admin @ October 5, 2009 # One Comment
Plastic surgery patients looking for fat removal might find confusion instead these days.
In addition to standard liposuction machines which remove fat by suction, an array of high-tech machines are put being forth to remove unsightly flab.
Nonetheless, most board-certified plastic surgeons agree that the gold standard in surgical fat removal is still the procedure known as [...]
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admin @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Something about fat seems to be just not good for you. Any Lap Band patient can tell you that, as his massive amounts of fat melts away, so do:
High blood pressure
Type II diabetes
High cholesterol readings
Heart disease
Conditions that go along with an existing health woe are known to plastic surgeons and other doctors as co-morbidities. The [...]
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admin @ April 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Almost everybody interested in cosmetic plastic surgery knows – or is told – that liposuction is not a means of weight control, but a method for removing troublesome pockets of fat that are resistant to diet and exercise.
But five Egyptian physicians including a plastic surgeon and a general surgeon recorded all the basic health readings [...]
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admin @ March 25, 2009 # One Comment
Many websites and plastic surgery information pieces tell you that after liposuction, weight won’t be gained again in the treated areas because liposuction removes the fat cells.
That may not be the whole story, according to Indiana plastic surgeon Barry Eppley, M.D., who writes the most excellent blog, Explore Plastic Surgery.
Says Dr. Eppley: “If your weight [...]
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admin @ March 24, 2009 # 3 Comments
Over the years, there have been more cellulite treatments than all of Carters little pills ever produced.
To rid themselves of cellulite’s hated, dimpled fat, women (and some men!) have tried enough creams, lotions, tonics and elixirs to float a battleship, herbs by the thousands, and hundreds of supplements “guaranteed” to make the dimpled pockets of [...]
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