This patient presented with severe scarring of her umbilical region from prior surgery, along with severe diastasis recti after childbirth. She opted for abdominoplasty and diastasis repair. Many women experience changes in their abdominal region post-surgery or after giving birth. In this case, the patient had significant scarring and diastasis recti that impacted her quality…
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Capsular contracture – does your breast implant warranty cover this complication?
Capsular contracture is an abnormal condition that can occur around a breast implant causing it to feel firm, misshapen and even painful. It is a known complication of breast augmentation that is a consequence of fibrosis of the normal scar tissue that typically forms around the device. All foreign objects placed in the human body…
Ideal Implants: What Do you Do If you Have Them?
The Ideal Implant was introduced in 2006. It was a novel saline implant with multiple shells and internal baffles to reduce rippling and improve integrity. Despite its benefits, the company ceased operations in May 2023 due to financial issues, leaving patients without warranty coverage. This 31-year-old woman had the Ideal Implant placed just 7 years…
Thigh Lift and Body Lift Combo Improves Tummy, Back and Thighs, Raleigh, NC
This patient’s weight loss journey has been going on for just over 10 years. She had an initial bariatric procedure in 2013 that had to have a revision to a Roux-en-Y a few years later. She was able to lose about 80 pounds Additional weight came off with tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) Which helped her lose an…
Rejuvenation in High Risk Patients-Direct Neck lift and Upper Blepharoplasty
This 78-year-old woman had a history of heart problems and required a pacemaker. Otherwise, she was generally healthy just had high blood pressure but had never had a heart attack. She was hopeful to have a full facelift and upper blepharoplasty with concerns primarily related to her neck. To undergo this type of surgery, either…
Isolated Neck Lift-Improves Sagging Neck Line
The sagging neck is one of the first things that start to bother women as they age. In fact, even younger people often “hate their neck”. The advent of videoconferencing and Zoom meetings really led to more and more interest in surgical and non-surgical treatment options for the aging neck. Non-surgical options include Sofwave- which…
Submental Liposuction – An Effective Procedure for Neck Contouring
Submental liposuction (also called neck liposuction) is an effective tool for the properly selected patient to achieve slimming and better contour of the neck. It is especially successful for patients with good skin tone, not a lot of loose skin and fat that is distributed above the underlying neck muscles. In many cases, a thick…
Benefits of Upper Blepharoplasty – Eyelid Surgery
Upper blepharoplasty is a relatively straightforward procedure that can have a huge impact on facial appearance. With aging, patients develop some loose skin of the upper eyelids and sometimes the skin rests on the eyelashes. This gives an aged appearance and often makes patients look tired. The procedure, which can be done with local anesthesia…
All Explants Are Not the Same
It is quite common for women to decide upon breast implant removal. Motivation for this varies but includes concerns about breast implant illness, implant related pain, implant malposition, capsular contracture as well as feeling the breast implants are now too big for their body. This often occurs later in life when women have gained some…
My Ellevate : Minimally Invasive Neck lift-Great Technology with Limitations
My Ellevate Is a minimally invasive procedure pioneered by Dr. Gregory Mueller in Beverly Hills. It involves minimal incision to perform liposuction and/or skin tightening of the neck and placement of a percutaneous support suture which helps to define the jaw line with an internal suture. For properly selected patients, it can be quite sufficient…
