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While both surgeries remove excess skin and fat, a Tummy Tuck includes tightening of the abdominal muscles for aesthetic purposes. You’re a good candidate for a Tummy Tuck if you are in relatively good shape, but your abdominal muscles have stretched out to the point where they are resistant to exercise (common after pregnancy).  Panniculectomy is often the surgery of choice for people who have lost a significant amount of weight and are left with an apron of hanging skin ... Continue Reading

The future is fat! Having just come back from the ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons), meeting in Toronto last weekend fat is the rage. Fat grafting to the face and body helps restore your youthful appearance and has changed how I think about facelifting. Yesterday I used the waterjet which is a fantastic new machine to harvest fat more easily and gently and re-inject into a young woman’s hands. Hands are a great area for fat grafting as we ... Continue Reading

Dr. Cohen….why are my breast hard? One of the main operations that I perform in Beverly Hills at the Lasky Clinic is revision breast surgery.  As we all know, breast augmentation surgery is one of the most popular surgeries that we perform. It is not without its inherent risks however. A capsular contracture is scar tissue that builds around an implant and can happen early in the healing process, (3 months), or happen years later.  Many patients come to my ... Continue Reading

Offered Exclusively By Dr. Cohen *The Vitalize Peel from SkinMedica brings the benefits of Retinoic Acid, Alpha/Beta Hydroxy Acids with Resorcinol to provide a strong, but gentle formulation suitable for all skin types and colors. Even after one peel you will notice improvement in your skin's texture and tone, lessening of fine lines, and a healthier more youthful appearance. The Vitalize Peel is physician strength and has been clinically proven to help skin problems such as age spots, melasma, acne ... Continue Reading

Offered Exclusively By Dr. Cohen *The Vitalize  Peel from SkinMedica brings the benefits of Retinoic Acid, Alpha/Beta Hydroxy Acids with Resorcinol to provide a strong, but gentle formulation suitable for all skin types and colors. Even after one peel you will notice improvement in your skin's texture and tone, lessening of fine lines, and a healthier more youthful appearance. The Vitalize Peel is physician strength and has been clinically proven to help skin problems such as age spots, melasma, acne ... Continue Reading

General anesthesia worries many patients. Many patients come to see me in the office and want only local and NOT general anesthesia when i know that if they are asleep they will have a better result. Many doctors do liposuction "awake" under "local" with no anesthesia. Lots of smaller operations can effectively be done with just local anesthesia. That is when you are fully awake and i inject local anesthesia into the area being operating on. This is how i ... Continue Reading

If you are a man and have extra tissue in your chest , removing the tissue is the best option if done correctly and by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Many younger men I see as well as older men have breast tissue. Some have extra skin as well. Medications and genetics and weight gain all contribute to the problem of gynecomastia which is male breast tissue. If you are unable to lose weight and still have tissue in the ... Continue Reading

Do you want to have laser liposculpture? Do you have questions about removing unwanted fat from your body? Have you been reading about laser liposculpture? Today I will be using the latest in laser liposuction technology the SmoothLipo by the company Eleme.  This has recently been approved by the FDA for liposuction.   This is a laser that uses a unique combination of 980nm and continuous wave output to provide the ability to quickly and safely deliver the energy required to ... Continue Reading