tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59349126409745813772024-03-13T11:42:13.909-04:00Two Types of StitchesNoted Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon Dr. Steve Fallek comments on the truths and lies within the cosmetic surgery industry. Witty, humorous, and most important, informative, Dr. Fallek has been a voice of reason within a field filled with misinformation. Due to popular demand and a request from my son, wife, and male friends, I will be adding Men's fashion and style.Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-72311836417975793372014-07-23T15:20:00.000-04:002014-07-23T15:20:05.097-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Welcome to a new kind of blog. For those who have followed
my previous blog, Beauty Hurts....,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you
know that I primarily discussed the world of Plastic Surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mostly kept to the safety issues because I
felt that was being ignored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the
blogs were self promoting rubbish and I never believed a word of what they were
saying. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Just finished twelve breast augs
and now sipping a Cabernet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>That
sort of pretentious crap<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i> If I saved
one patient from a bad experience or from going abroad and being injured and
ripped off then I did my job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
this new and extended blog will probably do the same thing. And now the reason
I'm extending my views on other vitally important topic.....</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 2 weeks ago, a
close friend invited me to a celebrity golf outing in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Jersey. It was hosted by a large well
known radio station as well as a large well known American League baseball
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Typical golf crowd, 20-60 year
old men, predominantly white, salesmen, white collar workers, etc. About 20
retired football and baseball players interspersed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make it more interesting, I had had recent
neck surgery and was trying to keep my stitches and scar out of the sun and was
wearing a scarf around my neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a hot
day in May, when everyone is wearing shorts and a polo, wearing a scarf looks a
bit out of place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted I didn't wear
it like the French on the side but like an Ascot in what I considered the most
normal way possible. And I did stand out, but it was not because of the
scarf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was because I was the only one
not wearing pleated shorts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I
thought to myself, how is that possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pleats have been out of style for at least 5 if not 10 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are professionals. They have money.
They must know that they can't wear pleats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Haven't they read GQ, Esquire, Details?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Okay, nobody reads Details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then it struck me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don't know
because they don't read fashion magazines and they don't read any articles that
have to do with fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The closest
they get is the occasional fashion spread in Golf Digest but that really
doesn't cover much.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After the
round of golf, there was the required cocktail party and dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've been to a bunch of these,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mostly Hospital outings and almost everyone
there changes into a jacket and pants after golf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here the patrons changed out of their golf shoes and into their running
shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the well known Morning
talk show hosts actually put on a blazer on top of his outfit and his other
well known morning talk show host made fun of him for putting on a blazer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That believe it or not got the most laughs
from the crowd.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And so on
the long drive home to the city,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
thought to myself, there has to be a way to help these people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, this is most of America, and they're
not getting what Fashion America is selling or telling them. They're not
reading any fashion magazines and their wives,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>if they are buying their clothes, aren't reading them either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I've decided to help them out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why me? Well, I'm like them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Middle aged doctor, 2 kids, wife, nice
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I'm also not like them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read men's fashion magazines and I've been
reading these for at least 30 years so I've got perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as my friends tell me, I have style and
taste too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I have to be honest, most
of the fashion out there or in magazines<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>doesn't appeal to me or them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don't find the $3500 red Gucci suit particularly appealing. I also don't find
the $4000 Ralph Lauren Purple Label Blue suit appealing either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why? Because the first one doesn't fit my fashion
sense and the second one is pretty boring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, and I don't think you need to spend that much money on a good suit.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Well, I'll
have lots to cover as we take this journey together. We'll have fun and I
expect you to tweet or write on this blog and ask me questions or just post
some irreverent nonsense, as I will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
an avid skier, I consider this course in fashion to be similar to Snowmass's
famed intermediate area, the Big Burn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fun, easy, a pleasure to ski.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
will not be Corbet's Coulior. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it
up.</div>
Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-13697100618413741832014-05-27T17:15:00.000-04:002014-05-27T17:15:54.743-04:00Due to popular demand and a request from my son and wife, I will be closing this blog and opening a new one to include both plastic surgery and Men's fashion and style. Be on the lookout for the new blog, <i>Two Types of Stitches</i>.<br />
<br />
signed,<br />
<br />
Steve Fallek, MDDr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-67326740088997283492014-03-31T12:32:00.001-04:002014-03-31T12:32:36.104-04:00US warns of cheap, potentially fatal Dominican plastic surgeries | New York Post<a href="http://nypost.com/2014/03/31/us-warns-of-cheap-potentially-fatal-dominican-plastic-surgeries/">US warns of cheap, potentially fatal Dominican plastic surgeries | New York Post</a>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-73721882967907986192013-02-12T15:21:00.001-05:002013-02-12T15:21:51.618-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Nothing
warms up the winter more than Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue and nothing
sums up our culture’s obsession with the female body more adroitly. As an
intermittent subscriber and a yearly viewer it’s pretty clear to see that the
standard for attractiveness, at least to a certain male audience, changes from
year to year. When I was young it was thin, blond, and American.
