Laser Treatment for Hair Loss
Dr. Anthony Bared, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains they have low-level laser light therapy in form of in-home devices, that are essentially baseball caps that you wear for 30 minutes a day and it helps to stimulate the follicles. "The laser just penetrates into the scalp deep enough to affect the…...
Read MoreInjectable Cosmetic Procedures
The most common injectable procedure is botox, according to Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery. Botox is used for multiple different reasons to soften lines and wrinkles on the face. She explains botox is a neurotoxin, a neuromodulator that actually attaches to muscle and prevents it from being hyperactive. The injectable procedures she…...
Read MoreApproaching liposuction
Liposuction is the most popular plastic surgery, according to Dr. Jaime Flores, Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgeon, who also adds that it has been the main cosmetic surgery for decades. Breast surgery (breast augmentation, lift or reduction) is the second most popular cosmetic surgery and abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, the third. The cosmetic & reconstructive surgeon…...
Read MoreBefore & After Kybella Procedure
Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, describes with images how Kybella procedure works. He explains he does a very complete diagnose of the patient before applying the product. The procedure is low cost and patients are usually very satisfied with it. I should say that he did this procedure and…...
Read MoreThe 5 Minute Nose Job
Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says the five-minute nose job is a way to enhance the nose or improve its contour without surgery. She explains the effect of the injectable procedure depends on the part of the body in which the doctor uses it. If it is injected in the nose, the…...
Read MoreFat Grafting for Scars
Dr. Roger Khouri, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains a scar could be conceived as a brick wall separating into compartments that breaks down the healthy fat. "We go through the brick wall and create a bee hive that we fill with fat to have less brick and more fat." He says if…...
Read MoreSurgical Treatment for Migraines
Dr. Harry Salinas, Plastic Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute, explains the first thing to do is taking a history, doing a physical and if they get a history that is consistent with the nerve entrapment syndrome, they tell the patient to see them when they are having a migraine and not to take any medications.…...
Read MoreNon-Invasive Skin Rejuvenation Procedures
Dr. Rafael Gottenger, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains there is a device called the Profound RF, which is micro needling with radio frequency. "The machine shoots five pairs of needles that go inside the skin to stimulate elastin, collagen and volumizing the tissue. He also says this machine can be also used…...
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