Gynecomastia is a condition in males where their breasts are abnormally enlarged to the point of being female-like. For many men with this condition plastic surgery is the one of the few treatments that are available for this condition. The main causes of this condition can be either the presence of excessive estrogen or not […]
Collagen injections have many uses for a variety of different patients. These would include: – reducing the appearance of fine lines near the eyebrows and around the mouth – reducing wrinkles around the eyebrows and the mouth – add volume to the lips – add volume to the cheeks – redefine the shape of the […]
For any patient that has moderate lines or wrinkles laser skin resurfacing is a great solution for you. During a laser peel a high-powered beam of light is passed over the areas that need treatment, this laser vaporizes the top layer of skin. The reason that we get wrinkles and whatnot on our faces and […]
Breast reconstruction is a blessing to most women who have had a mastectomy. For these patients, a breast reconstruction surgery is one of the only options in order to gain a natural appearing breast again. There are two types of breast reconstruction procedures that are available to patient. The first is using implants in order […]
Whether it is your chin, jaw, or cheeks that you feel needs to have a better appearance Dr. Kim has all the tools necessary for you to complete your transformation. It’s important to know that most facial implants are inserted through the mouth, that means that the patient needs to have good oral hygiene. If […]
If there was one downfall to plastic surgery that most patients are constantly worried about, it would be visible scars after surgery. Patients that are having plastic surgery done are usually more worried about scarring that patients receiving other types of surgery. Why is this? Well the answer is simple. Plastic surgery is meant to […]
What is it? Why have I never heard of it before? A corrugator myectomy is normally performed on patients who are receiving a brow lift (if they opt to have it done). This procedure is the complete or partial removal of the corrugator muscle (the muscle that draws the eyebrows together). That means that this […]
For most pregnant women diastasis recti is a term that they are unfamiliar with even though this condition can apply to a lot of pregnant women out there. Diastasis recti is as known as abdominal separation. What does it entail? Basically the muscle that makes up the front wall of the abdominals, otherwise known as […]
As you may very well know, there are many surgical procedures and non-surgical procedures that use lasers, but what really is a laser? Did you know that laser is really an acronym? Yes, it is, and it stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. There are two types of lasers that are used, […]
Monica Vasquez Asks: Do you recommend silicone over saline is there really a diffrence? The anwer to that question really depends on the patient. What the breasts currently look like and their size, and the goals of the patient are all important factors in choosing the proper implant. Silicone does have a more natural feel than […]
