Welcome to my blog. I am a retired plastic surgeon in Seattle and was in private practice since 1991. I've seen more than a few interesting faces and cases through my years spent in the exam room, the operating room and the emergency room. And I have an opinion on just about everything relating to plastic surgery (and a lot of unrelated stuff). If you like my blog, let me know. Thanks for reading! Lisa
I came across a post on the Breast Implant Illness Instagram site recently that really made me really cranky. And it made me want to holler, “STOP THE FEAR MONGERING!” Let me walk you through this image. Obviously it is a lady and in the upper left corner you can see her breasts which haveContinue reading…
Breast Implant Illness, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Implants, This Makes Me Cranky.
I have had a lot of questions lately about mold and fungus in saline implants. I have even read online that some people think intact sterile saline breast implants can somehow get filled with germs. When I read stuff like that my thoughts go to the great French Scientist Louis Pasteur and your thoughts should too. Pasteur contributedContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Breast Implant Illness, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Implants, Stuff I love
Warning: This is a long one. A really, really long one. I recently counted up all of my operations for 2016 and I removed more breast implants than I put in. Last year I removed implants from 44 women. Twenty-seven of those women had removal for the usual reasons: “I don’t like them anymore, they make me lookContinue reading…
Breast Implant Illness, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Implants, General Health, This Makes Me Cranky.
I’ve been doing some interesting reading lately on the mind/body connection in preparation for a presentation I am giving at the annual meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons this month. I have been reading up on the “Nocebo Effect” which is the evil twin of the much studied and celebrated “Placebo Effect.” Any oneContinue reading…
Breast Implant Illness, General Health, Now That's a Little Weird, Postoperative Care
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