A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about a surgical device that she really, really, really loves.  I was first introduced to the Keller Funnel in 2009 and have been using it with my silicone gel breast augmentations ever since.  It is a device that is elegantly simple, very easy to use and even, well, fun.   It looksContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the importance of keeping fresh scars out of the sun. This ankle scar would have turned out much better had it been protected from the sun. Seattle is enjoying a beautiful late summer with warm, sunny days and crisp and cool nights.  There’s lots of skin showing out on Seattle streetsContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon removes one pound of breast and with it, a bucket load of obsessive thoughts. Recently a breast reduction patient told me that she felt like a part of her brain had been removed along with some of her excess breast tissue. As a young woman, she watched in horror as her breastsContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon loves David Sedaris’ account of his experiences with Socialized Medicine in the heart of Old Europe. This week’s New Yorker Magazine has a hilarious piece by humorist David Sedaris.  Mr. Sedaris now lives in Paris and I squeal with delight every time I read one of his essays on his French experiences.   HereContinue reading…

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…

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…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about the influence of body type on body contouring procedures. Short waisted on the left and long waisted on the right. It is super important for your plastic surgeon to be aware of body type when he or she undertakes a body contouring consultation.  A lovely hourglass waistline is on everyContinue 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…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about the importance of distinguishing belly fat a.k.a. visceral fat from subcutaneous fat.  Pull up a chair.  This is going to be a long one. Abdominoplasty a.k.a. tummy tuck is a BIG operation and it is in every ones best interest to do everything possible to make sure that the surgeryContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon warns women of a certain age:  Breast implants that made you look voluptuous 20 years ago may  be making you look matronly today.   Recently I have had several ladies come in with implants that are no longer enhancing their figures.  These ladies are all  several years postmenopausal and even without overall weight gain, haveContinue reading…