a number of people to call our office. This is a fine example of bench scientists attempting to translate what happens...

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Is a Facelift a Facelift?

It seems that a good way to test the success of a facelift procedure is to use each technique on a set of twins and compare the outcome.  One such recent report suggested twin # 1 had an outpatient...

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“My Neck Makes Me Look Soooo Old”

I’ve heard the above exclamation from many patients as they attempt to analyze “why” they look old. In these patients a full facelift was over-kill, and an isolated neck lift disrupted the “harmony” of...

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They Can’t All Be “the Next Greatest Thing”

Dr. Oz, the Doctors, and Oprah television shows survive by promoting “the next greatest thing”. These shows make new surgical procedures or rejuvenation equipment the answer to all your aging concerns...

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Breast Lift (Mastopexy)

Recent data released by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has mirrored what we have seen in our practice over the last few years: i.e., more patients are requesting breast lifts as a...

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Joan Rivers 1933-2014

At our office, we want patients to embrace the positive aspects of their aesthetic refinements and the improved quality of life after successful plastic surgery.  Most important, however, we want our...

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Understanding the Value of Combination Procedures

A recent Wall Street Journal weekend article looked at the present status of aesthetic improvements in the population.  The featured “cosmetic provider” stated that he had fewer requests for surgery...

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Joan Rivers 1933-2014

At our office, we want patients to embrace the positive aspects of their aesthetic refinements and the improved quality of life after successful plastic surgery.  Most important, however, we want our...

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Understanding the Value of Combination Procedures

A recent Wall Street Journal weekend article looked at the present status of aesthetic improvements in the population.  The featured “cosmetic provider” stated that he had fewer requests for surgery...

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Breast Implant Lymphoma

Our monthly academic journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, highlighted a “special topic” section which addressed lymphoma arising in the breasts of women with implants.  There were 6 articles...

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Round Vs Anatomically Shaped Silicone Breast Implants

Over a third of the surgeries I perform utilize breast implants.  This includes breast augmentation, breast lifts with augmentation, and breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer.  I...

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Silicone Implant Controversies…Round 2

The FDA hearings on breast implants in March 2019 prompted a large number of phone calls to our office.  The patients had two main questions about breast implants…BIA-ALCL (Breast Implant Associated...

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Non Plastic Surgeon “Plastic Surgeons”

A billboard in Utah had a picture of a lady crying and claiming: “I didn’t know my “cosmetic surgeon” wasn’t a plastic surgeon.” This declaration prompted a nasty lawsuit filed by the state’s cosmetic...

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Outlawing the Brazilian Butt Lift

Larger butts have always been looked upon as a sexual asset.  This was evident in the ancient world by the Venus figurines from Palestine and Syria and the South African tribes (steatopygia).  I’m...

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