Mentor, the breast implant manufacturer, has a new program called the “Feel the Difference” program. They are offering patients a $250 gift card from American Express ® for switching from saline breast implants to MemoryGel ® silicone breast implants. Silicone breast implants can result in a softer, more natural, breast augmentation result. There are certainly […]
Read More »Mentor, the breast implant manufacturer, is offering a $50 American Express ® gift card for referring a friend for breast augmentation. Unfortunately, this only applies to patients with silicone breast implants (MemoryGel ® implants) for patients receiving MemoryGel ® implants. A patient can refer up to 5 friends, for a total of $250. In order for […]
Read More »There are more plastic surgeons per capita in Salt Lake City Utah than almost any other city. There are also a lot of non-plastic surgeons who do cosmetic surgery in Utah. When choosing a plastic surgeon in Utah, training and experience are obviously important. To assist the patient, I have compiled a list of (hopefully) all of […]
Read More »Whenever I hear or see advertisements about plastic surgery or liposuction in Utah I feel it is my responsibility to learn about what is going on in my state. Patients ask for my opinions. Patients also present frequently for revision surgery and it is paramount that I understand what had been done prior to their […]
Read More »Our new Layton, Utah plastic surgery office is officially open. Our first business day in the new space is Monday, wish us luck. I am sure there will be a lot of growing pains but it will all be worth it. We are still in the Tanner Clinic in Layton, on the 3rd floor of […]
Read More »Welcome to Summer! With the BBQ’s, vacations to sandy, sunny, ocean-side locations and pool parties, the swimsuit season is upon us. While many of us bask in the glorious warmer weather, many more of us fret over the season’s main fashion staple: the swimsuit, or to be more exact, the body in it. While diet […]
Read More »Likely everyone has read, heard or seen the story of 8 year old Britney Campbell whose mother proudly proclaimed she was giving her beauty pageant competing daughter Botox injections. If you aren’t familiar, here’s a link to the story as reported by KSL.com. Since this time much speculation has been made as to whether or not […]
Read More »Saline or silicone? This is one of the most difficult decisions for a patient considering breast augmentation. Each patient must decide for themselves what is most important. The lower cost, shorter scar and piece of mind of a saline implant vs. the softness and decreased risk of rippling of a silicone implant. In the near […]
Read More »Stem cells are cells that have the potential to become any type of tissue, given the proper signals for growth. Stem cells are harvested primarily from a patients own fat or bone marrow. The goals with stem cell therapy are to regenerate diseased or damaged tissues. There is a huge potential with stem cells in the treatment […]
Read More »Natural breast augmentation or lipoaugmentation is the practice of using a patients own fat for enhancement of the breast. This was a hot topic at the 2011 ASAPS meeting in Boston. There are only a handful of actual plastic surgeons offering natural breast augmentation (although there are many unqualified doctors) and all would admit that the short and long term […]
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