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 advises coffee drinker patients to have a cup of coffee ASAP after surgery. I did surgery on a vigorously healthy middle aged lady yesterday and today she was doing fine except for a really, really bad headache. My very astute nurse told her to drink two cups of coffee and see ifContinue reading…
General Health, Now That's a Little Weird, Postoperative Care
Seattle Plastic Surgeon is a big fan of this very Seattle-ish tradition. Every late winter/early spring, when the city of Seattle is just about ready to move to Phoenix the Moisture Festival saves the day. This quirky vaudevillian celebration of human weirdness runs for several weeks at various venues in Seattle. It showcases jugglers, comedians,Continue reading…
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
Seattle Plastic Surgeon gives some unsolicited advise on earlobe interview etiquette. These earlobes are not interview ready. This year I received many a Christmas card with the family photo and I am always amazed at how fast all of our kids grow up. I also am amazed at the various hairdos and facial adornments myContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon tells the story of the Scab Fairy, a story that every parent needs to know. This is the Scab Fairy. She’ll leave you a little something if you put that scabby Band-aid under you pillow. Last week I had the opportunity to take care of a delightful little boy in the emergencyContinue reading…
Children, General Health, Now That's a Little Weird, Plastic Surgery, Postoperative Care, Trauma
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 blogs about spitting stitches a.k.a stitch abscesses a.k.a. a real pain for both patient and surgeon Healing after surgery in most cases is uneventful. (Uneventful is a good thing when it comes to surgery and flying.) But sometimes uneventful healing can be interrupted by a stitch abscess which always looks way worse thanContinue reading…
Now That's a Little Weird, Plastic Surgery, Postoperative Care
This Seattle Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon has plastic surgery on the brain even when dropping her car off at the repair shop. Early this morning, I dropped off my poor 20+ year old car off at Seattle’s wonderful Fat City. This place just loves German automobiles (as do I). They had not yet opened so I filledContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon shares her dog toy wisdom. My aussie/border collie/snapping turtle, Stella, just loves her Henrietta and Earl chew toys. Henrietta emits a high pitched squeal when chewed. Earl produces a realistic flatus-like sound. Stella, Henrietta and Earl make for some great hilarlity – for about 30 seconds. Henrietta and Earl do, however, haveContinue reading…
Body Contouring, General Health, Now That's a Little Weird, Now That's Cool, Obesity, Patient Safety
Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses icky but harmless skin lesions. I just finished treating a lovely middle aged lady with about 20 of these unsightly skin lesions on her back. Since she turned 50, they have been popping up like mushrooms in our wet Seattle. These nasty looking lesions are seborrheic keratoses and despite their looks, theyContinue reading…
Aging Issues, General Health, Now That's a Little Weird, Plastic Surgery, Skin Care
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