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June 4, 2019 By Michael Rose

Fat Removal Technology

How do I get rid of this fat?  I don’t want to diet and exercise so what is the best technology to decrease my waist?  Are the newer innovations any better than liposuction?  What do you suggest? Once a week I am asked these or similar questions.  Surgical liposuction came first (1983) where fat was […]

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May 9, 2019 By Michael Rose

PRP

A new patient recently came in asking about the “Vampire Facelift” after one of her friends had it done in California.  Kim Kardashian brought the “Vampire Facelift” to light with “bloody” pictures on her Instagram account.   The “facelift” consisted of microdermabrasion of the skin and the application of PRP onto this traumatized facial skin.  PRP […]

Filed Under: Skin Care

April 3, 2019 By Michael Rose

Silicone Implant Controversies…Round 2

The FDA hearings on breast implants in March 2019 prompted a large number of phone calls to our office.  The patients had two main questions about breast implants…BIA-ALCL (Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma) and BII (Breast Implant Illness). We have addressed the BIA-ALCL issues in previous blogs on this website.  Briefly stated, BIA-ALCL […]

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