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 Surgeons does her first case in her new operating room. It was a religious experience. Today I did three cases in our brand new operating room which is part of the brand new Madison Tower Surgery Center in Seattle. And it was a great day. Our new OR has plenty of space, naturalContinue reading…
My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, New Technology, Patient Safety
Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the challenge of introducing new procedures to her practice. This coming weekend thousands of Plastic Surgeons and their staff will decend on San Diego for the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. These meetings provide an opportunity to share ideas, techniques, new procedures, and new equipment and instruments. PlasticContinue reading…
Fat transfer to the breast is looking like a great operation to this Seattle Pastic Surgeon. Here is yet another satisfied fat transfer to the breast patient. I slimmed down her muffin top and added some fat to her breasts. She went up one cup size and also got a bit of a lift, notContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Fat Transfer to the Breast, New Technology
Seattle Plastic Surgeon finds that fat transfer to the breasts allows for subtle improvements in breast shape. The more cases of fat transfer to the breast I do, the more I appreciate some of the advantages of fat transfer over breast implants. There are the obvious advantages of no cost or upkeep of implants, no needContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Fat Transfer to the Breast, New Technology
Seattle Plastic Surgeon shares some great news about Type 2 Diabetes. For years it has been observed that obese patients with Type 2 diabetes have a dramatic improvement in their diabetes after gastric bypass surgery. And this improvement is seen almost immediately after surgery, long before the patient loses significant weight. Now there is something moreContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon is seeing some very nice results from fat transfer to the breast. It takes quite a bit to get me enthusiatic about “new stuff” because “new stuff” pops up every day and more often than not, the reality does not begin to live up to the hype. This tends to make oneContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Fat Transfer to the Breast, New Technology
Seattle Plastic Surgeon is really, really loving the acellular dermal matrix, Strattice. So are her challenging breast implant revision patients. In the past two months, I have been getting a lot of experience with Strattice, which is an acellular dermal matrix. Sounds very complicated, huh? The concept is not complicated at all. Strattice, which feelsContinue reading…
Breast Implants, New Technology, Now That's Cool, Plastic Surgery
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
Seattle plastic surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder, fondly remembers her Polaroid camera. This week I have seen a couple of patients whom I operated on way back in the early 1990’s. We found their charts down in our storage room and in those charts were their Polaroid photos – a little faded but with prettyContinue reading…
Fat transfer to the breast: Seattle Plastic Surgeon adds her two cents worth. One of the hot topics at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery(ASAPS) in Boston which I attended last week was fat grafting to the breast. This procedure has a very interesting history. Back when the earth wasContinue reading…
Breast Contouring, Fat Transfer to the Breast, New Technology
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