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The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery released the results of its annual survey this week for 2009, revealing a small increase in the number of non-surgical procedures and a moderate decrease in cosmetic surgeries such as abdominoplasty,...
If you’re interested in treatment with a wrinkle filler but hesitating for one reason or another, read on. Dr. Hess is offering Prevelle Silk in Fairfax and we think it may be a great introductory product for many people – here’s why:
The duration...
I didn’t see this article initially but one of my breast cancer patients mentioned it, so I took a look. If you haven’t seen the article here’s the link. So let me explain why this is such cutting edge research right here in Fairfax, Virginia at...
You might remember our 2008 post about the “near-total face transplant” performed by surgeons and doctors at the Cleveland Clinic. It took 22 hours to restore a patient’s face. She had suffered severe facial trauma years before the...
This is a guest post by Michelle in Denver, who had a breast augmentation many years ago. She is now considering a revision surgery, so she did some research on the subject.
Do breast implants really need to be replaced every ten years?
Breast...
