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 [...]
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. TranscriptI should say that he did this procedure and he [...]
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 [...]
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 […]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Cool sculpting can be used for improving the arm and Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery, explains how it improves the area just with one session of cool sculpting. She explains the norm is two sessions, but if her patients are very fit, one session is enough. Dr. Max Polo, Plastic Surgeon with [...]
Doctors Roger Khouri and Daniel Calva, both Plastic Surgeons with Baptist Health South Florida, show before and after images of hand rejuvenation. For example, Khouri says there was a disconnection between a patient's face and her hands, but after the fat grafting procedure the wrinkles in her hands are gone and now they match with [...]
Not everybody is a candidate for Coolsculpting, affirms Tanya Patron, Physician Assistant with Miami Plastic Surgery. Patients who have too much body fat or patients who don’t have enough body fat can’t be treated. Coolsculpting is an alternative for patients who can’t undergo surgery for any medical condition, she says. TranscriptIt takes time. -- it [...]
