If you’ve been researching surgeons to perform facial plastic surgery, you have likely seen doctors (like Dr. Athré) who promote themselves as “double board certified.” Certainly, being certified by 2 different boards sounds more impressive than a single board certification, but what exactly does it mean? Defining Double Board Certification A “double board-certified” facial plastic […]
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Plastic Surgery Locations: What Facility is Right For You?
As you evaluate the best plastic surgeon option for your treatment, you might be surprised to learn the location of your surgery should be part of your determination. The question of the location of your surgery probably never even occurred to you when you started thinking about having plastic surgery. If you are having plastic […]
Plastic Surgery Pictures
Before rushing off to have plastic surgery, it is vital that you evaluate different surgeons to find the right choice for your treatment. The evaluation process is important, and you shouldn’t give it short shrift. Part of the evaluation process should be a review of pictures of patients the surgeon has worked on. If a […]
Paying for Your Plastic Surgery
Paying your Plastic surgery? Plastic Surgery is almost always an elective surgery unless there is an underlying medical reason. As such, your medical insurance is probably not going to cover it, which means you must. Paying for Your Plastic Surgery Unless you can make some unique argument to your health insurance company, it is going […]
Female Hair Loss Treatment
Causes of Female Hair Loss There any many different reasons women might suffer from hair loss. One main cause is when a woman’s body makes more testosterone than it normally does, or maybe certain medical conditions involving their hormones could cause baldness to occur. The causes between women and men’s baldness are much […]
Sculpting Your Nose with Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty is surgery on the nose. The procedure can be done for medical reasons, breathing problems, birth defects, or injury, or it may simply be done for aesthetic and cosmetic purposes. [Related: Plastic Surgery vs. Cosmetic Surgery] Types of Rhinoplasty Procedures There are two types of rhinoplasty procedures, an open rhinoplasty procedure and a closed […]
Ethnic Considerations for Rhinoplasty
Recently, a slide from the American Academy of Facial Plastics conference surfaced in my inbox. The slide was titled, “The Changing Face of America,” and the slide made several points. The cultural landscape of America is changing. The amount of non-Caucasian plastic surgery patients is increasing. The amount of non-Caucasian rhinoplasty patients, in particular, is […]
Plastic Surgery Financing: Cheap And Affordable?
Photo Credit: on Pixabay. CC0 License Although the advances in technology makes plastic surgery accessible to loads of people, the cost of certain complex procedures is still on the higher side for a lot of individuals. Thankfully, plastic surgery financing renders such procedures affordable to those who might otherwise renounce the option of surgery due […]
Plastic Surgery vs. Reconstructive Surgery
The terms “plastic surgery” and “reconstructive surgery” are bandied about so much that people often confuse them. While both involve the improvement of your appearance, distinct differences can be found. Similarities Between Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery Both plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery are designed to improve the appearance of the patient. This can be […]