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David Shafer, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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Recent answer posted by David Shafer, MD

Q: Does breast lifting alone leave suture marks and scars? asked by Farnie CA

A:

There is a great misconception that plastic surgeons have a magic wand that can make miracles happen (lift the breasts without scars, perform a facelift with no incision, etc).  In order to move skin or tissue, incisions have to be made and sutures have to be placed.  Everyone heals differently.  For the majority of patients, the incisions from breast lifts have excellent results.  In the majority of cases, we use dissolvable and buried sutures which leave little or no external marks.  However, there has to be an incision.  

Board certification
EducationBS: University of Michigan
MD: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Surgery Residency: Maricopa Medical Center & Arizona Burn Center
Fellowship: Plastic Surgery - Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: Aesthetic Surgery - Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
Post-medical school training Surgical Residency:
Maricopa Medical Center
Arizona Burn Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Plastic Surgery Training:
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York, New York
Aesthetic medicine experience 9 years (post-medical training)
Hospital affiliations Lenox Hill Hospital & Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
Medical or professional licenseNY
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LocationShafer Plastic Surgery
10 East 53rd Street
Between 5th Ave and Madison Ave
New York, NY View map
Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital
210 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065

Lenox Hill Hospital
100 East 77th Street
New York, NY 10075

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