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The Dangers of Mixing Medications

When you have surgery, your doctor will prescribe several different medications for you to take afterwards while you are recovering.   About once or twice a week, my patient will bring a bag of prescriptions in and not know how to take them, or even what they...

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You Had Lipo Where??

Having worked in plastic surgery for the past eighteen years, there is little that I have not seen, heard of, or done.   Liposuction is one of the most popular procedures performed, and it can be done while awake for small areas, or under anesthesia for larger...

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Hollywood Pregnancy Baby Bumps

It seems as though every day another celebrity is announcing and celebrating her pregnancy and showing off her baby bump to the cameras and paparazzi.   Fergie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Simpson are just a few that have recently delivered or are soon to deliver.   With...

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Beach Body 2013

It is May which means summer is around the corner, especially here in Southern California! This year has gone by fast so far!   Many patients have confided to me that they simply aren’t ready for summer wardrobes… which include sundresses, bathing suits, and showing more skin...

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Cheek Augmentation

Lately, there seems to have been a shift from big lips to sculpted cheeks. Full cheeks and a round face are signs of youth and beauty…however, as we age the fullness of the cheek starts to slide and drop downward, creating jowls and a gaunt or...

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How Reputable Are Review Sites?

I was talking to a plastic surgeon friend of mine recently who was very upset. Let me preface by saying that he is an excellent surgeon with a sterling background and well respected in the community. We were talking about how just one disgruntled person...

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Spring is almost here!

It is the end of February already, and that means that Springtime will be here before we know it. This is a busy time of year in the cosmetic surgery world, because people start to think about their bodies, which will come out of hiding from...

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Designer Vaginas

Having had three patients this week who had cosmetic work done “down there”, I decided it was time to blog about it. In my 17 years as a nurse in Beverly Hills, labiaplasty was always a procedure that was performed, but not as frequent,and in a...

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