Dr. Michael Bermant
Plastic Surgery
Chester, VA
45 years experience male
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Chester, VA
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I am a retired Plastic Surgeon. My passion is plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery. I specialize in rhinoplasty, ethnic nasal contouring, ears, breasts, liposuction, tummy tuck, belly button umbilicoplasty, and body lift operations. I have an encyclopedic website with many pictures, photographs and movies demonstrating my surgical sculpture. Detailed information about, body contouring for men, otoplasty ear surgery, gynecomastia, breast reduction, breast lift, male chest lift, after weight loss plastic surgery, transsexual, transgender FTM top contouring, and revision options.
I enjoy inventing, designing, creating, art, and helping others learn. I mastered desk top publishing to create patient education and documentation. I then went on to the web with my encyclopedic plastic surgery resource. My photography work has developed over decades. I work with video to document the beauty of movement: how things move is critical to the art of the human form. Movies also permit me to record the emotional aspect of deformity and my surgical sculpture. My surgery is an evolution of my creativity. The human body is the ultimate in sculpting media adding an element of healing and patient education to optimize the resulting sculpture. Evolving more comfortable operations is a dynamic aspect that has been very emotionally rewarding.
I am a technology and device analyst, designer, adviser, and critic. Knowing and understanding tools has been a passion from my earliest memories. It is part of my wanting to fix what is broken. Knowing how it works and then refining so that it can work better is just part of my makeup.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
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A 24-year-old member asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Reduction Emotion: Emotion after breast reduction depends on the problem before surgery, quality of the sculpture, skill of the surgeon and many factors best investigate... Read More
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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Gynecomastia Options: The contour issue of breasts in men or gynecomastia bothers many, but some enjoy living with breasts. Surgery is not "needed" unless there are medical... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Anatomy of lumps: Firm tissue under nipples can be fat, gland, scar tissue, or tumor. Male breast cancer is quite rare. Although fat tends to be soft and gland firm, gl... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
The OverWeight Look: Excess fat is a global contour issue. Breast reduction alone does not change the other body shape issues seen with the excess weight. This becomes esp... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Spanx not Effective: Liposuction garments are expensive but designed to minimize swelling and bruising. This is something in a better forum i could demonstrate with a link... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Gynecomastia and Fat: Just like a female breast, the anatomy of gynecomastia consists of fat, gland, and skin. Check out this drawing: http://www.Plasticsurgery4u.Com/proce... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:

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Plastic Surgery 45 years experience
Tummy Tuck Recovery: Healing and recovery after tummy tuck depends on the problem to be treated, surgical techniques, skill of surgeon & many other factors. http://plastic... Read More
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TestimonialsRecommendations and Thank you notes are endorsements given from patients or other doctors.
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Jan 17, 2012
Dr. Bermant is a superior physician and longtime friend.
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Dec 16, 2012
I grew up being teased about my moobs. I hated them and could not get my parents to understand the stress. Finally, I was able to fix this mess myself. I had searched the internet for years and always...Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Bermant is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you Doctor
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Graduated 1978MD
Medical/Graduate school
Franklin and Marshall College
Graduated 1972MD
Medical/Graduate school
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 1978MD
Residency
St. Louis University Hospital
Residency
St. Vincent Hospital
Awards
Distinguished Service Award, American Society for Plastic Surgery
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Affiliations
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Lipoplasty Society of North America
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