If anyone wonders, it is safe to breast feed with implants. And of the hundreds and hundreds of patients of mine that have had breast implants and later had babies, I never had anyone tell me that they conscientiously tried but still couldn’t breast feed. While we warn women about the possibility that they will [...]
This is an interesting story about how Brits are pushing their surgeons to do multiple procedures at the same time to save money. Of course, if the surgeons were able to refuse, there would be no problem. But with patients ready to go to another doctor who agrees to do it, a culture gets created [...]
I just got back from the big plastic surgery meeting in Seattle. There was a great lecture by the world’s authority on biofilm –a slimy substance that the body sometimes makes around any kind of an implant that can harbor bacteria and insulate them from antibiotics. He showed how preventing this biofilm can prevent the [...]
If you read this story, you’d think so. But I think that anyone who saw Slum Dog Millionaire would probably think twice before traveling to c for their surgery. How about Chennai or Hyderabad? I have to admit I never heard of them. So I googled them. The first story that came up on Chennai [...]
While Cynsoure tries to spin its decreased financial performance on the economy and third quarter seasonality, plastic surgeons know there is a different issue. Nearly two years after the FDA granted it a 510K for laser lipolysis, no peer-reviewed data yet exists to validate any of the claims of superiority that are typically made by [...]
I was afraid that the real message of using fat for cosmetic breast augmentation would get lost. Right now, the media and public is in a blind trance about magically removing unwanted fat from the thighs or waist and putting it into the breast. Sounds too good to be true? Well, that’s because it is. [...]
My former colleague Michael McGuire was just named president of ASPS, the largest plastic surgery organization in the world. I couldn’t be happier. He knows the issues that are important to plastic surgeons and their patients better than anyone. And he isn’t afraid to take his gloves off and fight for what is best. Meet [...]
I have heard of nanotechnology, but I have to admit that until I saw THIS, I had not heard of nanosheets…so if I told you anything that was not in this story, I’d just be making it up! But from what I can read, this is one of the most exciting advances in surgery [...]
Whether or not you are an Obama supporter, I think we can agree that a junk-science advocate has no role heading OSHA. I can let the anti-gun activist part go. It’s his business how he interprets the Second Amendment. But arguing against the Daubert decision puts him in a category of such [...]
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