Michael Yaremchuk, M.D.

It used to be that nearly every article of clothing was custom-made, from shirts to hats to shoes; people made them themselves, or visited the tailor, hatter or cobbler. Today, custom clothing is the exception rather than the rule, and for a truly custom suit, you would visit a bespoke...

There has been a great deal written recently about the now-banned silicone breast implants made by Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), a French company which has since closed down. In 2008, French plastic surgeons reported an unusually high rate of rupture -- over five...

When a celebrity is diagnosed with a serious illness, considerable attention is drawn to that disease. Most recently, E! host Giuliana Rancic's decision to have a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer has drawn national attention to an evolving paradigm for the treatment and rehabilitation of...

The signs of aging can come as a shock to many. Drooping eyelids, crow's feet, jowls, sagging cheeks ... nobody likes to accept that their years are catching up to them. Plastic surgeons and the cosmetic industry have long offered solutions to these imperfections, some of them more scientifically valid...

In Malcolm Gladwell's national bestseller "Outliers: The Story of Success," he makes his case that there is more than the Horatio Alger formula of pluck and initiative that allows young boys born into poverty to become successful. Rather, he argues that in addition to ambition and...

This is a Computerized Tomographic (CT) image of a patient with a fractured cheek bone. As a craniofacial surgeon at a major medical center, I have treated hundreds of these injuries. Facial fractures may result from any significant blunt trauma -- motor vehicle accidents,...

Medical tourism is an established element of the international medical landscape. The major incentives for patients travelling abroad for plastic surgery are access to otherwise unavailable or perceived superior care, cost and, sometimes, a pleasant, vacation-like environment for early recovery. If all goes as planned, the treatment and...

The underlying skeleton is the fundamental determinant of facial appearance. Because the teeth are attached to the upper and lower jaws, the position of these bones determines not only how we look, but also how our teeth fit.

Malocclusion refers to the less than ideal fit between the...

Weight gain can be an insidious process. 100 extra calories a day can add 10 pounds to your weight in a year. So, what if you only gain a pound a year? Well if you were just right at 25 you are 20 pounds overweight at 45!

So what is...

The Concept

Based on what is known about the effect of gravity on the aging process in our skin, it would be logical to assume that eyebrows also droop over time. Hence, surgery that lifts brows should make one appear younger, and since youth is synonymous with...

Based on anecdotal data, false claims and unfounded science, the safety of silicone-filled breast implants was questioned in the 1990s. This resulted in an epidemic of patient anxiety, unnecessary implant removals, litigation, and an almost 20-year FDA imposed moratorium on their use.

Another face transplant was performed last week by plastic surgeons at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This is the fourteenth face transplant that has been reported worldwide. The first was performed by French surgeon Jean-Michel Dubernard and his team in 2005. Successful face transplants have now been performed...

Those outside the profession usually think plastic surgery derives its name from the synthetic polymers (plastics) fundamental to many of this field's procedures. But in fact, the 'plastic' in plastic surgery comes from the Greek word plastikos, which means 'capable of being shaped or molded'. This adjective was used by...