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The NBC Today Show recently featured Sculptra aesthetic on their “Today’s Health” segment. Along with a treatment demonstration and some patient testimonials, Dr. Roshini Raj of the NYU school of medicine appears on the show to explain the details regarding Sculptra treatment. She covers the advantages and disadvantages of Sculptra and of course, compares [...]

Are there areas of your body that just don’t seem to slim down?  Is it becoming harder to distinguish where your butt ends and your legs begin?  Talk about a blow to the ego, with your confidence coming in close second.  These days, getting the body you want often requires more than just sweating to [...]

What part of your weekly routine contributes the most to your appearance?  For what reasons do you try to look good?  Is there a particular body area, or body part, that you believe is your best feature?
Questions like the ones above were asked by researchers during the Beauty for Life survey, a collaborative effort by [...]

When I told my wife that I was going to write this as my blog I got the wife stare then the squint.  “Are you sure?” she said.  “Sure, why not?” I said.  “Because you run the risk of angering [not the word she used] a whole lot of women.”  “Come on I wouldn’t do [...]

Is this you after your liposuction procedure?  I hope not but the reality is this is more common than mild bruising.  All that blood results in prolonged pain and healing and potentially a worse cosmetic result.  But this can be avoided.  It just takes thorough patient education and a patient surgeon.
Our preoperative package includes an [...]

Cellulite-a condition that every woman dreads.  But what it is and what to do about is remain as varied as its numerous  synonymes.
What we do know is that it is much more common in post pubertal females and less common in males.  However, males with deficiencies in male hormones and thus a relative increase in female hormones [...]

Liposuction is one of the most powerful tools we have today for body sculpting.  Standard suction lipectomy with small cannulas can result in a well sculpted aesthetically pleasing result.  A result anyone would be proud to maintain.  So I wonder why I get asked about weigh gain after liposuction during consultations.  Are patients planning on [...]

During consultations for body contouring, patients will often ask me about the newest techniques such as Smart Lipo.  During all of my consultations I feel that it’s necessary to educate patients regarding the different methods of liposuction and their unique uses.
Standard or traditional liposuction involves infiltrating the fatty tissue with an epinephrine containing solution call tumescent.  In most areas [...]

Liposuction was first invented in 1974 by Italian gynecologist dr. Giorgio Fischer. Several years later this procedure was taken to France where it became extremely popular by Dr. Illouz, a plastic surgeon. In the mid 1980’s Dr. Jeffrey Klein and Dr. Patrick Lillis, both Dermatologists, invented and pioneered the Tumescent Technique [...]