Tennessee Cosmetic Surgery | The Plastic Surgery Group P.C.

We have great skin care news for our patients . The PSG is now offering FRAXEL LASER technology to its patients. This is not just any LASER. The FRAXEL LASER combines the best attributes of the old Carbon Dioxide LASERS with a new technology that minimizes after treatment down time to that of a sunburn. Some redness and swelling that ends in about three days. It takes about a half hour, and is usually repeated once a month for three months. It can be done with just topical anesthesia. This technology can be used with our typical skin care systems, BOTOX, and injectable fillers to maintain a healthy, youthful, blemish-free complexion. Check out the link to the FRAXEL website, and our "articles" section for more info. I'm sure that you'll be as impressed as I am. I'm scheduling mine soon.

News from MENTOR and their new Memory gel referral Program. Mentor wants to give patients who refer their friends for memory gel breast augmentation up to two $50 American Express Gift Cheques. That's a great deal. Visit LoveYourLook.com for more information.

More scientific information is accumulating about liposuction. The Aesthetic Surgery Journal (the largest scientific aesthetic surgery journal in the world) published a review of over 26,000 liposuction cases during the last 25 years. This review from a single group of plastic surgeons concluded that postoperative pain and scarring were the same in their patients who had traditional, ultrasonic, and laser liposuction. The surgeons also noted that the aesthetic results were the same among the patients who had undergone liposuctions using all three technologies. This points out to me, again, that it's not so much the tool as it is the craftsman. This very large review suggests that I should remain guarded in promising marked and "long- lasting" skin retraction with any liposuction technique. Aesthetically unacceptable excess skin needs to be managed surgically to maximise contours and produce sustained changes. This remains true for the face, breasts, torso, and extremities. Ultrasonic, power-assisted, and LASER liposuction do require less of a calorie expenditure on my part during surgery, but that's not a particular advantage to my patients.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year. Talk to you next year!

Dr B.