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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…