Good work isn’t cheap, cheap work isn’t good!
As a developer of a price transparency platform, BuildMyBod, I recognize the importance of consumers knowing their healthcare costs before going to a consultation or before getting their medical bill. However, you shouldn’t base your entire decision on cost because good work ain’t cheap and cheap work ain’t good! Sure you need to know […]
The benefits of wonderful operating room staff
I know I’ve blogged about how patients are the real winners if they find a doctor who has his or her own operating room, but I can’t overemphasize that enough! Our in-office operating room is getting busier each week with new patients and the OR staff are really starting to shine. The key is […]
Price transparency at your fingertips
Who would have thought it possible just a few years ago?! Price transparency in healthcare was a thing considered to hard to accomplish. But now it’s here! BuildMyBod has found a way to give consumers and physicians what they want. Consumers get pricing info from doctors near them and doctors get a consumer lead for […]
Time for plastic surgeons to look in the mirror?
I recently returned from a plastic surgery meeting with many of the leading plastic surgeons in the field. This particular meeting focused on cosmetic, not reconstructive, procedures. I’m talking about non-surgical services like Botox or fillers but also surgical procedures such as facelifts, eyelid lifts, breast augmentation and tummy tucks just to name a few. […]
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. […]
The Myth of Recovery
After discussing a cosmetic procedure during a consultation, the final two questions in every consult is 1) how much does it cost? and 2) how long is the recovery? The answer to price is simpler than it used to be as can be seen here. In regards to recovery, the patient tends to follow up […]
Belly button piercing…be gone!
It seemed like a good idea at the time! Or maybe you were drunk? You and your bestie thought you’d be best friends forever and would forever sport your belly button piercing together? What, she’s not your best friend anymore? We all do things that we may regret one day but luckily belly button piercing […]
Best Surgeon in San Francisco?!
Well, it’s official (but not really)! A patient called and scheduled a body contouring consultation for CoolSculpting vs Liposuction. And as is customary when a patient schedules an appointment, our front office staff always asks how the patient found our practice. This particular patient said they googled, “best surgeon in San Francisco,” and I appeared! The irony […]
Plastic Surgery Golden Globes 2015
I’m warning you now, it wasn’t the juiciest Golden Globes this year in regards to bad plastic surgery but there are a few tidbits worth mentioning. It was the year of facial grimaces and body language. Which is a shame because the image and vibe you display is easier to correct than surgery! Apparently Frances McDormand […]
Plastic Surgery 2014 Year in Review
As a board certified plastic surgeon and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), I receive the organization’s emails from time to time. And as we’ve all noticed at year’s end, many emails wish us a healthy and happy holiday season or provide a year in review. I thought the ASPS “Top Ten […]