We are pleased to announce the availability of our new plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery forum on the Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery website. The forum is moderated by Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery surgeons and physicians and intended to facilitate the discussion of plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery related topics. Registered members of Trinidad […]
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What is cosmetic surgery, what is reconstructive surgery, what is everything in between ?
All too often a difference is made between reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, most often to elevate the status of reconstructive surgery and lower the one of cosmetic surgery. I am a cosmetic surgeon and I do complex reconstrucive surgery. So I never could understand how someone could come up with something so artificial, neither based […]
Cosmetic Breast Surgery – Breast Enhancement
Understanding of the “ideal, beautiful, normal” is always the first step preceding any cosmetic breast enhancement surgery, such as breast augmentation, breast implants, breast lift or breast reduction in our Caribbean plastic surgery clinic at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery, Trinidad and Tobago.
Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Abroad for the Medical Tourist
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 […]
Caribbean Plastic Surgery Guide – Cosmetic Surgery of the Face
Cosmetic surgery, a branch of plastic surgery, enjoys ever rising popularity as is also evident from the recent statistics of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Since 2000 the number of operative procedures and non surgical treatments is on a steady rise. At the same time explosive growth of the internet and other communication […]
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery – Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Breast
Applied Aesthetics of the Female Breast Breast Reduction – Indications and Techniques Vertical Breast Reduction and Breast Lifting with Short Scars Breast Reduction – Before and After
Cosmetic Surgery Price List – Plastic Surgery Cost
Plastic surgery cost depends on many variables. Type, complexity and duration of a procedure, skill level involved, setting (hospital. surgery center, office) and need for an anesthesiologist are some of these variables. Realistic average surgeon’s fee are published annually by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) as a stand alone document e. g. here […]
Manifesto of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Surgery
We prefer to be called cosmetic surgeons, as this most closely reflects what we do. We look at “aesthetics” more from Kant’s perspective – a collection of systems for value judgments, which is not what we do. “Cosmesis” and “cosmetic” have their roots in ancient Greek and can be translated as “adornment”. This is what […]
Plastic Surgery Recovery: Postoperative Instructions Cosmetic Surgery
Below you may find the detailed postoperative instructions for your plastic surgery recovery. These are given to you as a print out prior to your procedure. You can refer to them before your procedure to get an overview of the plastic surgery recovery period of some of the most frequent procedures in our Caribbean plastic […]
Plastic Surgery – A Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective
Despite its overwhelming media presence plastic surgery continues to be the most misunderstood surgical specialty. It is my contention that this is the case because plastic surgery does not claim any specific disease (e. g. coronary artery disease in case of cardiac surgery) as its own nor does it focus on any single organ system […]