ORANGE COUNTY PLASTIC SURGEON
Reservoirs of HIV hide deep within the body. Scientists are now closing in on methods to wipe them out. By Apoorva Mandavilli In 2007, a little-known German doctor applied to speak at a prestigious AIDS conference, claiming to have cured a single case of the disease. He described a 41-year-old man, dubbed the “Berlin patient,” who had had…
It has been a while since writing a medically non-related blog, so here it goes! As many of you know, I have an interest in classical guitar and have played the instrument for many years. Recently, I have been too distracted to practice efficiently and have, out of necessity, put the instrument away for a…
THE MYSTERY OF BRA CUP SIZE Ahh, the dreaded cup size. As a board certified plastic surgeon, I have been in private practice for over 13 years and have operated on hundreds (if not thousands) of women desiring breast augmentation. As you can guess, the most common question is “what cup size am I going…
What age is “too old” for plastic surgery? Aesthetic plastic surgery, also known as cosmetic surgery, has gained tremendous popularity over the past 15 years and the number of procedures, both surgical and non-surgical, has increased by 200 to 300%. We are fortunate, as with this increasing popularity, there’s been tremendous improvement in technique, allowing…
BREAST AUGMENTATION IN THIN PATIENT Breast augmentation in the thin patient is always challenging. The patient with thin skin is typically very slim, which means narrow chest and limited amount of skin for expansion. The hardest part, especially in the young patient, is to convince the patient to choose the smallest implant with the least…
Bilateral Breast Reduction It is ironic living in Southern California to have a patient request to make her breasts smaller rather than larger. However, when the size of the breast is too large, gravity will pull on the breast, resulting in majority of weight of tissue to be in the bottom portion of the breast. …
BILATERAL OTOPLASTY Otoplasty (ear set-back) is one of my favorite procedures to perform. In a way, it is similar to rhinoplasty, as both involve judicious removal and reshaping of cartilage. With the current techniques, the recurrence rate is extremely low. It is a shame most patients who have prominent ears do not request this surgery,…
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING! The worst thing a patient can do is to go on the internet and think they have become an expert on a medical topic. Notice I specified medical, since it is possible to gain vast amount of knowledge on a topic which is more predictable than medicine.…
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SIZE SPORTS BRA AFTER BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY After breast augmentation surgery, we recommend the patient wear a sports bra for three months after surgery. It is CRITICAL the patient does not wear a push-up or under-wire bra during this time. If the implant is being pushed up, the body will…
CORRECTION OF RECURRENT BREAST IMPLANT PTOSIS WITH DERMACELL ALLOGRAFT DERMIS Recurrent breast implant ptosis (or “bottoming out” of the implant pocket) is fortunately not common. However, it does happen. “Bottoming out” means that the breast implants have descended too low on the chest, thus making the nipple too high on the breast mound. If bottoming…