Posted September 20, 2011 in Blog
Last week the USA Today ran an exposé of high volume cosmetic surgery clinics which generate business through slick, enticing, but often misleading advertising (see their article here: Cosmetic surgery gets cheaper, faster, scarier). As the article develops, the pattern is evident how a high incidence of unrecognized, poorly treated and often serious complications occurred […]
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Posted May 20, 2011 in Blog
A franchised and patented surgical technique, such as the widely advertised Lifestyle Lift, is actually purchased by a physician to sell to patients (customers). These physicians may take an initial weekend course to learn how to do the procedure; however, once the procedure is performed at their practice there is little if any quality control […]
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Posted June 15, 2010 in Blog
Earlier this month you may have heard or read an article in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) about the high incidence of infections in ambulatory surgery centers. This is the reason that office and other outpatient surgery centers should be accredited by a national accrediting organization. At North Dallas Plastic Surgery, our facility […]
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Posted May 28, 2010 in Blog
A recent New York Times article (April 7, 2010) featured non-plastic surgeons who were doing breast augmentation with the patient only under local anesthesia. While this surgery can be done like this, there is no assurance the patient will be comfortable during the procedure. In fact, this is the reason it is not a generally […]
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Posted May 01, 2010 in Blog
In May of 2010 we updated our website. One feature we’ve added is a blog. Why have a blog? Well, our goal in having a website is to make it unique – it provides honest information to our current and prospective patients about plastic surgery procedures. Unlike other websites discussing cosmetic surgery, you’ll find no […]
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