Counterfeit Botox is Back Bay Area
Botulinum Toxin remains the number one non-surgical cosmetic treatment year after year. In 2014, 3,588,218 neuromodulating wrinkle treatments were reported by the American Society […]
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery Outcomes
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a socially isolating belief that one’s body is unusually defective. It effects 1-2% of the population, and is equally […]
U.S. Plastic Surgery Statistics – 2014
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has released its 2014 Cosmetic Plastic Surgery statistics. The United State’s premier professional society dedicated to […]
Bionic Hands – One Step Closer
Thirty-five-year-old Marcus Kemeter let doctors amputate his hand and replace it with a bionic hand. It’s not because he is a touched Star Wars […]
When is Plastic Surgery not Plastic Surgery
My wife sent me an article this week about a woman who tragically lost her life in the pursuit of larger buttocks. The article […]
Woman Gets Life for Buttocks Injections
In March, 2012, 37-year-old Karima Gordon died eight days after receiving Buttocks Injections. This week, Karima’s injector, 54-year-old Tracey Lynn Garner was sentenced to […]
Breast Health, Mammography and Breast Cancer Screening
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so every few months I dedicate a post to preventative medicine. Simple actions can […]
Breast Augmentation and Quality of Life in the SF Bay Area
I have noticed my San Francisco Bay Area Breast Augmentation patients are some of my happiest patients, and a recent study out of Philadelphia, […]
Why Plastic Surgery Board Certification Matters?
In the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of people practicing “Plastic Surgery“; however, there are fewer then 10,000 Board Certified Plastic Surgeons. […]
The Most Popular Plastic Surgery Procedures of 2013
Every year, the American Society of Plastic Surgery releases the Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery statistics. The tallying is complete, and the numbers for […]