Now it is curves, multicultural, and still mostly blond. It
is no different in my practice which is based in the New York City area and is
rather cosmopolitan. I see almost every nationality here and though there
might be big differences amongst them, the general trend is still there.
Curves are in and it doesn’t matter if it’s the top or the bottom. But it’s
also about proportion. Almost none of my patients want to be DD’s.
They want to be a full C so that they look good but not a
caricature. As for buttock shaping, I tell them that it is
shaping. Not only adding fat to the buttock area, but also removing fat
from the surrounding area to give them a more defined backside. After I
tell the patients that, my staff laughs and says the same thing. “Great Dr.
Fallek, but make sure you give them even more than you think, because that’s
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I think that by the time a patient shows up in my office, she knows what she
wants. She may not know exactly if it’s a lift or an implant but she
knows what she is looking to improve. For body contouring, it’s usually a
bimodal peak. It’s either something they’ve been thinking about since
they were teenagers or early 20’s or in the time period after pregnancy.
And for almost all of my patients, they are right. They do need
improvement in that area. I don’t have the hard statistics which are available
every year from our society’s but if we were to factor out the economic issues,
it’s pretty clear that the number of patients wanting these procedures
are going up. For breast augmentation, I believe it’s because we now have
a great product to give patients. Patients are extremely happy with the
newer silicone implants and they are telling their friends and showing them
off. As for buttock lifts/augmentations yes, the media is pushing
it. Yes, the designers are showing it. Yes, yes, yes, everyone wants the
J-LO or Karshadian buttocks but I think it’s more profound than that. We
are a multicultural nation now with different ideals of beauty and what makes a
woman beautiful. Sports has always been considered as being a
mirror to that a nation’s society. It’s only once a year and
is certainly no longer as titillating as it used to be but when that
nation’s iconic sports magazine shows off women, I belief we all have to take a
look and see what’s in that mirror too.</div>
Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-29361730681584651062012-12-07T15:59:00.001-05:002012-12-07T15:59:56.374-05:00Expert advice to help you get rid of your unwanted hair with laser hair removal07632Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-28141375665255676052011-06-22T11:15:00.000-04:002011-06-22T11:15:44.946-04:00Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-28471500853941283532011-05-19T13:17:00.000-04:002011-05-19T13:17:56.757-04:00Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-72115365309674668232011-05-05T10:48:00.000-04:002011-05-05T10:48:35.143-04:00Bristol Palin Gets Sexy Hair Extensions & Plastic Surgery: Do You Like Her New Look? « Hollywood Life<a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/05/05/bristol-palin-plastic-surgery-extensions/">Bristol Palin Gets Sexy Hair Extensions & Plastic Surgery: Do You Like Her New Look? « Hollywood Life</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-52860043534565818512011-02-28T10:37:00.000-05:002011-02-28T10:37:00.858-05:00Celebrity Plastic Surgeons Agree: Looks Like Christina Aguilera Had A Breast Augmentation! « Hollywood Life<a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2010/12/09/christina-aguilera-plastic-surgery-breast-augmentation-photos/">Celebrity Plastic Surgeons Agree: Looks Like Christina Aguilera Had A Breast Augmentation! « Hollywood Life</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-10454988837821166162011-02-28T10:36:00.000-05:002011-02-28T10:36:13.247-05:00Heidi Montag Regrets Shocking Plastic Surgery! 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See Her Scars Plus Other Stars Who Went Under Knives in 2010! « Hollywood Life</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-29480706882650315932011-02-28T10:33:00.000-05:002011-02-28T10:33:36.243-05:00When Are Breast Implants Too Big?: Daily Beauty Reporter: Beauty Reporter Blog: allure.com<a href="http://www.allure.com/beauty/blogs/reporter/2011/01/when-are-breast-implants-too-big.html">When Are Breast Implants Too Big?: Daily Beauty Reporter: Beauty Reporter Blog: allure.com</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-14573780778888217982011-02-24T12:36:00.000-05:002011-02-24T12:36:42.935-05:00Tattoos as Permanent Makeup - Skin Deep - NYTimes.com<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/fashion/24SKIN.html?ref=fashion">Tattoos as Permanent Makeup - Skin Deep - NYTimes.com</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-25711851931955250532011-02-08T17:42:00.000-05:002011-02-08T17:42:53.196-05:00Lymph Node Surgery for Breast Cancer Not Always Needed, Study Says - NYTimes.com<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/health/research/09breast.html?hp">Lymph Node Surgery for Breast Cancer Not Always Needed, Study Says - NYTimes.com</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-7387825856600509352011-01-11T10:27:00.000-05:002011-01-11T10:27:40.572-05:00Heidi Montag Regrets Shocking Plastic Surgery! 