Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Director of South Miami Hospital’s Burn Center, explains plastic surgery for women is trying to accent their femininity (breasts, tummy tuck, and corrective changes after pregnancy or child delivery), but with men it is about maintaining masculinity …
Dr. Xiaoti Xu, Plastic Surgeon, Mia Aesthetics with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says breast augmentation is for someone who has smaller breasts and wants to have them enlarged, using most of the time an implant.
He explains there are usually …
Dr. Jill Waibel, Dermatologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains laser treatment for wrinkle and skin tightening.
Normally it’s a one-time treatment and it’s once every five or ten years, she explains.
For best results, the laser procedure can be …
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeon, nose reshaping is a billion dollar industry and rhinoplasty is the first cosmetic plastic procedure.
Dr. Carlos Wolf, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, considers this happens for the reason that …
Fractional microneedling radiofrequency (FMR) is a mechanical treatment used on the surface of the skin to stimulate the growth of collagen. Dr. Flor Mayoral, Dermatologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the method and how electricity and radiofrequency energy are …
Ileana Perez-Quintairos, Dermatologist at Baptist Health South Florida, says fillers are different than Botox: “Botox takes away movement, it’s injected to decrease muscle movement, but fillers fill; you’re injecting a gel type product underneath a indentation or a wrinkle”.
She …
Dr. Deborah Longwill, Dermatologist at Baptist Health South Florida, explains a thread lift to pull the skin and avoid the patient’s face grows too big because of the fillers.
“We take a thread that’s attached to a cannula and put …
What is a plastic surgeon job description? Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Director of South Miami Hospital’s Burn Center, shares his experience as a plastic surgeon, and explains the reconstructive and the plastic parts of his job to help patients and improve …
