Imagos Plastic Surgery - Miami

A: Hi All skin from the belly button down to the pubic area will be removed with a tummy tuck and therefore the stretch marks in this area will be removed. Those that exist above the belly button and on the sides of your hip will not. However, the ones aboev the belly button will move down towards the pubic region making them less visible. Good luck




Dr PG

A: It seems you've had a reaction to the suture material used. Unfortunately, your surgeon is 8 hrs away. Just like you are posting photos to Real Self, do the same with your surgeon. You will need local wound care. Please consult with your surgeon's office. I feel this may b a chronic problem and every few weeks or months you may find another suture popping through the skin.  Goos luc.




Dr PG

A: It seems like you have a small amount of fat necrosis which means that the fat underneath the skin died. This does not represent an infection although it could potentially become one. It is usually treated with local wound care. I would refer you back to your surgeon and ask him how to treat. Good luck




Dr PG

A: Hi, based on the non-operated photos, which I assume they're yours, I would suggest silicone gels 400cc HP would be fine. I would insert either through a periareolar or fold approach, underneath or behind the chest muscle.

Always seek out the opinion of a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery with years of experience in cosmetic breast surgery. Furthermore request to see before and after photos of previous patients by that doctor....not a clinic or surgery center. Do your homework......research and verify the doctor's credentials. Have they had problems with the Board of Medicine, disciplinary or otherwise. Any law suits? 

How about the center, clinic or facility? Are they accredited by a national organization or do they just have State approval. Understand that at the current time, there are three nationally recognized organizations responsible for the highest levels of patient safety, AAAASF, AAACH and JCHO. You owe it to yourself to position yourself for the best possible results but under the most stringent safety regulations, If you have kids, even more so.

How about anesthesia? Will you have a medical doctor certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology or a certified nurse anesthetist (CRNA)? Understand that there is no substitute for research. Cosmetic surgery, no matter how simple it may be to the patients, are invasive procedures and as such carry certain risks and complications.

In our office, as in others, we use TouchMD which is a web based program in which patients have the ability to load their picture unto the program. I then evaluate them and can actually draw on the picture to show a potential patient where the incisions would be located and how the procedure is to be realized. It's all done to comply with HIPPA which is the federal law that protects the patient's medical information. Look them up.

Good luck, Dr P