Patients are getting more in shape these days. Whether it is with diet and exercise, weight loss surgery, or medications such as Ozempic and Wygovy. After weight loss patients have excess skin that can be bothersome or can serve as a reminder of their previous health state. Patients can undergo surgery to remove the excess skin that accumulates on the…
Blepharoplasty is a common procedure to improve the appearance of the upper lids. There are many different reasons for why a person would want to undergo this procedure. Often there is an asymmetry in the skin of the upper lids. A blepharoplasty can improve this symmetry between the upper eyelids.
The jowl is an area that patients often want to correct when undergoing lower face and neck lift surgery. The jowl is the redundant area of skin and tissue along the mandibular border. The lower face and neck lift is a procedure than can help to define the mandibular border and tighten up the skin along the jowl. The satisfaction…
The lower face and neck lift is an effective procedure to rejuvenate the appearance of the neck. Patients have neck redundancy because of excess skin, lax platysma muscle, or excess fat of the neck. The lower face and neck lift can address all three of these and improve the appearance of the neck.
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Keep the body moving. Signing up for running races no matter the distance- short or long. Spend the time building the aerobic base. It is a fun day.
Breast cancer is often treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy. Without an implant, lumpectomy and radiation is often tolerated very well. When an implant is positioned in the radiated pocket, there is a higher incidence of capsular contracture. Capsular contracture is an exaggerated response of the body’s healing system. When an implant is placed in the body, a lining or…
There are many reasons that patients request breast augmentation. One of the more common reasons that patients request breast augmentation is to help correct breast asymmetry. Congenital heart defects are repaired via median sternotomy incisions and often through subcostal incisions. These incisions can impair the blood supply to the developing breast and can affect overall breast growth and symmetry. Silicone…
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…
A facelift is a cosmetic procedure. It helps to make the face look younger. As a result of applying this technique, the face gets a youthful appearance. The surgery takes out the excess skin., fat, or tightens muscles. Others get facelifts to improve on whatever they consider to be producing an aged appearance to their face. The procedure has turned…
