Bogus Breast Implants – PIP President Goes To Jail
Two and one half years ago, I posted about Jean-Claude Mas and his substandard PIP Breast Implants. Poly Implant Protheses, PIP for short, had […]
Melatonin and Migraine Headaches
A lot of my San Francisco Bay Area Plastic Surgery patients suffer from Migraine Headaches, so I looked into the incidence of Migraines and […]
Accredited Surgery Centers SF Bay Area
The majority of Plastic Surgery is performed in the outpatient setting, and in the San Francisco Bay Area, the majority of the these procedures […]
Zika Virus News You Can Use
Updated: 15 March, 2016 – new evidence of link between Zika virus and microcephaly and the sexual transmission of virus. Updated: 28 March, 2016 […]
Maintenance of Board Certification in Plastic Surgery – SF Bay Area
Maintenance of Board Certification or MOC As another year nears its end, it is time for the yearly Maintenance of Board Certification (MOC) chores. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can Old People Have Plastic Surgery?
Many people have Plastic Surgery, but is it safe for “old” people? Should there be an age limit on Cosmetic Surgery? Recent research shines […]
Can Breast Implants Cause Breast Cancer? and an ALCL Update
EDIT: A new post on the subject was added in April, 2017, here: BIA-ALCL is Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. For the […]