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
This is an email I received last week. I want to share it here. Please pass it along to anyone who may be considering a Brazilian Butt Lift: URGENT WARNING TO SURGEONS PERFORMING FAT GRAFTING TO THE BUTTOCKS (Brazilian Butt Lift or “BBL”)This urgent advisory is in response to the alarming number of deaths stillContinue reading…
Body Contouring, Fat Injection, Patient Beware, Patient Safety
Seattle Plastic Surgeon loves doing subtle and artful lip augmentation with Hyaluronic Acid fillers. Are they real or plumped up with filler? It should be impossible to tell with a nice and artful lip augmentation. I am always amazed at how much my practice has evolved after being in practice for over 20 years now. Continue reading…
Facial Fillers, Fat Injection, Lip Enhancement and Augmentation, Non-invasive, Plastic Surgery, Uncategorized
Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the promotion of stem cell face lifts by ethically challenged physicians. Recently I have had several inquiries about “stem cell face lifts” and whether or not I perform them. There must be someone out there promoting this as the latest and greatest fountain of youth. That someone is probably deceptively promotingContinue reading…
Facial Fillers, Facial Rejuvenation, Fat Injection, Uncategorized
Do you have a child with severe acne??? An ounce of treatment now is worth a ton of scar revisions later. Left: Before a bazillion procedures. Right: After a bazillion procedures. I have two children in high school and I often am asked for advice regarding acne. I am not a dermatologist nor do IContinue reading…
Acne, Children, Facial Fillers, Fat Injection, Plastic Surgery, Scar, Skin Care
Seattle Plastic Surgeon just can’t keep her opinion about this poorly thought out procedure to herself. I read several plastic surgery journals every month and more often than not I think, “Now there is a good idea”. But this month I read an article about using a “hand lift” for hand rejuvenation and I thought,Continue reading…
Aging Issues, Fat Injection, Hand Surgery, New Technology, Now That's a Little Weird, Now That's Cool, Plastic Surgery
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