Those suffering from morbid obesity can have a “new lease on life” through the combination of weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) and plastic surgery. If you are among this group you’ve decided on this course of action due to health-threatening issues compounded by years of unsuccessful dieting. Your bariatric surgeon...
Tummy Tuck
DR. ZUBOWSKI REVEALS NEW FINDINGS ON COMBINING LIPO WITH TUMMY TUCK
Oftentimes patients that undergo liposuction to achieve a more appealing body image, choose to receive the additional benefit derived from a tummy tuck. I’ve been combining these two procedures during one session for years. Patients who have opted for them, I’ve noticed, are usually the most vocal about how these...
PATIENT ALERT FROM DR. ROBERT ZUBOWSKI
The latest plastic surgery figures are in and they corroborate what we already know from my own practice: consumers are increasingly opting for the kind of youthful rejuvenations that only cosmetic procedures can provide. The new stats from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the oldest and largest clinical...
MOMMY MAKEOVERS
Age, pregnancy and breast feeding can lead to unwanted effects on the female form, including laxity and droopiness that cannot be corrected through diet and exercise alone. “To help post-pregnant women address their comprehensive cosmetic concerns, I offer mommy makeovers,” says Dr. Zubowski. These all-encompassing procedures involve combinations of face, breast...
TUMMY TUCK 101
Sometimes all the exercise and dieting in the world can’t get rid of the tummy pouch that results from a lifetime of weight fluctuations or pregnancy. The body changes that a woman experiences, can cause a lot of damage-sagging skin, stretch marks and even muscle separation in the abdominal area....
DR. ROBERT ZUBOWSKI REVIEWS BRIDALPLASTY
One reason I chose to specialize in plastic surgery was my belief that aesthetic enhancements significantly improve my patients’ quality of life. Continuous advances in plastic surgery create real benefits for patients. Today, the results are more predictable, involve less post-operative discomfort, and more rapidly return patients to their regular...
SMOKING AND PLASTIC SURGERY: A BAD MIX
For anyone considering plastic surgery, it’s no secret that it is important to be in good physical shape. Good health not only increases the likelihood of a successful surgery, but it reduces recovery time and improves the chances of a better final result. Of course, we all know that smoking...
A HOLIDAY GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING LONG AFTER THE PARTY IS OVER
Summer has come to a close and I am looking ahead to the holiday seasons. In fact, some of my patients have come up with a novel way to insure that they will be at their personal best for the upcoming rounds of parties, meetings and events. They’re giving the...
TUMMY TUCK – IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU?
Patients often come for consultation regarding fullness in their abdominal mid section. This can be a result of a previous pregnancy, age or fluctuations in weight. Through hormonal influence, these factors will control the amount and distribution of body fat as well as skin and connective tissue laxity of the...