Buccal fat removal, it seems, is all the rage these days. It’s something Michael Tantillo, MD, MBA, a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Clareo Centers in Boston, has seen firsthand. He shares his thoughts about the procedure here.
Here is a four-step proactive approach to recession-proofing your plastic surgery practice to ensure it survives and thrives.
A new, minimally invasive skin-stretching device provides a promising alternative for surgical treatment of large scalp defects, reports a paper in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
In an article with GQ, Las Vegas-based surgeon Kevin Debiparshad, MD, who founded the clinic LimbplastX, claims he is capable of lengthening a patient’s legs by up to 3 inches. He says he achieves this by implanting titanium pins into the intramedullary canal of the bone, thus helping to elongate it.
The U.S. FDA has issued a safety communication informing patients and providers about reports of squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas located in the capsule or scar tissue around breast implants.
Nanofat is a promising technique to reverse the structural effects of aging skin and improve the results of other cosmetic procedures.
Thanks to two novel tools, the traditionally difficult surgery to create a replacement ear from a patient’s rib cartilage may soon be done faster, more simply and accurately.
Dallas plastic surgeon and rhinoplasty specialist, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, recently delivered a course on finesse and consistency in rhinoplasty at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in San Diego.
EON is a non-invasive laser fat reduction procedure that can reduce fat in problem areas with minimal discomfort.