Carolyn Presby, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, says aesthetic pigmentation changes, and little vessels or texture can be treated with lasers. She also recommends if you have significant pigment changes, you should be getting checked out by your dermatologist. "We have to make sure to avoid potential catastrophic diseases and cancers," she points out. [...]
Ulherapy is a non-invasive treatment, which is used similar to collagen: to tighten up the skin on the lower face and neck lines, explains Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery. She classifies lasers into two particular categories of lights: one, in which the patient usually wears protective eyewear and other types of devices, [...]
Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, Facial Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says many guys would rather have a thick beard than a thick head of hair. He points out they do beard transplants in gender reassignment for women that are now men to provide them a masculine look. He explains beard transplants are commonly used […]
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 [...]
