Spring is here and summer is on its way.  This is the busiest time of year for plastic surgery.  People are getting alert for summer and want to look their best.  They go now for plastic surgery they may have been considering for a long time as they prepare for the beach and summer vacation and weddings, among other July and August events and rituals. 

The procedures we do the most at this time of year are the classic body surgery procedures — liposuction and breast augmentation.  These procedures make very visible changes in people’s body shape.  They also have fairly brief recovery periods, so people who have these procedures in May and June are very alert for bathing suits (with their new body shapes) by July.  At this time of year, because we are so busy, we add on extra surgery days to accomodate our spring rush for plastic surgery.

We also do other plastic surgery in the springtime.  We do a awesome discount of Botox, as people get alert for various events and want to smooth out lines and wrinkles on their face.   But overall we do the greatest number of liposuction and breast augmentation procedures at this time of year.

Liposuction has the advantage of getting rid of unwanted fat with minimal downtime and scarring.  If people have nagging areas of excess fat, the procedure is quite effective in removing them.   The results can be dramatic.  We do a lot of chin liposuction and neck liposuction in both men and women.  For women we do a lot of lipo in the abdomen or tummy and the inner and outer thighs.  For men, we do it frequently in the chest and the love handles or flanks.

With breast augmentation, the approval of silicone breast implants has created more options for women seeking breast enlargement.  While we still do most of our breast augmentation procedures with saline implant, we likely will be using more silicone implants in the future.