According to Dr. Carlos Wolf, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, a lot of things have changed about plastic surgery such as patients’ expectations, patient education and the type of look people want. He considers nowadays patients are educated in any medical field, including plastic surgery. The specialist says the most important part in [...]
17 years ago, Dr. Joel Levin, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Hospital of Miami, was very active with the international organization Operation Smile, and asked them for a mission. The experience was very successful and “Day of Smiles” was born. Dr. Levin explains before the surgery, children do not want anyone to see them. After the [...]
Botox is considered a neuromodulator, which works on the muscle activity alone. Fillers, however, are injected into the skin and are going to fill up a space within the tissue. Fillers increase volume, too. With dermal fillers, people are trying to replace lost volume. There are many options available, which can be customized for each [...]
Jaime Flores, Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgeon, talks about facelift procedure and its risks while showing a bio digital graphic during his explanation. He says the key to success in this procedure is to work very carefully the nerves that are around the eyes, mouth and ear. Probably, the most common risk of surgery is damage [...]
With a digital imaging, Dr. Ricardo Castrellon, Medical Director of the Burn Center at South Miami Hospital, explains how he performs an elevation of eyebrows. He states the procedure is a combination of skin resection and some type of implant or device that can cause a suture. This procedure can help lifting in that area, [...]
Dr. Roger Khouri, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains fat grafting has no cutting, no incision, no sutures, it is a 10 minute procedure with local anesthesia. "We just take a little bit of fat and then we inject it with needle syringes and it's amazing what that low fat can do to [...]
Dr. Xiaoti Xu, Plastic Surgeon, Mia Aesthetics with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says being mentally prepared makes you a much happier patient. "I think when the patient doesn't know mentally what to expect, their recovery will be a lot harder." He explains there are lots of psychological diseases, one of them is body dysmorphia, where [...]
Dr. Anthony Bared, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the procedure is to transplant hair from the back of the scalp to the front to create more density of hair in the front. He says hairs are individually extracted and they are taken and analyzed under a microscope to ensure quality of [...]
Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, shows the results on a young patient that just wanted a fuller beard. They took out around 1400 hairs and put them into the beard region. He also explains there is a procedure for women that over plucked their eyebrows. He shows an example [...]
