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Last week, the plastic surgeon who operated on Moammar Gadhafi in 1995 came forward. Although the media reported heavily on this revelation, it generally missed the main thing we should take from the news: when your plastic surgeon recommends a facelift, you should take his advice and get one. In 1995 when Gadhafi consulted with […]

Career days are a normal part of the elementary school experience. Children learn about the possible careers available to them so they understand the world of choices that education can open for them. And it’s normal career day advice that speakers should bring visual aids to keep children engaged and help them understand what the […]

For some women, saddlebags are a constant source of self-consciousness. Sometimes called a saddlebag deformity, women with this condition store a disproportionate amount of fat below their hips on their outer thighs. This prevents them from having a smoothly defined hourglass figure where the leg begins to taper after the hips. In many clothes, the […]

A Spanish plastic surgeon has taken Google to court over the search results that come up when his name is searched. Apparently, the surgeon is upset that the first page of search results on Google include the story of a lawsuit over poor breast surgery results he gave to a patient. The surgeon was accused […]

You may have noticed that you are beginning to show signs of aging in your face. You may be wondering whether it is time for a face lift. The decision about when is the best time for you to get a face lift is a highly personal one, but one factor to consider is the […]

If you are looking for a way to spend your income tax return that will have a lasting impact on your quality of life, consider plastic surgery. Plastic surgery can help you look and feel better. And its long-lasting results mean that you can get years of positive impact from your investment. Tummy tuck is […]

We often recommend that patients achieve a healthy weight, hopefully at or near the ideal weight for your body, before getting a tummy tuck. Being at this weight allows us to design a procedure that will help you get the best possible results for you because we can best gauge how much skin to remove […]

Recently, proponents of breast augmentation using fat grafting published an article in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal claiming that the main causes for concern were due to laboratory situations that are not related to actual clinical practice. They claim that because there have been over 2000 fat-grafting procedures to the breast performed without a single documented […]

This month, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its statistics on the number of plastic surgery and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures performed in 2010. The figures show that the total number of procedures increased by 5% from 2009 to a total of 13.1 million surgical and nonsurgical procedures. As expected, breast augmentation remains the most […]

Sometimes people ask this question, and the answer isn’t straightforward, nor is it exactly meaningful. A lot of times, people want an answer that will say something like, “you’ll look 10-15 years younger,” because this is a simple calculation. Though a face lift does turn back the clock, it doesn’t turn it back in any […]