I would like to look at the medical tourist more as a discerning costumer in an ever shrinking world where all of us are moving closer and closer together and our lives become intertwined in a real-time environment. “Abroad” is also a very relative term. Some of my patients in my US practice come from […]
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Skin Rejuvenation, Aesthetic Medicine and Medical Skin Care Services
Skin rejuvenation and facial anti-aging therapies at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery are physician administered state-of-the-art therapies with a proven track record of safety and efficacy. The service menu reflects what works in our experience and the scientific literature, particularly in dark skin in the Caribbean. It is important to remember that all state-of-the-art procedures […]
Medical Skin Care
From the standpoint of treatment in medical skin care and the necessary products there are exactly five things you can do for your skin. All rational and effective skin care products as well as more intense treatments such as resurfacing by dermabrasion or chemical peeling aim to influence one or more of these five factors. There is nothing more that can be done with topical (externally applied) products. These five pillars of rational medical skin care are cleansing, protection, hydration, exfoliation and stimulation.
Breast Reconstruction
This strategy of reconstruction uses the patient’s own tissues to shape a breast mound. There are several advantages, which make autologous reconstruction the method of choice in a variety of situations. Breast reconstruction to correct the deformities arising from breast cancer treatments (mastectomy, quadrantectomy) is a frequent request, given that one out of eight women […]
Acne Scars on Dark Skin: What works and what doesn’t
Acne scars on dark skin and skin treatments at plastic surgery clinic and skin treatment clinic, experienced board certified plastic surgeon, specialist in acne scars on dark treatment (forum, before after, safe newest methods)
Smoothing the Wrinkles – Wrinkle Treatment
skin care clinic and aesthetic medicine center for wrinkle treatment, nasolabial folds, facial wrinkling, botox, wrinkle injections, wrinkle filler, fat grafting, facial implants, permanent wrinkle filler, clients from Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Miami, New York, London, Toronto
The Art of Reducing Excessive Sweating
Use of botox and dysport for excessive sweating in armpits and palms, skin care clinic and aesthetic medicine center for Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
PIP Implants – Removal or Exchange after Breast Augmentation
So Pandora’s box was finally opened. The eventual worldwide recall of French Polyimplant Prothese (PIP) silicone breast implants puts a final exclamation mark behind what everybody knows but hates to admit – cheap is bad, to be cheap you have to cut corners to cut costs and cutting corners – such as using industrial instead […]
A Cure for Migraine Headaches: Botox, Nerve Decompression, Brow Lifting and Septoplasty
Migraine headaches are common in young women and can be extraordinarily incapacitating requiring longterm treatment with medications. Similar to the account of the discovery of a cure we observe migraine headaches not infrequently in our Caribbean plastic surgery practice at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery in younger women presenting for facial rejuvenation with Botox. Chance […]
Breast Reduction Surgery- Techniques and Indications
Why Breast Reduction Surgery? Breast reduction surgery is performed primarily to improve the problems resulting from enlarged and heavy breasts. It is thus an operation designed to relieve medical problems and considered a medically necessary procedure in most health care systems. The procedure addresses among other the following issues: upper torso pain syndrome, postural problems, […]