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Running. Keep the body moving.

Running. Keep the body moving.

Build muscle through lifting weights. Larger muscle groups such as your legs as well as the core musculature (rectus abdominus, external obliques, internal obliques, transversus abdominis) are muscles with large surface area. Strengthen and utilize these muscles to increase your basic metabolic rate. Doing cardiovascular exercises such as running, biking, rowing ergometer can increase your cardiovascular health. Performing these activities…

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Lower Face & Neck Lift

Lower Face & Neck Lift

The neck is often one of the first places to show facial aging. This facial aging affects both women and men and is frustrating equally to both. The lower face and neck lift can help restore a younger appearance to the face. The lower face and neck lift is performed under a general anesthesia and patients stay over one night…

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Lower Face & Neck Lift with Chin Implant

Lower Face & Neck Lift with Chin Implant

The lower face and neck lift can be combined with a chin implant. The chin implant can provide projection to the lower third of the face and also help to contour the neck like. Often subtle changes to the laxity of the skin of the neck can have a significant impact on the jawline. In some patients only skin and…

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Lower Face & Neck Lift Surgery

Lower Face & Neck Lift Surgery

The lower face and neck lift is a common procedure for facial rejuvenation. There are three areas to address in the aging neck: the skin, fat, and muscle. Some patients develop excess neck skin which is excised via incisions behind the ear and into the hairline. Excess fat of the neck is removed with liposuction or with direct excision. Muscle…

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The Lower Face & Neck Lift

The Lower Face & Neck Lift

The lower face and neck lift is one of my favorite procedures to perform. As many of us age we develop laxity in the neck. This can occur from changes in weight during adulthood, sun exposure, level of physical fitness, as well as hereditary factors. In many women and men, the neck appears older as a result of excess neck…

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Breast Reconstruction Post Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy

Breast Reconstruction Post Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy

One of the most common questions that we receive from patients in consultation, is “Can I have my breast reconstructed after a lumpectomy and radiation therapy?”. The answer to this question is “yes”. However, the degree to which breast tissue can be rearranged might be limited, but there are definitely options.  Radiation tends to cause capsular contracture when an implant…

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Bilateral Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction

Bilateral Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction

Breast reconstruction is an extremely challenging aspect of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Not only does the cancer need to be appropriately addressed, but implants are also placed in less than optimal environments. During a mastectomy, the breast tissue is removed and the only soft tissue that remains is a skin envelope. Tissue expanders and implants are placed beneath the pectoralis…

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Rhinoplasty to Remove a Dorsal Hump

Rhinoplasty to Remove a Dorsal Hump

Rhinoplasty is a common procedure to change the shape of the nose. Common reasons for a patient to want rhinoplasty is to remove a dorsal hump. Many patients who have a prominent dorsal hump also have underlying nasal septal deviations or turbinate hypertrophy. In the same procedure as the rhinoplasty to change the shape of the nose, patients can undergo…

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