Recently a story broke out in the news about a woman in Maryland who died after trying to get her butt enhanced with silicone injections on the black market. While this type of occurrence doesn’t always make the news, it happens more often than you would think. Patients who want to save money on plastic…
1. Lather Up in Sunscreen This seems like a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised how many people forego wearing basic sun protection. Even when it’s a cloudy day, the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays can reach your skin. During the summer months, you should be applying sunscreen to your face and any other exposed…
There are many procedures available to plastic surgery patients that require some form of a graft or implant to get the best looking and the longest lasting results. Patients and surgeons have a lot more options in their choice of material used for the graft or implant, but it can be hard to know which…
A healthy lifestyle takes a lot of hard work. You’re making a commitment to watch what you eat, stay in shape, and take care of yourself. You have to make some difficult choices and a few sacrifices. If you’ve lost a significant amount of weight, you should feel very proud of yourself; however, the changes…
The idea of paying for plastic surgery can be really overwhelming when you look at how much surgeons charge for a procedure. Even something as small as a Botox injection can run upwards of several hundred dollars. It all seems less overwhelming, however, when you look at how the total cost of your procedure is…
Although most rhinoplasty patients are adults, it’s becoming more and more popular among teenagers. Rhinoplasty is the number one cosmetic procedure among patients who are 13-19 years of age with over 30,000 performed in 2013. If your teenager is asking about getting a nose job, there are a couple things you should know about before…
Breast augmentation continues to be the most popular choice among women for plastic surgery procedures. There are many reasons for getting breast implants, such as correcting breast asymmetry or improving the proportions of your body. For every woman, the process starts with the decision to get the implants. Once you opt to have breast augmentation,…
Would it surprise you to know that your tummy has different regions? How about that each of those regions can be cosmetically altered individually or in groups? In fact, there are three different forms of abdominoplasties that can be used to give you a tummy that looks fit and toned. How Your Tummy Is Divided…