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Credentials to Look for When Choosing NY Facial Plastic Surgeon

If you are considering cosmetic surgery, it is essential for your personal health and safety that you choose a board-certified NY facial plastic surgeon. In our previous post we discussed the importance of board certification and cases of tragic disfigurement that have resulted when plastic surgery procedures are performed by physicians who are not board-certified … Continue reading Credentials to Look for When Choosing NY Facial Plastic Surgeon →

Why Should You Choose a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon?

A lack of state regulation regarding credentials required to perform plastic surgery has allowed many health care providers who lack specific training and experience in the highly specialized field of facial plastic surgery to offer plastic surgery procedures. As noted in several previous posts, unwary patients often suffer disastrous results and have sometimes died at … Continue reading Why Should You Choose a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon? →

Why Board Certification is Important to NY Facial Plastic Surgery Patients

Considering a Nose Job? Why You Need a NY Rhinoplasty Specialist

In medicine there are specialties within specialties. When you break a bone you go to an orthopedic specialist. But if the broken bone is in your hand, your physician will probably refer you to a hand surgeon who specializes exclusively in hand surgery. Unlike repairing a broken femur which is a fairly straightforward and common … Continue reading Considering a Nose Job? Why You Need a NY Rhinoplasty Specialist →

Patients Suffer When Unqualified ‘Doctors’ Perform Cosmetic Surgery

As cosmetic surgery has become more popular, more common and cheaper, it has begun attracting practitioners who lack the training and credentials necessary to perform facial plastic surgery safely and successfully (see our previous post). Unsuspecting consumers are paying the price, some suffering permanent disfigurement and occasionally dying at the hands of unscrupulous cosmetic surgery … Continue reading Patients Suffer When Unqualified ‘Doctors’ Perform Cosmetic Surgery →

Disturbing Trends Place Facial Cosmetic Surgery Patients at Risk

You’ve seen the disturbing photos of mangled faces on the internet and read the upsetting news articles about patients dying or being horribly disfigured by cosmetic surgery. How can these things happen in a country known for its advanced medical techniques and dedicated medical community? The answer, as pointed out in a recent series of … Continue reading Disturbing Trends Place Facial Cosmetic Surgery Patients at Risk →

New Synthetic Collagen Could Revolutionize NY Facial Plastic Surgery

Scientists at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a new technique for creating synthetic collagen that could revolutionize the fields of facial plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery and reconstructive medicine. Unveiled last week and reported on the Science Daily website, the new collagen-production method and its potential cosmetic surgery applications caught the attention of Manhattan … Continue reading New Synthetic Collagen Could Revolutionize NY Facial Plastic Surgery →

What You Need to Know About New York Botox Treatments

Low cost and zero recovery time have made Botox New York’s most popular facial cosmetic procedure (see our previous post). Botox eliminates moderate to severe facial wrinkles that form over time as the result of repetitious muscle movement. Botox is particularly effective on dynamic wrinkles that form on the forehead, between the eyebrows and around … Continue reading What You Need to Know About New York Botox Treatments →

Botox Is Most Popular Non-Surgical Procedure for NY Plastic Surgeons

Sometimes referred to as an “instant facelift,” Botox is by far the most popular non-surgical facial cosmetic procedure in the U.S. with both women and men. Last year, more than 2.4 million Botox procedures were performed in the U.S., about 2.2 million on women and slightly more than 225,000 on men.

NY Facial Plastic Surgery Patients Reveal “Ideal” Man

Our society’s perception of beauty is generally defined by the appearance of Hollywood stars, popular singers, sports stars and other prominent celebrities. We may admire the look of George Clooney’s commanding jaw or the shape of Brad Pitt’s well-proportioned nose or the definition of Mark Walberg’s chiseled abs. We may covet J-Lo’s sexy derriere or … Continue reading NY Facial Plastic Surgery Patients Reveal “Ideal” Man →