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
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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
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I am pleased to announce the cooperation of Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery and A. M. E. Skin Care Center. A. M. E. Skin Care Center is a full service
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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
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Incisions in breast augmentation serve to get access to the plane under the breast gland or pectoralis major chest wall muscle where the pocket to hold the implant will be
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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.
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Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery is proud to announce to availability of a multimedia telemedicine, virtual conferencing and virtual consultation service starting February 1, 2012. The system made available by
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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
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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
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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
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