Weight Gain After Liposuction

28 July 2011 Categories: blog, liposuction

Weight Gain After Liposuction

One of the most frequent questions I get asked by patients considering liposuction is, “what happens if I gain weight after the procedure?”  It’s an important question since liposuction means you are permanently removing fat cells from the area that is treated.  So if you gain significant amounts of weight later on, that weight will [...]

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Why pay more for make-up?

05 March 2011 Categories: Cosmetics

Why pay more for make-up?

When I was a teenager, I always bought make-up from the drugstore and pooh-poohed what I considered over-priced junk from department stores. Besides, there were intimidating often snobby women at the high-end brand counters and I just didn’t have the energy to deal with them when I didn’t think their products were any better. What [...]

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The Myth of Bra Size After Breast Augmentation

04 March 2011 Categories: breast implants

The Myth of Bra Size After Breast Augmentation

When women try to explain what results they are looking for after augmentation, they often use cup size. “I want to be a full C” or “I want to be a DD.” The problem with this description is that it doesn’t really have a lot of meaning. First of all, no standard for cup size [...]

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How big should my implants be?

02 March 2011 Categories: breast implants

How big should my implants be?

One of the very most common things I hear in my practice is “I don’t know what size I want, but I don’t want to be too big!” Most women state that they desire a fuller, more youthful look, but don’t want to look like they have a second career as an exotic dancer. On [...]

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Most Women Want to Be Sleeping Beauty, But Some of us Prefer Maleficent….

25 October 2010 Categories: Cosmetics

Most Women Want to Be Sleeping Beauty, But Some of us Prefer Maleficent….

For most American women, the first image of ideal beauty is not a superstar Vogue cover model. No, the iconic beautiful woman is one of the Disney heroines, first seen twirling across a movie screen (or for the under 20 crowd, across a TV) in impossibly silky swirly skirts, bathed in a pastel glow. Pristine [...]

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