Heidy Urra, Medical Aesthetician with Miami Plastic Surgery, says a facial is a professional skin care treatment to cleanse, exfoliate, do extractions, and customize the treatment depending on their needs. Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains while you are relaxing the medical aesthetician is looking at your skin and making sure everything…...

Heidy Urra, Medical Aesthetician with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains a red carpet facial is basically a blending of all the facials together. "We blend the three major facials, the hydrafacial, the oxygen and the dermaplaning for an amazing result." She points out they start with a dermaplaning to remove dead cells in the surface of…...

Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Director of South Miami Hospital's Burn Center, says men are getting Botox because their muscles are more defined and sometimes they have an unhappy appearance, like a well-defined crease in the middle of their forehead and they use Botox to fix it. Regarding laser hair removal, he explains people think it is…...

Harry Salinas, Plastic Surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute, says supporting a cancer patient is a tough process. "They often come to our office right after they've been told that they have breast cancer and they need a mastectomy. The consultations tend to be very emotional and family support is so important, it is so nice…...

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…...