Plastic Surgery News

The reason we plastic surgeons perform plastic surgery procedures and non-surgical cosmetic treatments is to make our patients feel better about themselves. It is comforting for me to know that we succeed in the vast majority of cases. Is there anything else that can boost the mental benefits of cosmetic surgery results? The answer is yes, exercise! Exercise provides many benefits for the brain both direct and indirect. From psychological studies, we know that exercise elevates mood and even combats clinical depression in patients with that diagnosis. Physiologic studies show that there is enhancement of neurotransmitters and other proteins in the brain [...]

I recently joined CBS46 Atlanta to discuss our increase in cosmetic surgery during the COVID pandemic. Our practice has seen an increase of about 50% in surgical cases. The most popular surgeries include liposuction, facelifts, upper eyelid surgery, and fat grafting of the face.

Fibrocystic breast disease is a common condition in which women develop hard filled sacs or fibrous tissue in the breasts. The condition generally feels worse in the period leading up to menstruation and lessens when menstruation occurs. It is so common that physicians now simply call it “fibrocystic breasts.” It generally develops during a woman’s 30s. The condition affects up to half of the women during their lifetimes. It causes symptoms of swelling, thickening of breast tissue, a feeling of lumps or ropes, sharp pain, itching, and a burning sensation. It is generally thought to be caused by hormonal changes within [...]

Stem cell science has the potential to open new approaches to medical problems. As with most groundbreaking discoveries, public interest grew into public enthusiasm which morphed into public obsession. This sets the stage for the entrance of the snake oil salesmen. Plastic surgeons have been injecting fat for decades. Fat transfer and grafting definitely works in certain clinical situations. It is embarrassing, though, that the science of what goes on at a cellular and molecular level is really thin. Injected fat has a fat cell component and a stem cell component. We really don’t know which cells do what. A stem cell [...]