I know what you are thinking: The world really needs a new fad diet, and from a plastic surgeon no less! This is different, because it is a reasonable diet that is easier to stick with and promotes better healing and decreases inflammation, swelling and bloating.

For many plastic surgical...

The aging process involves changes in every aspect of our lives. Physical and mental alterations inevitably occur, for better or for worse. While senses like eyesight and hearing eventually deteriorate over time, we also mature and develop wisdom from experience, which are valuable attributes. The manner in which we temper...

I have been a Jet fan since I was a child and I still bask in their lone Super Bowl victory, but like all Jet fans, I have been mostly suffering since then. I have watched good and bad players and coaches come and go, but one facet remains constant,...

As a plastic surgeon, it is my job to reconstruct the breast if a mastectomy is needed for cancer treatment. It is now considered a necessary part of the treatment for breast cancer for obvious reasons. Techniques have improved greatly, and studies show that post mastectomy breast reconstruction

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. -- Agnes Sligh Turnball

Our dog Lily died today. HuffPost readers may remember her, as she was featured in a blog I wrote last year about the concept of canine-assisted therapy. She was a therapy dog who visited hospitals, nursing homes,...

One of the most common procedures performed by plastic surgeons, but hardly discussed, is earlobe surgery. This includes repair of torn earlobes, earlobe reduction, and excision of keloids from earlobes.

Aside from dangling from the apparatus that captures sounds from the air, the human earlobe contributes to the aesthetics of...

A common question asked during consultation for cosmetic surgery; "when is the best time of year to do this surgery?" Is winter a better time for a facelift than say summer, when it is hot and the sun is strongest? When is the best time to schedule breast augmentation or...

It is that time of year for parties and family celebrations. We all want to look and feel beautiful, but holiday stress makes that difficult. Relatives and friends find ways to pull and tug us in directions that we know will lead to unpleasant and even hurtful situations. Holiday parties...

We are barraged daily with photos and articles about movie stars and their lips and have become bizarrely infatuated with the subject. Thanks to beauty icons like Angelina Jolie, the poster child for huge plush lips (hers are natural), big pouty lips are in. Unfortunately, this has led to...

Omega-3 fatty acids, also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), are essential fatty acids, which are substances that the body cannot manufacture. They are vital to the human body function, and must be acquired through food. They play a crucial role in brain function, as well as normal...

Every day patients walk into my office requesting liposuction because they wish to lose weight, reduce their waistline or improve their figure, and they believe liposuction is the fastest and easiest way to accomplish those goals. When I ask if they have tried diet and exercise, the responses range from...

The television show Extreme Makeover was a hit and a pioneer in reality TV that premiered in 2002 and featured individuals who were transformed over a six-week period through diet, exercise and plastic surgery. Changes in hairstyle, makeup and clothing completed the process. The show followed these individuals throughout...

Consumers are bombarded daily with the latest, "greatest" and newest techniques or products out there -- all meant to make you become younger and "more beautiful." The reality is that many of these products do not live up to the hype. In fact, their claims can be misleading, overstated and...

There has been a flurry of stories lately about the possible benefits of multiple surgical procedures to attain "Classical Beauty". Beauty described in paintings by the likes of Michelangelo, Botticelli or Da Vinci. It has been suggested that there is a "Magical Formula" composed of facial ratios and measurements and...

What is realistic beauty? It is an alternative -- and far more appropriate -- interpretation of beauty, differing from society's mainstream, shallow, airbrushed definition. Realistic beauty is a healthy and satisfying concept regarding the way you look and feel.

The concept involves the understanding that true...

A link to a recent interview from ABC News appeared in The Huffington Post featuring Cindy Jackson, a 55-year-old woman who holds the Guinness world record for the highest number of cosmetic surgery procedures performed on her body.

She has had a total of 52 procedures, 14...

Summer is just around the corner, and everyone is looking forward to vacation and lots of free time outdoors in the sun. That is why we must be aware of the most dangerous form of skin cancer: malignant melanoma.

Skin cancer is the most common of all types of cancer...

Did you ever notice a stranger from across the room at a party or at a meeting at work who was drop-dead gorgeous, but who, once you got to know him or her better, suddenly wasn't as attractive anymore? It could have been an off-color comment or something about their...

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~ Confucius

The word "beauty" is the most overused, misunderstood, poorly defined word in the English language. What makes a woman beautiful? The Holy Grail of beauty has never been completely understood. The cliché, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,"...

Scars and the process of scar formation is one of the most misunderstood concepts, as they create much confusion in my plastic surgery practice. On a daily basis, I must carefully explain the scarring process to my patients because once the skin is cut; some sort of scar must form....