A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

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

Category: Breast Lift


Preoperative deflation of saline breast implants.

June 20th, 2013 — 10:33am

Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the rationale for purposefully deflating saline breast implants prior to implant removal or replacement.   Check out this recent case of mine. Often it makes a lot of sense to deflate saline implants prior to replacing or removing them.  The case I present here shows a perfect candidate for preoperative deflation. HerContinue reading…

Breast Implant Removal, Breast Implants, Breast Lift

I’m off to the annual meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons

February 15th, 2013 — 4:14pm

Seattle Plastic Surgeon will present “Breast Implant Removal and Breast Lift in the Middle Aged Patient” at the annual meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons. Tomorrow I am heading off to my favorite meeting to give a talk on the surgical treatment of women who have either physically or mentally “outgrown” their breast implants. Continue reading…

Aging Issues, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Lift

The rolling pin test for breast sagging.

November 1st, 2012 — 4:43pm

Seattle Plastic Surgeon shares a great patient story about sagging breasts. One thing I just love about being a plastic surgeon is all of the great stories I hear from my patients.  Some of the stuff they tell me is better than anything I could make up.  Here’s one: Last week I had a patientContinue reading…

Breast Contouring, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Now That's a Little Weird

Sports bra recommendation by an athlete patient.

September 28th, 2012 — 3:56pm

Seattle plastic surgeon’s patient shares her BREST BRA EVER. Yesterday I saw one of my patients who had undergone a breast augmentation and was now training for the Seattle Marathon which (what were they thinking?) is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving.   She was in the process of ramping up her mileage but was being careful notContinue reading…

Breast Contouring, Breast Implants, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Wardrobe Observations

Introducing the Nipple Areolar Complex

August 22nd, 2012 — 10:29am

Seattle Plastic Surgeon reviews nipple anatomy and nomenclature. The NAC a.k.a the nipple areolar complex.  I recently saw a patient who wanted a breast lift and also  a “nipple reduction.”  Her actual nipples were quite small and what she really wanted was an “areola reduction” which is often part of a breast lift or breastContinue reading…

Breast Contouring, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Nipples

600% Increase in Body Lifts in the Past Decade

March 10th, 2012 — 1:12am

Seattle Plastic Surgeon’s hunch confirmed by recent report – body lifting is in demand. I really, really like doing body contouring procedures on patients after massive weight loss.   There are many, many types of lifts that are done below the neck.  They include:  lower body lift, flank lift, mons lift, brachioplasty (upper arm lift), thighContinue reading…

Body Contouring, Breast Contouring, Breast Lift, Obesity, Tummy Tuck

Tuberous breast deformity

January 26th, 2012 — 11:15pm

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about the psychological burden of tuberous breast deformity. The tuberous breast is characterized by “puffy” and enlarged areolas, a pointy shape with a constricted breast base. They can come in any size, from extra small to really large. Also, breast asymmetry is very common in patients with tuberous breasts. I doContinue reading…

Breast Contouring, Breast Lift, Nipples

Breast implant removal and breast lift – one of my favorite ways to spend a morning.

January 24th, 2012 — 10:23pm

Seattle Plastic Surgeon warns women of a certain age:  Breast implants that made you look voluptuous 20 years ago may  be making you look matronly today.   Recently I have had several ladies come in with implants that are no longer enhancing their figures.  These ladies are all  several years postmenopausal and even without overall weight gain, haveContinue reading…

Aging Issues, Breast Contouring, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Implants, Breast Lift, Plastic Surgery

I promise I won’t drop your nipple on the floor. I couldn’t if I tried!

January 17th, 2012 — 12:40am

Seattle Plastic Surgeon assures her breast lift patients that the nipple never leaves the breast.  It would be impossible to drop it on the floor. I saw a patient today who was worried about what could happen to her nipple during a breast lift.  She thought we actually removed the nipple from the breast andContinue reading…

Breast Contouring, Breast Lift, Nipples, Now That's Cool, Plastic Surgery

Weight loss victories

November 10th, 2011 — 8:29pm

Permanent weight loss – here’s what I’ve learned from my patients How to lose weight for good according to Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder’s weight loss patients. I am a bit of an expert on weight loss, not because I have ever had major weight loss, but because I know so many patients who have andContinue reading…

Body Contouring, Breast Lift, General Health, Obesity, Plastic Surgery, Tummy Tuck

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