A Cosmetic Surgeon's Thoughts on Memorial Day
Thoughts on Memorial Day From a Former Military Surgeon As is my personal tradition for many years, I don my Army uniform and join the public and past and present members of the military at the...
View ArticleNew Ears Grown on Arms
New Ear Growing No, the headline above was not ripped from the pages of a supermarket tabloid. But in two recent cases, one involving a 42-year-old retail sales manager and another, a...
View ArticleNose Surgery: Snoring & Nose Woes
Before Rhinoplasty? Hopefully, female eyes will find this post — women are usually the sleep-deprived victims of a loudly snoring man. Because we concentrate on reconstructive and cosmetic nasal...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery & Leeches
Leeches at Work Some reconstructive plastic surgeons were in a dither. In one case, a patient’s fingers had been severed and could be surgically reattached, except no blood coursed through the...
View ArticlePlastic Surgeons: Not All Should do Nose Jobs
Fully qualified? During the “Golden Age” of surgical training, roughly from the end of World War II to the early 1980s, plastic surgeons in training had plenty of chances to learn surgical skills at...
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