Neck Rejuvenation with Botox
When it comes to cosmetic surgery, not everyone needs surgery. Take neck rejuvenation for example. Depending on the issues you’re having with your neck, a simple injection may be all you need. Enter Meredith Vieira. Now, she’s a very attractive woman and doesn’t “need” anything but after seeing her fill in for Bob Costas during […]
Permanent Lip Implants
If you’re considering lip augmentation, now is the time! BuildMyBod is running a promotion for lip implants at Pacific Heights Plastic Surgery. For those not familiar with lip augmenation, I previously wrote about lip injections with Juvederm or Belotero. As I mentioned in that post, the benefits of lip injections is lower cost and the […]
BuildMyBod brings Price Transparency to the Capitol!
Roger Hernandez, Assemblyman for California’s 48th District, recently introduced the legislation, AB 1558, to the California Assembly that would promote the implementation of a website to provide price transparency in healthcare for California’s citizens. After hearing about this legislation on Capital Public Radio, this sounded like opportunity knocking! BuildMyBod is a website/platform that already provides […]
Why Price Transparency is More Complicated Than You Think
Why is price transparency in healthcare so difficult to achieve? If you want a car, you can check the price online or in the papers. Same thing with a house. So what’s so different about providing price transparency in healthcare? If it was easy, someone would’ve done it by now. In one sentence, it’s complicated […]
Job Loss with the ACA: The law of unintended consequences!
Watch CNN and you’ll see spin from one angle. Watch FOX News and see another. For a balanced assessment of a recently released non-partisan report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), read this! According to the NY Times, the CBO released a report on Tuesday that was quite shocking to many, including me. The […]
Permanently Remove the Wrinkles In Between Your Eyebrows!
By now most everyone is familiar with BOTOX/Xeomin and how those injections can remove the wrinkles in between the eyebrows often referred to as the “11’s.” Those are the two stubborn vertical lines (thus the name the “11’s”) that can make a person look angry even if they’re not. The muscles under the skin that […]
Botox for Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
If you have problems with excessive sweating in the armpit area, even when it’s not hot and you’re not partaking in heavy activity, there’s a remedy for that. One of the lesser known benefits of Botox injections is Botox for hyperhyidrosis (excessive sweating)! In much the same way that Botox blocks the nerve endings from […]
What I Want to be When I Grow Up!
For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a surgeon. Not even a doctor but specifically a surgeon. Our family friend Darrell Fowlkes, who owned Darrell’s Auto Service would always remind me when I brought in a car for repair how I said I wanted to be a surgeon when I was […]
Looking for Another Reason Medical Tourism May Not be for You?!
The Centers for Disease and Control and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons released a special bulletin earlier this week. The Bulletin, which can be read in its entirety here says that between April and September 2013, 15 patients from the Northeast US had cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic and returned home with a […]
How much does it cost to fix my gynecomastia?
Is this a question you’ve asked yourself before? If you have gynecomastia (excess breast tissue in men), then you’ve come to the right place to find the answer. As part of our series on cosmetic procedure costs, we can fill you in on the cost of gynecomastia correction. Typical costs associated with gynecomastia are the […]
2014 Annual Plastic Surgery Pricing Report Unveiled
What’s the first thing you want to know about plastic surgery but the hardest to find? Pricing, cost, budget, how much this is going to set me back and can I afford it? Plastic surgery pricing can be very difficult to understand because there are so many factors involved such as the surgeon’s fee, OR […]
Incorporating Concierge Medicine into My Cosmetic Surgery Practice
Concierge medicine is a model of providing medical care in the office setting that has taken on many different meanings over time. The genesis of this new model developed after years of declining reimbursement, forcing doctors to see more patients for less time, just to cover overhead. To reverse the trend, some primary care doctors […]
