A neck lift makes all the difference!
Blame it on the rise in selfies or celebrity necklines, but no matter what, men and women want a neck lift to improve their appearance. Sure, lifted eyes or a face may be on everyone’s Christmas list but the best bang for your buck can come from a neck lift. A recent NY Times […]
Radiesse for Men
Radiesse is a calcium based filler that fills in the parentheses lines of the face and can restore facial volume that’s been lost with age. It’s a great product because it contains 50% more product that most other fillers and lasts twice as long (up to 2 years)! It’s a robust filler that lasts […]
Recycle, Reuse, Renew…Fat that is!
Often times, patients would come in and ask for liposuction. Just get rid of the fat and be done with it they would say! However, with J. Lo and/or Kim Kardashian proudly showing off their buttocks, patients want to reuse and recycle their fat. Instead of throwing it out, they want the fat injected into […]
Black Friday May be Losing its Charm
Did you brave the crowds on Black Friday and find the best deals out there? If you didn’t you may not be alone. According to the National Retail Federation, Black Friday shopping was down by about 11% from last year. According to the NY Times, the analysts are at a loss for why this happened. […]
Physician Payment Sunshine Act
A new law wrapped into the Affordable Care Act was the Physician Payment Sunshine Act. The idea behind this law is to shine a light on any financial relationships between pharmaceutical industries or applicable manufacturers, and the doctors and hospitals with whom they work. With increased transparency, and by publishing these relationships online here, the government […]
Plastic Surgeon for your Fillers
In a recent article in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, there’s a discussion regarding the devastating, albeit very, very, very low risk of blindness after receiving fillers. Fillers can be any material that is injected under the skin of the face to fill in deep creases after a loss of volume associated with aging. […]
Grumpy Cat has Bitchy Resting Face!
Do you know this guy?! This is Tartar Sauce aka Grumpy Cat…an internet sensation since 2012. Amazing what goes viral on social media these days but say what you want, Grumpy Cat has a following. And it’s all because he/she has bitchy resting face! Grumpy Cat, what’s bitchy resting […]
Massive Weight Loss with Embolization
In a fascinating alternative for treating obesity, doctors in Dayton, Ohio have started studying the ability to initiate massive weight loss by blocking the blood supply to one part of the stomach. The left gastric artery, one of several blood vessels to the stomach, provides oxygen-rich blood to specific cells in the stomach that produce […]
Second Face Transplant at Cleveland Clinic
In late September, the Cleveland Clinic, my “alma mater” performed their second face transplant. While it was almost 2 months ago, they’re just now starting to discuss the case. I saw a few of the staff plastic surgeons that trained me at the Cleveland Clinic during a plastic surgery meeting in mid-October and they […]
BuildMyBod Price Transparency [infographic]
BuildMyBod, your source for online price transparency in healthcare continues to grow. The infographic below highlights how a picture is worth a thousand words! Enjoy and repost as you see fit. Thanks for reading our blog and forging a path to price transparency in healthcare. Price Transparency in Healthcare Tell us your story […]