Weston Cosmetic Surgery Blog

If you come to our Miami-area plastic surgery practice with “frown lines” around your eyes or excess skin pushing your face into a stern expression, you may assume that you need an eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, in order to fix your expression. While this may be the case, we have found that patients tend to focus on the immediate “problem area” rather than understanding what is causing the problems. In many cases, a brow lift will tighten the skin on your forehead that is weighing down your eyebrows.

You may feel apprehensive about the prospect of getting a brow lift, and...

Few things are more difficult than achieving and maintaining a major weight loss. Our bodies, which are designed to keep us from starving, fight us every step of the way when it comes to depleting their precious fat reserves. Managing to keep that weight off ought to make you look and feel great. However, when you look in the mirror, chances are you see one thing: loose, sagging skin where your fat used to be. While you may be much healthier, you probably would prefer to have skin that actually fits your body!

Enter body contouring. Once you’ve gotten into shape, body contouring allows you to decide what...

The demand in Ft. Lauderdale for breast augmentation is no different than in the rest of the country: at the top of the list. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ (ASPS) 2014 Plastic Surgery Report, breast augmentation was the leading cosmetic surgical procedure performed last year, with 286,000 cases nationally.

Those are 286,000 completely unique stories, bodies and considerations.

When deciding the best approach for breast augmentation, nothing is more critical than talking to a board-certified plastic surgeon. Be an educated voice in the initial consultation by doing...

One frequent concern of patients considering breast augmentation is whether the procedure could affect the accuracy of their mammogram. Many have heard that the silcone or saline in their implants can block some of their breast tissue from view. Breast cancer is a disease that requires frequent testing, as 75% of women who get the disease exhibit no risk factors, so ensuring accurate test results is very important.

The truth is, breast implants can obscure some breast tissue in a mammogram, but that shouldn't prevent your doctor from getting accurate mammogram results. By taking additional images...