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See Her Scars Plus Other Stars Who Went Under Knives in 2010! « Hollywood Life</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-55627487717477806392011-01-07T16:06:00.000-05:002011-01-07T16:06:48.649-05:00ASAPS: Injectables to grow in 2011 - Cosmetic Surgery Times<a href="http://cosmeticsurgerytimes.modernmedicine.com/cosmeticsurgerytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=702130&sk=d826d0a5be23aeb4230d058b4b0dbb0b">ASAPS: Injectables to grow in 2011 - Cosmetic Surgery Times</a>: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-32651240524096638952011-01-07T15:27:00.000-05:002011-01-07T15:27:47.370-05:00Bellevue clinic sued in liposuction death<a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/432490_liposuction.html?source=mypi">Bellevue clinic sued in liposuction 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mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Georgia; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Georgia; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to all my patients for coming to our recent events. There was one conversation that I think it's important to share. One of my old patients showed up today after about 3 years. When I asked where she had been, she admitted she had been to another physician for Botox treatments because the other physician was cheaper. He was also according to his website, the number 1 cosmetic physician in Bergen county. I know all the plastic surgeons in Bergen county and am pretty familiar with many of the dermatologists in the area. I had never heard of this physician and I found out he is a family practice physician. My patient complained about his technique, his attempts to sell every procedure/product he had, and the exorbitant bill she still got at the end of the treatment. She told me she looked horrible the two times she came out of his office. Yes, she went back a second time. Moral of the story, plastic surgery is not like Wal-Mart. Cheaper is not always better even if you think it's the same product. She was fooled by the packaging and ended up getting an inferior product which in the end was even more costly. I appreciate your trust in me and as I see so many of you time and time again I hope that you feel comfortable referring your friends so that they may have the best experience possible.<br /> <br /> <br /> </p>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-44499613180716122042010-09-17T12:48:00.000-04:002010-09-17T12:48:17.087-04:00'Dr. Botch' settles in plastic surgery death of Irish woman | Irish News | IrishCentral<a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Dr-Botch-settles-in-plastic-surgery-death-of-Irish-woman-92278184.html">'Dr. Botch' settles in plastic surgery death of Irish woman | Irish News | IrishCentral</a>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-68601608401672101632010-09-16T09:12:00.000-04:002010-09-16T09:12:15.539-04:00All Inclusive Vacation: Breast Implants Included? | Endless Beauty<a href="http://endlessbeauty.com/articles/all-inclusive-vacation-breast-implants-included">All Inclusive Vacation: Breast Implants Included? | Endless Beauty</a>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-4707130109371767342010-04-19T17:53:00.000-04:002010-04-19T17:54:44.762-04:00Spa Owner Charged With Nearly Killing Customer With Illegal Liposuction<span><p><strong>NEW YORK — A spa owner is being accused of performing an unlawful liposuction on a customer and then re-injecting the fat into the client's buttocks, causing serious injury.</strong></p> <p>Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says 27-year-old Barbara Nieto, of Queens, was charged with assault, reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of medicine.</p> <p>Brown says Nieto, owner of Perfect Image Stethics, performed the procedure on the victim in March and several days later the woman experienced severe pain. She was hospitalized and underwent life-saving surgery.</p> <p>Nieto, who was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Friday, faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. She was released on her own recognizance and is due back in court on April 27.