Silicone Implants & Silicone Injections – San Francisco Bay Area
Silicone is used in many beauty aids. While most people equate silicone with breast implants, there is much more to how silicone is used. […]
2010 Plastic Surgery Statistics
The 2010 Plastic Surgery Statistics are out. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released statistics on America’s consumption of what plastic surgeons had to […]
Liposuction
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Liposuction remains one of the most popular cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. It is the most effective method of […]
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
The Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) remains one of the most frequently performed cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. After blogging about the extreme tummy tuck last week, […]
Tumescent Liposuction
Liposuction remains one of the most frequently performed cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and the US in general. […]
Fleur De Lis Tummy Tuck – Post-Bariatric Plastic Surgery
Variety is the spice of life, and it is the single most important aspect of plastic surgery that makes my job both rewarding and […]
Tubular Breasts and Plastic Surgery – Walnut Creek, San Francisco East Bay Area
Tubular breast deformity is a common, congenital breast abnormality found in both women and men. In men, the treatment is straight forward (see the […]
Mammogram Recommendations – When to Start Routine Screening
Remember when the revised US Preventative Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for breast cancer screening were released in November 2009? Like the recent FDA […]
Breast Implants and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) – Rare but Important
Yesterday, the FDA released a White Paper and Advisory Statement on Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL) in women with breast implants. It is important […]
Dr. Mele – 2010 Patients’ Choice Awards Repeat Recipient
The 2010 Patients’ Choice Awards were just announced and we did it again. Joseph A. Mele, III, MD, Inc, has again received the Patients’ […]