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Plastic Surgery with Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
Since 1977, Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has devoted his life to plastic surgery and body contouring. For decades, patients from around the country have turned to Dr. Hurwitz to help them refine and rejuvenate their appearance through cosmetic surgery. Now, Dr. Hurwitz is opening plastic surgery centers nationwide so that even more people can benefit from his unique, powerful integrated surgical approach. Dr. Hurwitz is extending his expertise through the plastic surgeons he has trained to now serve at each Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery location.
With new clinics throughout the U.S. and a main office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. Hurwitz and his plastic surgeon associates have expanded his body contouring expertise nationwide. Combined with his vast knowledge and experience, his camera-friendly personality has made him a favorite of the media.
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The Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery is staffed with experienced physician and medical assistants, surgical coordinators, managers, and medical aestheticians devoted to cheerfully provide you with superb support and care.
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Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
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Molly O'Tell, Medical Aesthetician
Jodi Wray, Medical Aesthetician
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"People now find that I am funny and fun to be around. I was before but they just didn't bother to find out. They say I am beautiful. I was before but they just didn't look. They say I am happier now. I was happy before, but it's just so hard to show happiness when people you deal with don't see or hear you. I always got the feeling from people that I was not worth listening to. People speak to me now who never did before. People are friendlier and nicer. Now I can sit anywhere and I fit into any clothes I like. Yes, I am happier now, because the world around me wants to know me for who I am. I am worth listening to. It makes life so much easier and healthier."
"I was fast approaching 300 pounds when I made the decision to take back charge of my life and I was successful. Inches and pounds were gone but I still felt like a prisoner in my sagging, hanging body. I heard about the work that Dr. Hurwitz was doing, did my homework and scheduled a consultation. I knew the day I first met him that I was in the right place. Dr. Hurwitz told me 'I like what I do and I'm very good at it' and he backed up what he told me with pictures. I was treated with the utmost respect as he examined, tugged, pulled and photographed me - naked! Never once was I embarrassed or feel like I was on display.
"Following my breast reduction surgery, I did have a couple of areas along my incisions that did have delayed healing. It took four to six weeks for theses areas to completely heal. As a result, I do have areas where there is thick scarring. Dr. Hurwitz introduced me to his aesthetician Molly who began laser treatments on my scars every three to six weeks. I am using a mixture of Retin A and smoothing gel and applying it to the scars. This mixture makes the top layer of skin slowly peel off, kind of like when you peel after a sun burn. I used the mixture approximately every other day depending whether I had any skin irritation from the cream. I have seen a noticeable difference in the appearance of the scars since starting this program. I have no regrets with having the surgery done and I am very pleased with the results. It has definitely had a positive impact on my life."
"Summers were the worst for me. We lived at the shore and going to the beach was out of the question. I was the only guy on my block who would not be seen without a tee shirt on in August. When I was growing up, cosmetic surgery wasn't something anyone discussed in my family. I had to wait until I was out on my own to have it done. Making the first consultation was the hardest part. The idea of having to get naked in front of the doctor and his nurse caused me to break out into a cold sweat. But after I got comfortable with Dr. Hurwitz's staff, the whole thing seemed simple, like why hadn't I done this sooner. Even the operation was not too bad. I focused on the outcome and the discomfort was minor. People have commented that my personality has totally changed after the surgery. They feel that I am much more open and that my new self-confidence shines through. I know that I am smiling more at people and they are smiling back, and women respond totally different to me. I feel so proud of my accomplishment and glad I had the courage to undertake this surgery. For any of you guys out there who have the same problem as I did, just do it."
"2004 was going to be my year. A year in which I took control of how I wanted to look. I was 55 years old, post menopausal, have dieted and exercised most of my life. I just retired from a profession that I was weighed for the first 14 years of it. So how I looked and felt about myself has always been an issue for me. For the past few years no matter how much I exercised or watched what I ate I could not change my breast and hip size. These two areas have always been a problem for me. With being older the size of my breasts seemed to be heavier and a pain in my back. As far back as I can remember my hips always had fatty deposits sitting on top of them I had thought about and talked about breast reduction but the surgery and the scarring scared me. So at the height of my disgust I called Dr. Hurwitz office to schedule an appointment. At the first meeting we discussed breast reduction and liposuction for my hip area. He agreed that my breasts were very large and a candidate for reduction and my hip area could be greatly helped with the liposuction. We also discussed liposuction in my midriff area, back, and stomach. Because he felt the skin would be loose in the stomach area we decided on a limited abdominoplasty. My surgery was scheduled and to say I was not scared would be a lie. My greatest supporter was my husband. He loved my body just the way it was but knew how unhappy I had been. I was a DD and hoped to become a C. The morning of the surgery Dr. Hurwitz and his team came to my room and proceeded to prepare me for surgery. He drew all over my breasts and the other areas. He then took pictures.
"While fairly well-read /studied on all of these counts, I honestly never thought of myself as a serious candidate for elective surgery: in the end, the overwhelming day-to-day unhappiness with my body - despite a hardcore work-out ethic and small pre-surgery size - overrode what I formerly considered a needless vanity. But the significant scar and tissue from carrying and removing huge fibroids ('nearly the size of a basketball') was also beginning to erode my self-confidence across the board. I'm told I have a ways to go to full recovery, but I'm already feeling and looking so much better."
"In 2001, I had the gastric bypass surgery and lost approximately 265 pounds. I met Dr. Hurwitz a year ago and have had three surgeries: the tummy tuck and lower body lift, a breast reduction and upper body lift, and then the arm reduction, all in a nine to ten month period. I have gone from a size 4X or 32 to a Medium/10-12. The surgeries have not been easy; there have been complications-swellings, infections, etc., but I would gladly do it all over again."
"One year and four days post-op and I have lost 102 pounds and 66 INCHES!!! I have lost as many inches as I am tall!! I had a consult with my plastic surgeon, Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, about having a tummy tuck around to the back, arm reduction, and breast implants. I am just looking forward to the approximately 20 pounds the tucks will remove. I was kind of discouraged that I weigh 160 but then when you consider the extra skin, it's pretty good. So after the tucks I will be right where I wanted to be. People don't believe me now when they find out what I weigh; they think it's much less. I may eventually go for a thigh lift too because as summer is getting here I am finding I do not want to wear shorts because they are so jiggly! But overall I am very happy with the results and would definitely do it again in a heartbeat!"
"While I was going through the loss of weight after my gastric bypass surgery I didn't think much about all the skin that may be left. Of course, I knew there was a possibility that there will be some skin - I had heard vague stories about people who had to have surgery to remove it. But that may not happen to me - I was working out (lifting weights) religiously three nights a week to keep everything tightened up as I lost weight. Even if there was some excess skin, it didn't really matter. The important thing was that I would lose a lot of weight, and I would look so much better. And I would certainly be much, much healthier. What more could I want!