One of the big worries bothering economists is deflation. That’s a period when the cost of many items drop, meaning that manufacturers and service providers must use fewer workers due to less profit received. Yearly, the professional plastic surgery societies like the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) crunch the numbers on the previous... »
You may know me here mostly for gynecomastia surgery but I also do many other plastic surgery procedures. One of my favorite and most frequently performed plastic surgery procedures is the “nose job” or rhinoplasty. Because a human nose is so small and intricate, with many interconnecting tissues, it is something like working on a... »
Occasionally, a patient comes into my office with one breast larger than the other and, to appear normal, wants gynecomastia surgery on just that one breast. It’s a condition known in medicine as unilateral (meaning, one side only) gynecomastia which requires a unilateral mastectomy. First, we make sure nothing else is happening — like a tumor. But... »
A professor of plastic surgery once explained that, not two, but three parties are actually involved in any cosmetic plastic surgery: the patient and the surgeon, of course, but Mother Nature and the healing process are also lending a hand. Mother Nature stays in the mix quite a while afterwards — because any surgery is... »
So many patients ask what happens after a male breast reduction procedure, I prepared a handout listing virtually all the questions that are most frequently asked. (FAQs.) (I also have a handout instructing patients what to do before surgery.) After any cosmetic plastic surgery procedure, the main concerns are: Infections Bleeding Fluid collections The chest is usually – temporarily –... »
Complications are part and parcel of any cosmetic plastic surgery procedure – including gynecomastia surgery. They can include, in order of severity: bleeding, irregular contours, cratering of the nipple, infections, and poor wound healing or scars. But a couple of proven ways help decrease your odds of turning up with a pesky, time-consuming complication. The... »