Pharmacy Costs
I recently had a patient that needed some antibiotics after her surgery. She initially asked me to call her prescription in to Costco but Costco’s pharmacy is closed on Sunday. So I asked the patient to provide me with a 24-hour pharmacy near where she lives. Enter “Unnamed chain pharmacy”. She sent me a […]
Dogma is a bad word in medicine
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the medical establishment is rethinking the whole perioperative period – that time before surgery when you’re starving because you can’t eat or the time after surgery when you’re nauseated, in pain and overloaded with fluid. Medicine is changing, and in this case, for the better. […]
Upper and Lower Eyelid Lift via GoPro!
We’ve posted a video of an upper and lower eyelid lift in our growing library of video content as seen through a head-mounted GoPro camera! The beauty of using a GoPro is that it provides a bird’s eye view from the surgeon’s perspective. No need to worry about getting that perfect angle or concern over the […]
Botox while you’re CoolSculpting
This is a reminder to all you folks out there that have a stubborn pocket of fat on your body as well as a few wrinkles you don’t like! Currently, CoolSculpting, the non-surgical fat reduction treatment is doing a cross promotion with Allergan, the company that makes Botox and Juvederm. If you receive both […]
Brazilian Butt Lift via GoPro camera
We’ve posted another video in our growing library of video content as seen through a head-mounted GoPro camera! The beauty of using a GoPro is that it provides a bird’s eye view from the surgeon’s perspective. A Brazilian Butt Lift can mean different things to different people but a growing consensus suggests that it […]
Breast Augmentation and Lift via GoPro [video]
If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll see that we’re now able to educate patients on various surgical procedures using the GoPro head-mounted camera. Today’s installment is for a breast augmentation and lift as part of a Mommy Makeover. Last week, we performed a couple Mommy Makeovers in our in-office accredited operating room. And […]
SurgiSculpting® – CoolSculpting after Surgery!
It’s official, we have our trademark for SurgiSculpting®! Don’t know what that is and how it’s different from CoolSculpting? Well, prepare to be schooled! After any surgical procedure, you are taken to the recovery room to, well, recover. The first few minutes are critical to be sure you’re waking up and comfortable. But after those […]
Liposuction of the Lower Back with GoPro video
I performed a mommy makeover the other day that included liposuction to the lower back. This is a procedure I’ve done many times but realized I had no video record of how the procedure is done. I set out to change that! A recent article in the open Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal highlights […]
Cosmetic Surgery Prices
Recently released stats on cosmetic surgery in the US show various trends – nose jobs are down, Brazilian butt lifts are up! One bit of data that is often overlooked or incomplete is that of cosmetic surgery prices. Maybe back when we had no cost info available to us (price transparency has only recently become […]
Combination Plastic Surgery Procedures
Concerned about your neck and your abdomen? What about your breasts and your arms? With safer anesthesia and quicker operating room times, you can have combination plastic surgery procedures now! While there’s nothing wrong with splitting up individual plastic surgery procedures, it does cost more and can result in two recovery processes instead of […]