ORANGE COUNTY PLASTIC SURGEON
Butt Augmentation Using Fat Transfer Fat transfer to the buttocks (Brazilian Butt Lift) was the fastest growing cosmetic surgical procedure in 2015. With the advances in fat harvesting and transfer, butt augmentation has become more predictable, and more consistent results are achieved. For years, every time I performed liposuction, I thought about all the fat…
Earlobe Repair Surgery Stretching of the earlobe is not a new tradition. It has been used for centuries especially by African tribes. We occasionally do see patients who want their stretched earlobes repaired, mainly because these patients are planning to enter a professional career. The earlobe repair procedure is performed comfortably under local anesthesia and…
Treatment of Lipoma with Liposuction A lipoma is an abnormal growth (tumor) of normal fat cells. The lipoma can grow anywhere in the body and in some cases, patients have multiple (sometimes 20-30) lipomas. The lipoma presents as a soft, almost rubbery mass under the skin. The gold standard, with the lowest risk of recurrence,…
Post-Operative Pain Management After Cosmetic Surgery Pain management is the new topic of the day in medicine and apparently in the government. Narcotic prescriptions are now tightly controlled and will be tracked so that a patient cannot jump from one provider to another. This tightening, of course, comes at a price, and the rate of…
Pubic Lift-A Surgical Treatment for FUPA FUPA, believe it or not, stands for Fat Upper Pubic Area. I am not sure who first coined this term, but it was written about in the December 2012 edition of Cosmopolitan magazine article. Instagram has over 20,000 posts on FUPA! Benefits of Pubic Liposuction Include: Safe removal of…
When Can I Have Sex After Cosmetic Surgery? No, I am not branching out into the porn industry! However, I do feel many patients want to ask this question, but are too embarrassed to do so. The act of making love, believe or not, is extremely physical and the average person will burn 300-500 calories…
Bilateral Implant Exchange with Breast Lift For some patients, there is the misunderstanding that a large breast implant will result in a “perky” breast. When I really question the patient thoroughly, they are expecting a look which is only possible in action hero comic books (the small waisted, toned woman with big, perky breasts). Although…
The Importance of Post-Operative Breast Implant Massage At our Orange County practice, we perform a large number of breast augmentations, and over the past 15 years we have gained extensive experience regarding what may cause some of the complications associated with breast augmentation surgery. The three most common complications associated with breast augmentation, at least…
The Rewards of Patience As many of you know by now, I am a wine aficionado. Penfolds Grange is the flagship wine of Penfolds Winery, and is considered Australia’s most iconic wine. The most recent release received a perfect 100 points by all the major wine critics. The winery’s motto has always been “The Rewards…
When Can I Exercise After Breast Augmentation? Perhaps the most common question asked from a prospective breast augmentation patient is “When can I start exercising or go back to work after my breast augmentation procedure?” There are no studies to actually address and evaluate this question, so most of the information here is based on…