</p> <p>A call to her lawyer was not immediately returned.</p> </span>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934912640974581377.post-59319929785178392112010-04-16T17:28:00.002-04:002010-04-16T17:31:14.640-04:00Awake for Breast Implants? If You Wish<h1 class="articleHeadline"><nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "></nyt_headline><br /></h1> <div class="articleBody"> <nyt_text> <nyt_correction_top> </nyt_correction_top> <p> SOON after Jane Z. had her B-cup breasts augmented for the first time, she realized she hadn’t gone big enough. So the second time, Jane Z., who preferred to not have her last name mentioned, was thrilled that she could choose her implant size during surgery. </p> </nyt_text></div> <div class="articleInline runaroundLeft"> <!--h--></div>How? She was awake. Most women who get breast implants do so under general anesthesia. But Jane. Z.’s doctor was Dr. Robert L. True of Colleyville, Tex., one of more than 100 doctors nationwide who advocate local anesthesia and sedation for aesthetic surgeries like breast augmentations. <p> “They are talking to me the entire time,” Dr. True, an obstetrician and gynecologist by training, said of the 75 patients whose breasts he has enlarged in his accredited facility. Once the new implants are in, his patients are propped up on the operating table, look in a mirror and have their say. “They like that little bit of autonomy,” he said. </p><p> A lot of plastic surgeons consider it out of the question to do a breast augmentation without an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist on hand, partly because of the risk to the patient if something goes wrong. These doctors say they cannot do their best work — dissecting a pocket for an implant, then securing it — without total control. </p><p> But lately, a set of doctors, most of whom have not come up through plastic surgery, has been touting the awake option as a boon to patient choice and as a safer option than general anesthesia. <a title="Breast augmentation is the top surgery in 2009 according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery." href="http://www.surgery.org/media/news-releases/despite-recession-overall-plastic-surgery-demand-drops-only-2-percent-from-last-year">Breast augmentation</a> is often done in hospitals and accredited offices, but awake breast surgery is usually done in an office that might not have been vetted for safety by an accrediting organization. </p><p> “Problem is, doctors are doing large procedures on local with quote-unquote sedation to circumvent the need for accreditation,” said Dr. Lawrence S. Reed, the president of the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities. </p><p> For most of surgery, Jane Z., 48, who reviews medical charts for a hospital, said she felt “pretty much out of it.” She added, “You’re technically awake, but you remember nothing.” In a more coherent moment, she did recall being asked, before Dr. True sewed her up, if her new breasts were adequate. She asked to go slightly larger, and got her wish for a DD cup. </p><p> “If you talk to 99 percent of women, they want input into what they are going to look like,” said Dr. Jeffrey Caruth, an obstetrician and gynecologist by training who now offers awake cosmetic surgery at his office in Plano, Tex. “People are not coming to me because it’s cheaper. They don’t want to be put to sleep.” </p><p> Doctors offering awake breast augmentation and awake abdominoplasty (a tummy tuck) advertise <a title="A YouTube.com as for Dr. Melanie Carreon who has done “awake“ breast augmentations for a year." href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DayP-FLiQAo">on YouTube.com</a> and make the case for local anesthesia and sedation on their Web sites. In the last few years, marketing for awake breast augmentation has ramped up. No organization tracks how many doctors do the awake version of this surgery (or of tummy tucks). </p><p> Dr. Anil K. Gandhi, who performs both awake procedures at his office in Cerritos, Calif., said he had taught “more than 100 doctors” in two-day $7,000 seminars for the <a title="Web site for National Society of Cosmetic Physicians" href="http://cosmeticphysicians.org/">National Society of Cosmetic Physicians</a>. His students are doctors who typically did their residencies in ob/gyn or family medicine and who take a weekend course (or two) to learn how to do aesthetic surgeries with local anesthesia and sedation. </p><p> This shortcut to practicing aesthetic surgery tends to outrage the traditionalists. After all, board-certified plastic surgeons spend five to eight years <em>after </em>medical school learning operations and then have their surgical skills vetted in exams. </p><p> “Two-day