Fat is a natural substance that your body needs to function. It’s a way to store essential fatty acids that the body can’t create on its own. Essentially, our body fat provides fuel to energize the body, helps your body to absorb vital nutrients, promotes cell growth, manages blood pressure and cholesterol, and helps to protect the organs. In plastic surgery, fat is often used in fat grafting procedures that involve transferring living fat cells from one area of the body to another as a way of enhancing contours. What we sometimes get asked by people who are contemplating fat […]

Though breast augmentation remains the most popular cosmetic procedure in America, the number of explant (implant removal) surgeries performed each year is also rising. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the rate of breast implant removal jumped by 10 percent between the years 2010-2014. The ASPS also revealed that most women who choose to have their implants removed are between the ages of 30-54, which suggests that the evolution of the body shape over time and changing body preferences are probably driving this trend. As women mature, they often decide that what they loved when they were in […]