It’s Sunday morning and I’m in the spending the weekend in Dallas with my good friend and accomplished plastic surgeon Dr. David Genecov. David and I have known each other for a long time and have collaborated on many projects involving plastic surgery presentations and plastic surgery education on the national scene. The main reason…
Read Full ArticleI’m so pleased to announce our new website is finished and live on the web. The new format is easy to navigate, cleaner to visualize, and adds a lot of new content. Additions to our photo gallery are ongoing, so be patient and you will see more before and after photos of plastic surgery patients…
Read Full ArticleSANTA BARBARA PLASTIC SURGERY DETAILS- PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE BREAST For those Santa Barbara plastic surgery patients who are interested a bit more on the technical side, the following is from a lecture series that I give operating room staff and residents on intra-operative procedure for various types of breast surgery, with some accompanying background…
Read Full ArticleHaving a great time here at Montecito Plastic Surgery in Santa Barbara. Did a fantastic tummy tuck on an athletic woman from Ojai, and now I’m going to help another patient with her old breast implants- one of them has deflated so I’m going to remove the old ones and the scar tissue around them,…
Read Full ArticleWe have been very busy here at Montecito Plastic Surgery! With more and more patients doing more and more procedures, we have actually been pretty swamped. I’m frequently getting asked what surgery we do the most of, and I’m struggling with that answer. This month we are doing several face lifts (with and without eyelid…
Read Full Article“The CoolSculpting procedures were well worth the results and exceeded all expectations. There was no pain involved, only some cold sensation, and no downtime, which was very important to me. I was able to run and workout the next day! Over an 8 week period, the results were noticeable and I saw changes which I…
Read Full ArticleToday I had a patient come in for liposuction, but like most Santa Barbara residents, she has a very active lifestyle. We talked about the fact that liposuction results in nearly complete fat evacuation, but requires somewhat intense postoperative care, with a compression garment and a lack of excessive physical activity for a few weeks.…
Read Full ArticleToday I saw another patient who was interested in soft tissue fillers because her dermatologist had done this to her face in the past. What she needs is a face lift. She had deep “marionette lines”, where the sagging tissue of the cheek folds over the depressions below the corners of the mouth. She wanted…
Read Full ArticleSaw this article today which was pretty remarkable- a ton of food for each American is amazing. We are now seeing our Santa Barbara post-CoolSculpting patients back in the office and the before and after photos are remarkable. It’s a great way to remove fat effectively without liposuction, without surgery, and with a significantly lower…
Read Full ArticleNew recommendations can be seen here with regard to PIP breast implants. PIP was a French breast implant company that was found to be using less than optimal silicone and therefore was investigated regarding health risks. The link above explains the recommendation from the French Health Minister to have PIP implants removed because of inflammatory…
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