courses, it’s just crazy,” said Dr. William P. Adams Jr., a plastic surgeon in Dallas who teaches residents at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “It took us six years to fully train plastic surgeons to do breast augmentation.” He said it was irresponsible to let fuzzy-headed patients choose their implants. “They don’t let people drive after a six-pack of beers,” said Dr. Adams, who is an investigator for Mentor and Allergan, makers of breast implants (and a consultant for Allergan). “How well will people choose an implant size after narcotics?” </p><p> <a title="A study about Dr. Adams’ four-step process to optimize results for breast augmentations." href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19050543">Dr. Adams</a> and other plastic surgeons say that mid-surgery consultations can be harmful if the patient chooses implants too large for her chest. Overaugmentation can produce unsightly rippling, said Dr. Mark L. Jewell, a plastic surgeon who does breast augmentations with local anesthesia and intravenous sedation in an accredited facility in Eugene, Ore. “Decisions should be made ahead of time,” said Dr. Jewell, an investigator for Mentor and Allergan as well as a consultant for Allergan.<br /></p><p> Several doctors said that promoting local anesthesia and sedation for aesthetic surgeries was just a gimmick that played down <a title="An overview, including risks, of breast augmentation surgery from the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery." href="http://www.surgery.org/consumers/procedures/breast/breast-augmentation">the risks</a>. “Promotion of these surgeries as so easy that only local anesthesia is required, it’s intended to make someone think, ‘It’s not serious,’ “ said Dr. Douglas R. Blake, an anesthesiologist in Providence, R.I., who specializes in office-based procedures. “The promise to get by with just local anesthesia may in fact be shortchanging the patient.” Say a patient feels faint, or has a panic attack mid-surgery, “who’s there to attend to the patient?” he asked. </p> <div class="articleInline runaroundLeft"> <!--h--></div><br /><p> Practitioners of awake breast augmentation offer patients sedation and then pump in a numbing fluid. This liquid — which has been used for years in a kind of liposuction called “tumescent” — includes lidocaine, an anesthetic, and epinephrine, which controls bleeding. </p><p> Cosmetic surgeons without residencies in plastic surgery say that using local anesthesia for breast augmentation promotes a faster recovery, but plastic surgeons tend to dispute that. “No surgeon who performs awake augmentation has ever proven in an independently monitored study that their patients can be out to dinner that night and return to full normal activities in 24 hours,” said Dr. John B. Tebbetts, a plastic surgeon in Dallas. </p><p> Jane Z., who had her first breast augmentation with Dr. Tebbetts, said her recovery after that 2004 operation and the recent one with Dr. True took roughly the same time. After general anesthesia, she said, she felt woozy but not nauseated. </p><p> Aspiration — when stomach contents return to the mouth and are inhaled — is one rare complication of going under. But under sedation, Dr. Blake said, the protective reflexes in the airway may be reduced, making aspiration a possibility. </p><p> Dr. Keith J. Ruskin, an anesthesiology professor at <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/y/yale_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Yale University." class="meta-org">Yale University</a> School of Medicine, said doctors using tumescent anesthesia must avoid an overdose, which can lead to seizures and abnormal heartbeats. Dr. Caruth gives his breast augmentation patients 5 to 10 milligrams of Valium and some Ativan (anti-anxiety drugs) for minimum sedation. If a patient wants moderate sedation, she must pay $600 for an anesthesiologist. But not every doctor sedating patients for breast augmentations believes less is more. Dr. Caruth said, “I see these guys that say they do ‘awake’ and they slam the heck out of these people with drugs.” </p><p> Dr. Gandhi, who trained as a general surgeon but is not board certified, said his patients get minimal sedation. He wants them alert. “It’s more safe,” he said. “Patients can scream and you would know, I can’t be doing that, I can’t be putting my needle there,“ said Dr. Gandhi, whose office is not accredited. Later, he clarified by e-mail: “For breast augmentation the technique that I have implemented and teach for tumescent anesthesia infusion results in excellent numbness, that the patients do not feel a thing while I am operating.” </p>Dr. Steve Fallekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404713218666432690noreply@blogger.com1