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 […]
Correcting Crooked Noses and Faces
The correlation between structure and appearance is most straightforward when the skeleton is involved. Today’s case involved a young women after a motor vehicle accident more than a decade ago. The forehead was uneven, the brows in unequal position, old hardware palpable over the roof of the eye socket and the nose was crooked and […]
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 […]
SAFELipo Before and After Galleries
Body Countouring and Liposuction before and after, experienced board certified plastic surgeon, specialist in body contouring (forum, before after, safe newest methods) by Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery – for the 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, Toronto, London
Six Packs and the Male Abdominal Wall
A not infrequent request by male clients is the “six pack” stomach and if there is a cosmetic procedure to enhance/produce it. The look of a “six pack” stomach is created by a very well trained midline muscle group – two about 10cm wide muscles on each side of the midline running from the chest […]
Options in Breast Reconstruction
Breast cancer affects one out of eight women over their life time in the US. All current treatment strategies have a surgical component, which ranges from a lumpectomy to a modified radical mastectomy. As a consequence, different degrees of deformity arise, from mild asymmetry to complete absence of both breasts. The physical deformity has a […]
Autologous Breast Augmentation with Fat Grafting
Autologous breast augmentation uses the patient’s own tissue to enlarge the breast. The main thrust is the use of the patient’s own body fat. It is harvested by liposuction and injected into the breast. In an abstract sense the concept sounds ingenious. Usually fat is available, it is not a foreign body, all complications (capsular […]
SAFELipo Liposuction Pioneered in Caribbean by Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery
SAFELipo Liposuction, Lipoplasty, Liposculpture, Lipofilling, Body Countouring, Fat Transfer, Fat Grafting, at plastic surgery clinic trinidad and tobago, experienced board certified plastic surgeon, specialist in body contouring trinidad and tobago (forum, before after, safe newest methods)
Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery Reviews Tummy Tuck
I recently had a tummy tuck with liposuction performed by Dr. Schleich at Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery. The experience was excellent and my end results met the greatest expectations. Dr. Schleich was so interactive and professional. He provides his patients with an accurate diagnosis and realistic expectations regarding a tummy tuck. What amazed me […]
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 […]