PATIENT STORIES
When it comes to cosmetic and plastic surgery, it doesn't get any more personal than real patient stories. You'll find them here. And if you have a story tell, let your fingers do the talking, and tell the world about it. There's always someone who's considering going where you've already been. Help them to get there.
"The Journal of A Mommy Make Over Patient"Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Kenrick Spence, MD. Chapter 1: My decision for surgery Chapter 2: Which surgery, who would be my Doctor, where would it be performed, when would be the right time? Chapter 3: The day before surgery Chapter 4: My surgery day Chapter 5: After the surgery Chapter 6: The recovery Chapter 7: The butterfly em...More... |
Revisonary Breast Augmentation:SymmastiaPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. This 28 year old patient from Bellflower, California (Los Angeles Area) had her first breast augmentation surgery 9 years ago by a surgeon in Tijuana, Mexico. She has had 3 previous breast augmentation surgeries and has developed symmastia. She decided to search for a board certified plastic surgeon in Southern California ...More... |
Symmastia CorrectionPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. SYMMASTIA CORRECTION: Revisionary breast surgery is commonly performed at Pousti Plastic Surgery. For patients with malposition of the breast implants, it is very important that they have a qualified surgeon performing their revision. Medial displacement of breast implants is known as symmastia. This is common...More... |
Silicone Gel ImplantsPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. Silicone Gel Breast Implants are FDA approved. For years even the mention of silicone breast implants caused women everywhere to cringe. Many women may still remember when the FDA pulled silicone breast implants off the market because of their tendency to rupture. Now, after more than a decade, the FDA has APPROVED the use of g...More... |
Lowering the inframammary foldPosted Thursday, November 15, 2007 to PROCEDURES > Breast Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. Some patients present with a short distance from the areola to their inframammary fold. Many of these patients wish to increase this distance and the “fullness” of the lower pole of the breasts. This distance can be increased in the operating room and the fullness of the lower pole of the breasts enhanced with the im...More... |
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Breast Augmentation Pocket PerfectionPosted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 to PATIENT STORIES > Breast Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. Breast Augmentation Pocket Perfection One of the most common complications after breast augmentation surgery is implant mal-position. This occurs when the implant is in an incorrect position on the chest wall. This may include incorrect position of the implant superiorly (“riding high”), inferiorly (&...More... |
Patient Choices in Breast AugmentationPosted Tuesday, January 8, 2008 to PATIENT STORIES > Breast Posted by Kathy@mk2lv.com Breast augmentation surgery is one of the most common procedures performed by our practice. Hundreds of women come into the office each year with the same request, “I’d like to be bigger.” There are many reasons for this including poor self image, inability to find appropriately fitting clothing, an...More... |
Revisonary Breast Augmentation:SymmastiaPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. This 28 year old patient from Bellflower, California (Los Angeles Area) had her first breast augmentation surgery 9 years ago by a surgeon in Tijuana, Mexico. She has had 3 previous breast augmentation surgeries and has developed symmastia. She decided to search for a board certified plastic surgeon in Southern California ...More... |
Symmastia CorrectionPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. SYMMASTIA CORRECTION: Revisionary breast surgery is commonly performed at Pousti Plastic Surgery. For patients with malposition of the breast implants, it is very important that they have a qualified surgeon performing their revision. Medial displacement of breast implants is known as symmastia. This is common...More... |
Silicone Gel ImplantsPosted Monday, December 3, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Body Posted by Tom Pousti, M.D. Silicone Gel Breast Implants are FDA approved. For years even the mention of silicone breast implants caused women everywhere to cringe. Many women may still remember when the FDA pulled silicone breast implants off the market because of their tendency to rupture. Now, after more than a decade, the FDA has APPROVED the use of g...More... |
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Danny`s Eyelid LiftPosted Thursday, November 1, 2007 to PROCEDURES > Face Posted by Stewart Wang, M.D., F.A.C.S. Even in Los Angeles, many men think they have little to gain from plastic surgery. But Pasadena cosmetic surgeon Dr. Wang sees many male patients who are considering a wide variety of procedures, including laser hair removal in Pasadena, rhinoplasty, and eyelid surgery. Danny, a recent patient of Dr. Wang, had much to say about ...More... |
Ask the Doctor: Unnatural FaceliftsPosted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 to PROCEDURES > Face Posted by Kenrick Spence, M.D. From Lifestyle Magazine, March 2006 Q: Now that I have retired I would like to have a facelift but so many friends have had facelifts and look very unnatural and 'pulled'. I want to look more youthful but I am afraid of the overdone look. Is it possible to have a facelift without looking that way? A: Most patients are very afr...More... |
So You`re Thinking About Plastic SurgeryPosted Thursday, September 13, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Face Posted by The Original Anti-Aging & Cosmetic Surgery Magazine Julie Stacy an Emmy award winning journalist located in Los Angeles, CA talks about her first cosmetic surgery experience. It finally happened to me. After years of saying I'd never even "think" about getting cosmetic surgery, was actually starting to think hard about it. Part of the reason was that I'm a reporter, an...More... |
Eyelid RejuvenationPosted Thursday, September 13, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Face Posted by The Original Anti-Aging & Cosmetic Surgery Magazine Plastic surgical consultant Gail Foster Zanville gives a personal account of her eye surgery. I'm a plastic surgical consultant so cosmetic surgery is my business.When my own skin under my eyes became puffy and friends commented on how tired I looked at the age of 48, I decided to have eye surgery. My father's side of the fami...More... |
What I Did On My VacationPosted Monday, September 10, 2007 to PATIENT STORIES > Face Posted by The Original Anti-Aging & Cosmetic Surgery Magazine "What are you going to do on your vacation?" "Well .... I'm not really sure." "Are you travelling somewhere?" "Perhaps .... I just haven't made up my mind yet." Questions, questions, questions! Can't a person take a vacation and not have to tell what their plans are! Little did my inquisi...More... |
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Don`t guess the age of your body`s largest "living" organ...Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 to PROCEDURES > Skin Posted by Mike Roe, Copywriter cosmetic surgeon in Fresno... never thought I'd find myself searching for that, and yet it's exactly what I did today. Normally, I'd search things like "heath ledger the joker," or "guitar hero III" or even my own name (yes, I'm so popular I must check on a daily basis to see what's been added). Not today. So...More... |
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REVA FREY R.N. CERTIFIED BOTOX, RESTYLANE SPECIALIST JOINS BELLA VITA STUDIOS IN TURNBERRY TOPosted Monday, January 7, 2008 to PROCEDURES > Anti-Aging Posted by Kathy@mk2lv.com LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – The Turnberry Tower’s exclusive Stirling Club in Las Vegas Nevada opened the doors to “BELLA VITA STUDIO” (BVS), an equally exclusive full-service salon, this. catering to an upscale clientele that includes Turnberry Tower residents, Stirling Club members, and is open to Las Vega...More... |