Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon at Baptist Health South Florida, explains tissue expansion is a process that is performed to expand skin and sometimes muscle, to expand soft tissue to accommodate an implant. This procedure can be done after a mastectomy, for example. They place a tissue expander that gradually grows to then replace those…...

Dr. Joel Levin, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Hospital of Miami, explains the team of the “Day of Smiles” involves 6 surgeons and 6 anesthesia people and a large team of nurses, assistants and a lot of people who donate their time and the Hospital donates its services. The doctor says this is an event that…...

Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon at Baptist Health South Florida, explains gluteal augmentation or Brazilian Butt Lift is a body contouring procedure to improve the curves of the trunk, the waistline, the buttocks and the thighs, from a posterior view and also from a profile view. "We have to obtain the fat to graft from…...

Breast augmentation, liposuction, breast lift, tummy tuck and eyelid surgery are the most common plastic procedures for women. Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon at Baptist Health South Florida, says liposuction is also one of the most common procedures among men. "Breast lifts have become a little more accepted by women. I think with the abundance…...

There are surgical and non-surgical options for helping with wrinkles, but patients are more interested in non-surgical options because they are less expensive, affirms Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. Botox is the most common procedure in plastic surgery, the doctor affirms. He describes, Botox is a toxin and the products…...

Carolyn Presby, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says you can have any skin tone to get laser treatment, but the important thing is that the person who is doing the laser removal has the correct laser. "Certain treatments cannot be done on all skin tones, but if you have the correct laser available, you…...

Carolyn Presby, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says lasers are fast and effective. "As long as you have realistic expectations about what you will look like during the entire treatment and what you will get at the end of the treatment, lasers are a good option." She explains a laser is energy that has…...

Dermal Fillers can be used to enhance shallow contours, plump thin lips, reconstruct contour deformities in the face, improve the appearance of recessed scars, and decrease or remove the shadow of the lower lids. About plumping the lips, Dr. Annie Gonzalez, Dermatologist with Sunset Dermatology, says it is also very generational. "I have the 20…...