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Have you heard about the new microneedling craze? Is your skin showing signs of age and damage from the sun? Everyone is on board with Secret™ RF. Premier Plastic Surgery offers Secret™ RF in their Pearland, Texas, office.

Abdominoplasty or a tummy tuck, as it is more commonly known is a cosmetic surgery procedure that tightens the muscles and removes loose skin and fat from the abdomen so that it appears flat and toned. Mostly associated with “mommy makeovers,” a procedure that allows women to restore their figures after pregnancy, abdominoplasty is also used to help patients that have undergone extreme weight loss in a short period of time.

Once the patient, always the patient.  This is something that we have told all our patients, when this conversation arises, but I would like to state it for the record here.  We have had patients with comorbidities, who ended up not knowing where to turn to manage a condition and fall between the cracks in our medical care system. Insurance companies and even Medicare do not really care about patients.

Ask the average people on the street what they know about breast cosmetic surgery, and odds are they will say, “breast implants.” Although breast augmentation is one of the most popular procedures the world over (over 1,600,000 surgeries performed in 2015/2016, according to the 2016 ISAPS Global Statistics), breast reduction surgery is becoming more and more common every year. Thanks to the increased visibility of breast reduction, with stars like Ariel Winter and Queen Latifah having had the procedure, women with large breasts have begun to realize how reducing their breast size can positively impact their lives.

Ask the average people on the street what they know about breast cosmetic surgery, and odds are they will say, “breast implants.” Although breast augmentation is one of the most popular procedures the world over (over 1,600,000 surgeries performed in 2015/2016, according to the 2016 ISAPS Global Statistics), breast reduction surgery is becoming more and more common every year.

Premier Plastic Surgery just received an important message from the FDA and I wanted to bring my patients up to date with a recall of Allergan Natrelle BIOCELL Textured Products due to the risk of breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). By recall, the FDA has determined that these implants should no longer be distributed for sale in the United States. However, the FDA does not recommend the prophylactic removal of textured implants in patients who have them but are not having any symptoms.

Surgical scars, stretch marks and severe acne scarring are unsightly and embarrassing for many people. These facial concerns are challenging to treat with topical ointments and cosmetic treatments, but Secret™ RF (microneedling with radiofrequency energy) offers hope and smoother skin for people with scarring, aging skin and large pores. Secret™ RF combines the rejuvenating benefits of radiofrequency (RF) energy and microneedling for powerful results, especially for people with severe acne scars.

Non-surgical, non-invasive aesthetic procedures work by causing controlled damage that jumpstarts tightening, skin rejuvenation or fat loss. If you’ve got nagging flaws you want to fix but are hesitant to go under the knife, there’s no shortage of non-surgical options. Whether it’s fine lines, wrinkles, loose skin, or unwanted pockets of fat, doctors are making use of the latest scientific breakthroughs in non-invasive aesthetic treatments to help you reach your goals.

Many individuals seek to contour their bodies but are wary of the dramatic results implantations may bring. Other individuals want to lose stubborn fat pockets and wonder if they could use that fat to improve their shape in other areas. No matter the reason, patients seeking modern solutions to their problems should consider the latest techniques in body contouring and augmentation—fat grafting.

A recent study out of Belgium presents what the authors call “a novel approach” to large-volume gluteal augmentation. Working on the basis that a simple, reproducible surgical technique for gluteal shaping and augmentation with autologous fat is needed, the authors plastic surgeons from the Centre HospitalierUniversitaire de Tivoli, Brussels describe a technique that combines power-assisted liposculpting and fat harvesting around the buttock with autologous fat transfer.