A Brazilian butt lift (also referred to as fat grafting to the buttocks or butt augmentation) is a popular and highly effective way to achieve a fuller, firmer, more shapely derrière. It also can help patients attain a more pleasing balance between the shape, size and contour of their backside in proportion to the rest of their body. 

Recently, there have been some concerns regarding the safety of this procedure. When patients ask me if a Brazilian butt lift is safe, my answer is yes. As an experienced plastic surgeon who has performed hundreds of Brazilian butt lifts with very low complication rates, I believe this procedure is very safe. Major risks include 1) pulmonary or fat embolism—blood clot—for less than 1% of patients, and 2) anemia.

To learn more about Brazilian butt lift surgery, watch my short 2-minute video by clicking on the button below. And as always, please contact me with any questions or concerns you have about this procedure or any of the body contouring surgeries I offer. 

As I tell my patients, we’re really in a wonderful time in terms of body contouring. As well as plastic surgery, I can now offer many procedures that are non-surgical and have minimal downtime, if any, that provide excellent results. To learn how I can help you achieve a more beautiful body, click here.   

Many ways to get a better, sexier shape

One example of a relatively new non-surgical, non-invasive body contouring treatment is CoolSculpting, in which the patient is wide awake and a machine is attached to the area of the body where he or she wants to get rid of unwanted fat. The machine freezes the fat and then over the next few months, slowly flushes these destroyed fat cells from the body.

EmSculpting is another non-surgical body contouring procedure that uses a machine, in this case to tighten a person’s abdominal and/or butt muscles and melt away some of the fat. This treatment is really for patients who are in good shape who are just looking for some extra definition of muscle. They’re trying to get that 6-pack but don’t have time to go to the gym all the time. They’re not looking for major body contouring changes but want, say, a buttock lift with some enhancement to their gluteus muscles.

In addition, I offer fat-removing, body shaping procedures like liposuction which is surgical but can now be performed by using tiny little eighth-of-an-inch incisions and which only causes a little bruising. I also offer more involved surgical procedures such as breast lifts, tummy tucks, Mommy Makeovers and lower body lifts where I’m removing fat, tightening muscle and removing skin at the same time.

Many of my patients really like the shape of their lips, they’re happy with how they look, but they just want a little more fullness, what I call a little more “pow.” To achieve this, there are many fillers that can do that, either to enhance the line between the normal facial skin and the red skin of the lip, or to augment the top or bottom part of the lip, or both, to make the lips larger.

Then there are other patients who just aren’t happy with their lips. The overall shape isn’t what they want, they’re too thin, they don’t have enough structure to them, there isn’t enough of a difference between the lip and their facial skin, and their lipstick bleeds.

For these patients, I recommend lip augmentation, also called lip enhancement. This is just one of the many ways I can help you achieve a more beautiful face. To learn more, click here.   

To know more about lip augmentation, watch this 2-minute video

For many of my patients, a toned, muscular body is important to them but they don’t have the time to spend hours (and weeks or months) at the gym trying to get results. Are you the same way?

For them, and maybe for you too, I’m very excited to tell you about a revolutionary way to build muscle and burn fat, called EmSculpt. It’s a non-invasive, non-surgical treatment that beautifully tones and sculpts your body, especially your abdomen and buttocks. And it doesn’t require strenuous exercise or exhausting workout routines. EmSculpt is just one of the many ways I can help you achieve a more beautiful body. To learn more, click here.             

Get the facts about EmSculpt in this 1-minute video

In the last few days, I have heard from a few of my patients who read a recent article in The New York Times stating that breast implants made by Allergan that have a textured or slightly roughened surface, rather than a smooth covering, have been linked to a rare form of cancer called breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma and are being taken off the market in Europe. 

There has also been a recent report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons discussing anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. (To read the report, click here.) Naturally, they are concerned. 

I only use smooth, not textured, breast implants 

To reassure all of my patients with breast implants, as well as those who are considering getting breast implants, I want to state very clearly: 

I have always used ONLY smooth implants for my breast augmentation patients, not the textured ones cited in these two sources. The recent concerns do not involve these types of implants and my breast augmentation patients do NOT need to be concerned about this.

Many of my patients come to me wanting to smooth out wrinkles around their eyes, mouth and forehead. Or they want fuller, sexier lips. Or they want to restore fullness in their face that has been lost due to age and gravity. The common denominator for a number of these patients? They’re sensitive to pain and these minor facial procedures make them anxious.

Get beautiful results without pain or anxiety with Pro-Nox

Some of the non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures I perform, such as Botox® or derma fillers, do not require sedation or any kind of analgesia. But hair injections, lip injections with fillers, and some of the laser procedures can cause a little bit of discomfort. For those patients who don’t do well with pain, or who want to be more relaxed during their procedure, I offer something to make their procedure much more enjoyable, called Pro-Nox. This is just one of the many ways I can help you achieve a more beautiful face. To learn more, click here.   

Learn about Pro-Nox in this 1-minute video

An attractive face is all about balance and proportion. Your nose provides the foundation for this aesthetic balance, helping you feel self-assured and confident. However, if you have never liked your nose and would like to change it, nose reshaping surgery (also known as rhinoplasty or a nose job) is a highly successful way to have the nose you’ve always wanted. This procedure is just one of the many ways I can help you achieve a more beautiful face. To learn more, click here.   

Are you a good candidate for nose reshaping surgery?

Have you always felt that your lips are too thin? Do they disappear when you smile? Are you self-conscious about the way they look? This might be the perfect time to consider lip enhancement, also known as lip augmentation or lip injections. Lip enhancement is just one of the many ways I can help you achieve a more beautiful face. To learn more, click here.   

What does lip enhancement involve?

Whether you were born with thin lips or your lips are thinning due to the natural aging process, lip enhancement can greatly improve your lips’ appearance as well as your self-confidence.

Like it or not, as we age, we naturally lose a certain amount of fat underneath the skin, especially in the face. This brings the facial muscles closer to the skin’s surface, causing smile lines around the mouth and crow’s feet around the eyes to become more apparent.

The skin in your face also stretches with age, and its natural collagen and elastin gradually break down, adding to the loss of facial fullness. Other factors that affect the facial skin and hasten wrinkling include: sun exposure, heredity, diet, weight loss, lifestyle and changes in bone density.

If you’re ready to look younger and smoother but don’t want plastic surgery, injectables are a great solution, just one of the many facial rejuvenation procedures I offer to help you look more beautiful. To learn more, please click here.

Turn back the clock with injectables!

Many people think that thinning hair or bald spots only happen to men. However, I have many women in my practice who have come to me wanting a long-lasting solution to their hair loss. In fact, studies show that approximately one-third of women over the age of 30 experience hair loss and 80% experience some degree of hair loss before menopause.

I would also like to emphasize that as disheartening it may be for men to see their hair thin and fall out, it can be particularly devastating for women, who tend to put a great deal of value on their hair. (Society, too, judges women on the length, thickness and overall look of their hair, more perhaps than men.)

If you’re experiencing thinning hair and want to do something about it, I urge you to consider hair restoration surgery, one of the many facial procedures I offer to help you look and feel more beautiful and more confident.

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