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Jan
“Lo Barato es mas carro” is a Spanish term that translates to “the cheaper it is the more expensive it becomes”. This is very appropriate in the field of cosmetic surgery. I often see patients who are willing to consider going to Tijuana or a surgeon with no formal training to ge...
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Jan
NO TRAUMA, NO DRAMA The skin as an organ is designed to keep out the environment, and therefore has an enormous amount of immunologic cells. When the skin is injured with a surgical procedure or if there is significant tension placed on the skin, there is an increased recruitment...
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Jan
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the old adage goes. As much as it is romantic for people to cling to the romantic idealism the saying imparts, it is fair to say that those words can barely hold a candle to the reality of life. There are various factors that can affect ho...
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Jan
Diet and exercise are the best methods for improving the appearance of ones body. Despite eating well and a regular exercise program, there are those unwanted bulges that never seem to go away. Those bulges are localized accumulations of fat that are under the control of your g...
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Jan
One of the more challenging cosmetic surgery goals is to obtain depth of the umbilicus in the thin multiparious woman when performing abdominoplasty, or “tummy tuck“. The technique described allows for a predictable and natural appearing umbilicus in the patient population that h...
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Jan
There are a number of small non-surgical procedures, dermafillers and injectibles, that can be used to smooth the wrinkles and lines of the face with almost no downtime and make significant improvement in the face and you can appear years younger. Botox The term BoTox is short fo...
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Jan
Achieving a superior result with a facelift does not occur by accident. Although there are many techniques in facelift surgery, the basic tenets are to tighten the underlying soft tissues (SMAS and pl...
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Jan
Abstract The standard rule of keeping the apex or genu of the lower lateral cartilages 6 mm above the dorsum does not account for the resilience or springiness of the cartilage. There is a certain percentage of patients’ lower lateral cartilages that have an excellent static appe...
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Jan
Will I be able to breast feed after breast augmentation? Yes. Virtually all patients should be able to breast feed after breast augmentation despite the approach (transaxillary vs. periareolar, submuscular vs. subglandular). The vast majority of ducts to the nipple are left in...
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Jan
Utilizing a punch biopsy device for repair of a torn earlobe has dramatically reduced the time involved in the procedure, but also allows a more precise closure. The technique is simple. Once the ear is infiltrated with local anesthetic, the earlobe is stretched over a sterile t...
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Jan
TO THE EDITOR: I was delighted to read the article by Drs. Spear, Clemens, and Dayan on “Considerations of Previous Augmentation in Subsequent Breast Reconstruction” (Aesthetic Surg J 2008;28:285–293)...
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Jan
In this article Dr. Paul Chasan, a prominent San Diego Plastic Surgeon, discusses how to go about choosing a plastic surgeon for your surgery. Look at Skill and Experience Choosing the right plastic surgeon to perform surgery on your body is a very important decision and it shoul...
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