Cosmetic Surgery is Real Surgery
It’s natural to assume that cosmetic surgery isn’t “real” surgery. After all, it’s not heart surgery, it’s just cosmetic. While that’s true that the underlying reason for cosmetic surgery isn’t necessary surgery, the surgery gods don’t really care. Regardless of the necessity of surgery, surgery is still surgery…with the same ensuing risks. Medical History […]
Don’t believe the size tag on your bra!
If I had a nickel for every time a patient asked me what bra size they would be after their breast augmentation surgery, I’d probably have about $250 (you can do the math)! The problem has always been and will continue to be that bra sizes are different between manufacturers so I can’t tell them […]
What Botox will and will not do!
After talking to one of my nurses the other day, she pointed out how many of her friends have an inaccurate view of what Botox does. Often times, they seem to think that any “botched” or bad plastic surgery is due in part to Botox! Let’s set the record straight. BOTOX® Cosmetic, or its […]
Bras and Breast Cancer
My office recently received a call from a patient asking about the risk of her sports bra causing breast cancer. At first I dismissed this as a strange question but I quickly realized that this was based on something she read rather than simply made up. While I may be propagating the rumor by discussing […]
Sientra Breast Implants Available Again
As you may have read in this previous post, Sientra breast implants have had a trying several months. But that may soon be behind them. As of tomorrow, March 1st 2016, they’ll be available again. The truth is, nothing was ever wrong with the implants. In an overabundance of caution, the company chose to […]
5 Steps to Help Pick the Medical Field that Suits You Best
The following was originally posted on the Medelita TheRightFitMD blog. Thanks for allowing Dr. Kaplan, founder and CEO of BuildMyBod Health to be a guest blogger on your site! GUEST POST: 5 STEPS TO HELP PICK THE MEDICAL FIELD THAT SUITS YOU BEST I promised myself I would never be that doctor! Imagine […]
Doctors as patients and unintended consequences
I recently performed neck liposuction on a colleague (another doctor). This is a relatively easy procedure and typically a very smooth postoperative course. But doctors as patients aren’t the most compliant, and that affects everything. Usually a non-medically oriented patient does what you say. Mostly they’re too afraid to deviate from your recommendations. And […]
How to check a doctor’s credentials online [video]
When it comes to finding the right doctor for your cosmetic procedure, what training they’ve had and what board certifications they have can be very confusing. In this post and video below, we’ll give you the tools needed to make you better equipped to check doctor’s credentials in the future. Some examples will show […]
Topical Botox
The topical Botox wars are heating up! What, you didn’t know you could quit getting injections of Botox and just lather a Botox cream on your wrinkles?! Well, you can’t…at least not yet. Allergan, the maker of BOTOX® Cosmetic, the injectable drug that can smooth away wrinkles like the crow’s feet around the eyes or […]
What to look for in a hair transplant surgeon
A friend recently asked me if I do hair transplants in my plastic surgery practice. I told him that I do not even though it was part of my training in plastic surgery. He asked if I could help him do the research in finding a hair transplant surgeon for himself, and I obliged. […]