As a culture, we are obsessed with buttocks. Turn on the radio, and you will hear Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-a-lot), Fat Bottom Girls (Queen), My Humps (Black Eyed Peas), Bootylicious (Destiny’s Child), or Booty (Jennifer Lopez). Flip to social media and your screen will be filled with images of
I often tell my patients that being a plastic surgery patient after massive weight loss is like being a medical resident. Are you wondering how? When I went to medical school, I naively thought that I would be a doctor when I graduate in four years. That was somewhat true.
In religion and literature, the belly button is a symbol of maternal connection and a reminder of our humanity. Da Vinci and Michelangelo carefully crafted the belly button as an essential and defining part of the human body as they explored the human anatomy. Yet, exposure of the belly button has been
Most plastic surgeons have experienced this. They see a patient for a procedure on one day and see a very similar looking patient the next. The recommendation for surgical treatment is the same. The procedures are performed the same week, and both patients progress well without complications. During follow up,
