Most women are candidates for Cosmetic Fat Grafting, but there are disqualifiers, such as smoker, people getting chemotherapy or angiogenesis inhibitor, women taking aspirin and other over-the-counter food supplements and vitamins that may impair blood clotting, and women with poor understanding of the procedure and inability to comply with the expansion treatment. Dr. Daniel Calva,…...

What is a patient looking for with a plastic surgery? Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Director of South Miami Hospital's Burn Center, explains most of the patients want volume, projection, and says what are the other preferences...

The American Society of Plastic Surgery has put out a warning about the risks of Brazilian butt lift due to a number of complications and deaths. Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Director of South Miami Hospital's Burn Center, talks about the importance of having a board-certified surgeon...

Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Medical Director of the Burn Center at South Miami Hospital, says the most common illegal cosmetic procedure seen in South Florida is biopolymer injection, which is really silicon. Most of the time, this procedure is performed in a barbershop or similar and it’s not done by a doctor. The doctor also explains…...

"It's all downhill after 20, our muscles are aging, our bones are aging, our fat goes away from our face into our stomach," says Dr. Jill Waibel, Dermatologist with Baptist Health South Florida. She explains there are some people that maybe don't have time for a facelift, or maybe their health won't let them have…...

There are many things that patients are not aware of: the fee for an anesthesiologist, the fee for the products being utilized, fee for the OR, sometimes the fee for insurances, the garments, the implants, the girdle and so on. All of those things are included in a plastic surgery and that’s why it’s not…...

Hematoma, nerve damage, infection, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, scarring, general appearance dissatisfaction, organ damage, anesthesia complications, seroma and blood loss are the most common complications of plastic surgery. However, beyond those complications, the false expectations that can be created about how the result of plastic surgery will be, it is the most frequent…...

Mild swelling around hair follicles, pigment changes, redness, and temporary irritation are some of the risk factors of laser therapy. Carolyn Presby, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says the inflammation around the hair follicle is something positive, because it is a sign that the treatment is working. "Burns are not supposed to happen," she…...