When our patients start thinking about rejuvenation, they typically consult us about a facelift, an eyelid lift or a brow lift, and often all three! Today’s women—and men—understand the value of looking as youthful and vibrant as they feel. Just as these procedures can roll back the clock where your face is concerned, there’s another […]
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In January of next year, a new law will go into effect making liposuction safer in the state of Florida. According to the Sun Sentinel, in late April of this year Governor Rick Scott signed legislation prohibiting liposuction from being performed in unregulated doctors’ offices. We join the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the […]
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When you first get started learning about breast implants, the choices ahead of you may seem daunting. Should you go with saline or silicone breast implants? Is the best placement under or over the chest muscle? No aspect of breast implants concerns our New York breast augmentation patients more than size. And since there are […]
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The Los Angeles Times recently published an article about the growing trend of couples having plastic surgery together. The piece by Susan Carpenter generated a bit of buzz. Plastic surgeons in New York and across the country put out press releases noting that they had observed the same trend in their own practices. It makes […]
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The uproar over silicone breast implants that spawned a variety of lawsuits began in the 1970’s. The brouhaha culminated in the late 1990’s with a class action settlement that drove Dow Corning—the leading manufacturer—into bankruptcy. Even though numerous studies and intense scrutiny by the Federal Drug Administration could not find a connection between silicone breast […]
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Every so often there’s a horror story published about eyelid surgery gone wrong. If you follow plastic surgery, once in a while you’ll read about someone whose results are asymmetrical droopy lids. Rarely the outcome is worse, even to the point of a patient not being able to close their eyes. Our New York eyelid […]
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If your child’s ears stick out and the thought of cosmetic surgery has crossed your mind, don’t feel embarrassed or uncomfortable about it. With so many children suffering the attacks of bullies these days, the federal government has an entire website devoted to bullying. Prominent ears can be a factor in your child being a […]
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The look of a woman’s breasts can signal so many things—femininity, youth, confidence and more. They are an important component of a woman’s feelings about herself. That’s why it can be so devastating when someone has a deformity like tuberous breasts. In our New York practice, we see many cases of tuberous breasts each year […]
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If your complexion is looking old and tired, we’d advise you to visit us in Manhattan for a facelift, right? If you’re seeing wrinkles starting to form, we’d suggest you schedule treatment with BOTOX® Cosmetic, right? Well maybe, and maybe not. The fact is, the sooner you understand a bit more about facial aging, the […]
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The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) just released their annual statistics covering 2011. The biggest news? Liposuction is more popular than ever. According to the ASAPS, “From 2010-2011, there was almost a 13% increase in the number of liposuction procedures with over 300,000 procedures performed.” For the first time in three years, reports […]
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