2015 Plastic Surgery Statistics
The numbers are in and America, you like Plastic Surgery. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has released the data collected for Cosmetic […]
Accredited Surgery Centers SF Bay Area
The majority of Plastic Surgery is performed in the outpatient setting, and in the San Francisco Bay Area, the majority of the these procedures […]
Zika Virus News You Can Use
Updated: 15 March, 2016 – new evidence of link between Zika virus and microcephaly and the sexual transmission of virus. Updated: 28 March, 2016 […]
Gifting Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
I received an e-mail today asking about the cost of a procedure. This is not unusual, but the procedure was not for them. It […]
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Plastic Surgery
Like most mental illnesses, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is an extreme exaggeration of a normal behavior, in this case, the desires to look good […]
Maintenance of Board Certification in Plastic Surgery – SF Bay Area
Maintenance of Board Certification or MOC As another year nears its end, it is time for the yearly Maintenance of Board Certification (MOC) chores. […]
Plastic Surgery and Music
Plastic Surgery and Music combine synergistically on many levels. Both embody the objective details of science and the subjective nature of art. Music can […]
Reconstructive Vs. Cosmetic Surgery
On July 15th, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Wynne S. Carvill tentatively ruled that Kaiser Permanente cannot systematically classify removal of excess skin following […]
Melanoma Rates Going Up Bay Area
My surgical oncology professor, Dr. James E. Goodnight, of the University of California, Davis Medical Center, used to say,”Melanoma is the tumor that gives […]
Air Bags and Facial Trauma
The recent headlines about the Massive Takata Airbag Recall, got me thinking about how many fewer Facial Fractures I see in the ER. It […]