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Be safe with your plastic surgery!

It is crucial that patients are aware to look for accreditation of both their plastic surgeon as well as their surgery centers.

Great commercial about gynecomastia

I can’t help but share this great commercial involving gynecomastia.

Natural Appearing Breast Implants

In the course of my discussions about creating the most natural appearing breast augmentations, I always review the reasoning that I use the dual plane technique with my patients

Breast implants and lymphoma

There was a lot of coverage today of the news that a certain type of lymphoma has been found in a relative few women with breast implants.

Bridalplasty- An embarrassment to plastic surgery

Having just come across the show called Bridalplasty, I'm so thoroughly disgusted that I felt I had to write about it.

Our new additions at Montecito Plastic Surgery

As some of you might have heard, one of Santa Barbara’s excellent plastic surgeons, Dr. Russell Stokes, recently relocated to North Carolina

The youthful face and the nasolabial crease

The nasolabial folds, sometimes called the nasolabial crease, is a highly misunderstood region of the face that gets a lot of attention in facial cosmetic surgery

Does lifting and tightening the SMAS cause cheeks to flatten?

The advantage of the SMAS lift is that as the SMAS is lifted vertically, there is excess that can be manipulated in several ways

Busy day for plastic surgery in Santa Barbara

Every day is rewarding for us all at Montecito Plastic Surgery in Santa Barbara- I'm a very fortunate plastic surgeon!

A tight February for plastic surgery in Santa Barbara

I'm heading back east today, after another short week of plastic surgery in Santa Barbara. Last week was a bit of vacation in Aspen.