Archive for November, 2011
Performing Tumescent Technique Liposuction
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011REDUCING THE GYNOID APPEARANCE MICRO LIPOSUCTION The above patient is a young 22-year-old female presenting with gynoid appearance, significant iliac crest roll hip fat as well as anteromedial, posterolateral and infragluteal fold fat. The patient is an excellent candidate for tumescent liposuction using micro liposuction techniques with infiltration of tumescent fluid. The patient underwent the [...]
Breast Augmentation to Correct Deformity
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011TUBULAR BREAST DEFORMITY BREAST ASYMMETRY – SEVERE The below case is a patient who is 20 years old, presenting with severe tubular breast deformity on the left with severe breast asymmetry and right breast ptosis. To reconstruct this young lady’s breasts in order to create a normal appearance, requires both different volume implants as well [...]
Dow Corning Ruptured Gel Implant
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011DOW CORNING RUPTURED CASE 2 The above patient presents with silicone gel implants placed 34 years ago. These are ruptured silicone gel implants that had been placed over one-third of a century ago. The patient left the implants in and has now noticed increasing pain. An MRI shows intra and extracapsular ruptured silicone implant and [...]
BREAST SURGERY CONSULTATION
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Beverly Hills Patients present to us in greater numbers for consultation, for breast augmentation, breast revision, breast lift, breast reduction, tummy tuck and lipocontouring. With respect to your breast augmentation or breast revision consultation, it is important that the patient first of all seek a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, a Diplomate of the [...]
Cedars-Sinai Department of Surgery
Thursday, November 10th, 2011ADVANCES IN MULTI-SPECIALTY AESTHETIC AND PLASTIC SURGERY SYNPOSIUM This weekend, November 4-6, I attended the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Plastic Surgery weekend of conferences. Topics of this year’s conference included Dental Plasty Techniques, Selection of Options in Breast Enhancement and Revision Surgery, Fat Grafting Technique, including Facial, Breasts and Body Contouring, Primary and Secondary Rhinoplasty Surgery, [...]
Concomitant Augmentation Mammoplasty Plus Mastopexy
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Patients often present with loss of upper fullness of their breasts, referred to as involutional upper pole atrophy as well as severe skin laxity or referred to as grade 3 ptosis. These patients do well with implants placed as well as a mastopexy or skin removal and raising of the nipple areolar complex at the [...]
Plastic Surgery on Entertainment Tonight
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011On November 1, 2011 I was on Entertainment Tonight to discuss a patient regarding Tummy Tuck Revision. I always appreciate the opportunity to consult for ET CBS television. I will expand on this patient and procedure in an upcoming blog.
High Profile Implants, Reshaping the Breasts
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011The patient to the left is an excellent example of a patient who has involutional upper pole atrophy, loss of upper pole fullness of her breasts, slight droop of the nipple areolar complex with grade 1 ptosis. This patient is an excellent candidate for high profile saline implants in order to regain upper pole fullness [...]