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06 Nov 2025

How Technology is Changing Rhinoplasty

As a double Board-Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, one of the most critical components of my job is listening. When you come in for a consultation, I want to hear everything — What are you looking to achieve aesthetically? Does anything scare you about a given procedure? D...

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04 Nov 2025

Why Recovery is a Critical Component of Surgery

In most of the online chatter and literature on body contouring procedures, recovery is almost an afterthought. It generally consists of one or two lines at the end of the write-up. I take a different approach. At Boston Center for Plastic Surgery (BCPS), recovery is part of your...

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29 Oct 2025

Beyond the Scale: How Body Contouring Can Compliment Your Weight Loss Journey

GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic®, have radically changed the weight loss landscape. People who have long struggled to take off excess weight now have a safe, effective means for doing so whether they want to lose 10 lbs. or 100 lbs. Furthermore, the potential health benefits are...

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27 Oct 2025

What is Facial Harmony?

Facial harmony is a real buzzword these days. Plastic surgeons, including myself, and the media use this phrase to describe the desired outcome of any good facial rejuvenation procedure. But what is facial harmony? Is the term just a marketing ploy or a real thing? As a double Bo...

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27 Oct 2025

Best Facelift and Skin Treatment Combinations for Radiant Results

Facial aging is always multi-factorial. So even though it may seem as if the “jowls” on either side of your mouth sprung up overnight, they are actually the result of many years of incremental aging as well as different factors such as a breakdown in the quality of yo...

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21 Oct 2025

Why Even Active Patients May Turn to Liposuction

Staying active is one of the best things that you can do for your overall health. Whether you like running, walking, or lifting at the gym, a consistent exercise regime can make your heart happy, your bones stronger, and your sleep deeper. It may also be a big boon in terms of k...

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14 Oct 2025

Choose Implants that Fit Your Body, Not Just the Moment

Up until very recently, no celebrity was particularly eager to admit to aesthetic work. This all changed with the Kardashians. Love them or hate them, this is a group of women who embrace plastic surgery and are proud to discuss their procedures in detail. Part of it is about tak...

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10 Oct 2025

How to Plan Facial Rejuvenation for the Holidays

The holidays are a time to dust off those fancy clothes, embrace the twinkle lights and enjoy seeing faces both old and new. Whether it's an office party, New Year’s Eve get-together or fun filled night with family and friends, the last six weeks of the year are a tim...

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06 Oct 2025

Fillers vs. Botox® - Which is Right for Your Holiday Refresh?

October 1 has suddenly become the start of the holiday season. In fact, count yourself lucky if your local grocery store didn't start displaying the Halloween candy the day after Labor Day. I mean who needs an extra month of temptation, right? Even if you are not a busy Mom...

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03 Oct 2025

Liposuction or Non-Surgical Fat Reduction: How to Know What’s Right for You?

The media landscape is so cluttered with information these days that it can be hard to filter out fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to aesthetic procedures. Let's say you are frustrated by the appearance of your mid-section, and you see a photo of your favorite ...

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29 Sep 2025

What You Need to Know About Stacking Procedures

“Killing two birds with one stone” continues to be a popular idiom as it is the nature of most humans to want to get the most benefit for the least amount of effort. Some might call this lazy, but it's not. It’s efficient. Cavemen and women had to conserve...

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24 Sep 2025

Most Popular Dual Procedure Combinations

Most patients want to get their rejuvenation with as little downtime as possible. It's one of the many reasons why there has been such an explosion in the last decade of non-surgical body contouring options. Many are very effective and I use them regularly in my treatment p...

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