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 reports just published information about patient satisfaction with “Gummy Bear” implants used for reconstruction. The most recent issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has an article that asks women who have had breast reconstruction with breast implants what they think about their result. This study involved 65 ladies with round silicone gelContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Breast Implants, My Plastic Surgery Philosophy
Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the IKEA Effect. The IKEA effect refers to the phenomenon of how we are apt to like or even love something that required a lot of work on our part even if that something is flawed. Take this crooked chair. You would never buy this at a store but if youContinue reading…
My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, Now That's a Little Weird, Surgical Eductaion, Uncategorized
Seattle Plastic Surgeon explains why she asks soooooo many questions. This week I saw a patient who was interested in a rather extensive Mommy Makeover. She was a little bit put off by all of the questions I asked her about her medical and social history. I think she thought that I was justContinue reading…
My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, Patient Safety, Uncategorized
Seattle Plastic Surgeon Tells the Tale of a Tail – It’s a great story about greed. Gertrude McFuzz is a wonderful Dr. Seuss story, one of three in his book Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. All three stories involve hubris and/or greed. Here’s the Cliff Notes of Gertrude McFuzz: Gertrude is a plain littleContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Breast Implants, Children, My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, Now That's a Little Weird, Patient Beware, Plastic Surgery
Me? Plastic surgery? Never! Seattle plastic surgeon advises the young and beautiful to never say never! I recently attended a social gathering and met a lovely young woman, who upon hearing that I was a plastic surgeon, told me with great earnestness that she did not “believe in plastic surgery”. This happens from time toContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon Discusses the Risks of Laser Liposuction. I just returned from the annual meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons. The best presentation was a panel on new technologies – when, how and why or adopt them or, in many cases, not adopt them. A very interesting statistic was presented. Ninety-five percentContinue reading…
Body Contouring, Liposuction, My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, Obesity, Patient Beware
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