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
There’s nothing that makes me wanna holler much more than an anatomically perfect patient for tummy tuck who smokes! Last week I saw two patients in one day who were both absolutely anatomically perfect patients for tummy tucks. They were both done with child bearing, they were both thin and both had abdominal muscle separation and loose jelly belly skinContinue reading…
Body Contouring, General Health, Mommy Makeover, Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery, Tummy Tuck, Uncategorized
Seattle Plastic Surgeon takes on the unmentionable topic of post-surgical complications. Today I had a patient ask me discuss a worst-case scenario for her surgical recovery. Yikes, what a depressing topic! I tried to educate her without scarring the whatever out of her. Here’s my spiel on this topic. Worst-case scenario: The BIG ONE (asContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about the MYTH of local anesthesia being safer than general anesthesia. I would like to dispel the myth that local anesthesia is somehow safer than general anesthesia. There are some practices that use the “we only use local anesthesia” as a selling point to imply that their practice is safer, more advanced or “less invasive”Continue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon is happy to be ACLS certified. This week I saw a post operative patient in my office who happened to mention that her heart was racing and she felt a little weird. I took a listen and indeed her heart was racing – about twice the normal heart rate! Given herContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon weighs in on the Dr. Conrad Murray verdict. I remember clearly the day that Michael Jackson died. I was operating at Seattle Surgery Center and the news went around the O.R. quickly as did speculation of his cause of death. Drugs was at the top of my list. As the story unfolded,Continue reading…
General Health, Government and Politics, Patient Beware, Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery
Seattle Plastic Surgeon., Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder shares a worthy article on physician errors. Please check it out. I was doing a little surfing today and came across this excellent article on physician error. It discusses how difficult it is, or at least used to be, for physicians to discuss their errors with patients orContinue 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
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