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I am a board certified plastic surgeon with almost 34 years of private practice experince.I am fellowship trasined in cosmetic surgery.I also treat hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating.Living here in Florida I also treat alot of people with skin cancers
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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.
Plastic Surgery
Languages spoken
English, German
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Plastic Surgery 50 years experience
Many : Many times insurance will cover but if not there is care credit which is like a credit card for medical procedures suchas a breast reduction.You can a... Read More
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The : The most common procedure is to place a tissue expander on the side of the mastectomy.The tissue is then expanded to equal the other side.Soemtimes th... Read More
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Trust : Trust me you will look better and will always look better.That doesn't mean you won't age because you will but you will always lok better because you ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Lower facelift: Theface has different parts, usually upper middle and lower.Aging effecys all of these.Soem may just want to address their lower face such as jowls.Th... Read More
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Lip aug and makeup: I probably would not do them at the same time.I would do one or the other let the swelling go down and then do the second.
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You : You should wait for the cold sore to heal first.Once you do go for the surgery your surgeon should provide some prophlay for cold sores or fever bli... Read More
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The : The pain may very well go away if the capsule is the cause.Your residual breast tissue may be causing the pain from fibrocystic disease.But by and lar... Read More
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I : I have my patients wear it for comfort and to control the swelling.It also affords soem protection should you sneeze or cough so you are less likely t... Read More
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I : I have been doing them for 33 years and god willing have not had any serious complications.I guess soemone could be in the middle of a necklift or fac... Read More
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Doing : Doing a thigh lift should not affect your veins.They will not be gone, that is for sure.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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If : If there is weakness in the abdominal wall with bulging then the surgeon will tighten the muscles.If it is just loose skin and the muscles are firm th... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Laser hair removal: This is easy to treat and the easiest way would be for laser hair removal.
This is an outpatient procedure and you can go right back to work.
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I : I think it is important to understand that liposuction is not a substitute for diet and e3xerciseif soemone is morbidly obese then they may need a gas... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Risks plastic surger: There are risks with any surgery but if you go to a board certifed plastic surgeon you minimize these riskswww.Beautybybrueck.Com.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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I : I think where you go from here depends on how you feel about your body image.If you are fine then all is well.If you want to ge forward with new impla... Read More
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Eyelid surgery: If the surgery will enhance the persons ability to see ie excise excess skin to the upper lids to improve the field of vision then insurance many time... Read More
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Not : Not seeing your particular case i would think options include liposuction or direct surgical excision.This depends on wherher the tissue is breast tis... Read More
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It : It all depends on where the laxity is and how far up your abdomen the loose tissue extends.If the excess tissue is well above your navel then you have... Read More
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Many : Many peoiple have a deviated septum which is the structure that separates are noise into a right and left half.If soemone is asymptomatic then nothing... Read More
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The : The majority will be down in 4-6 weesk and the last 10-20% will go down over the next several months.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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You : You may have soem temporary numbness from the swelling or the block that the surgeon did to do the procedure but this should go away in short order.ww... Read More
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The : The incisions are quite small.They usually are a matter of a few mm's at most.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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You : You should get silicone under the muscle.I think the chances of rippling will not be tooadversly affected by smooth or textured.I usually use textured... Read More
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No : No sculptra would notbe a good choice.A good one for the lips would be restylene or juvaderm.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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The : The nipple may be placed on as a free graft in which case it is completely removed but i only do this less than 10% of the time.The rest of the time w... Read More
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If : If you have enough bone you could have a sliding genioplasty where they will cut your bone and advance it, then plate it.So you don't have to havean i... Read More
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There : There actually is very little bruising after a necklift.You can put on a little makeup in a day or so and shower the very next day and shampoo your ha... Read More
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There : There really is nothing to do such as creams lasers or massage that will tighten and lift your breasts.Sorry.www.beautybubrueck.com.
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No it does not: Breast aug involves p[lacement of a prosthesis which like evrything else has a limited use time.I have had patients with implants over 30 years of age... Read More
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High forhead: A high forehead means the distance from say your eyeborows to your frontal hair line is unusually long.This is a normal variant.
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Wear a bra to suppor: I think it is important to support your breast at all times and not always go braless.Obviously pregnancy will casue your breast to enlarge and post p... Read More
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Larger breats withou: The brava system is limites and any over the counter creams gels etc simply do not work and only lighten your wallet.Beautybybrueck.Com.
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It : It is important to remember that liposuction will only remove excess fatty tissue.It will not remove loose skin or tighten muscles.If you have weak mu... Read More
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I : I am not so sure mesotherapy would be the way to go.I am not too familiar with its use in acne scarring.How to treat facial acne scars depends on the ... Read More
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Whether : Whether or not to remove a mole depends on it's appearance and whether or not it is symptomatic.You should see a plasstic surgeon or a dermatologist.T... Read More
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Yes : Yes you are a good candidate assuming your overall medical condition is good.But as long as you are still losing weight i would wait till your weight ... Read More
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This : This is so variable.Myexperince has been 4-6months but every ones body will metabolize it differently so you never know.
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The : The sensitivity will not be the same.All you can hope for is soem type of protective sensation.Wwwbeautybybrueck.
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If : If you do both your recovery will be longer.If you have your nasal bones brioken then there will be more swelling and bruising which will keep you ins... Read More
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I : I don't know if there are butt augmenation specialists or not.There are some plastic surgeons who do more of these because their patient base wants it... Read More
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I : I would say three weeks yous hould be able to do most lifting.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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There : There always is an incr3easerisk if you do more surgery but certainly the risks are very minimal.Certainly they are probably less than if you had 2 pr... Read More
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Both : Both receive training in doing this type of surgery so ask about their experince.How long have they been doing them.This is important.www.beautybybrue... Read More
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Alot : Alot depends on your job.Many of my patients have surgery friday and go back to their office job on monday or tuesday.Jobs requiring physical labor m... Read More
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This : This can usually be corrected with a little more excision or perhaps soem lipo.Many times this can be doen under local in the office.www.beautybybruec... Read More
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They : They are one and the same.They have different indications but generally are identical for the most part.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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Assuming : Assuming no weork is doen on the exterior of the nose you can go out in a day or two.The doctor may put a pack in your nose and you could go out after... Read More
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They : They go hand in hand.Alift is skin only and a breast reduction is skin and breast tissue so you would get both.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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I : I would not be overly concerned.It sounds as though you mayhave had a little more brusing or bleeding on the right side which, given enough time shoul... Read More
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Alolderm : Alolderm is used in breast reconstruction and any pain is usually associeted with the procedure and not the alloderm.www.beautybybrueck.com.
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