Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Articles

If you’ve spent any time at the shore this summer, you were probably at least a little distracted by your cellulite.

You’re far from alone. Cellulite affects nine out of 10 women, according to some estimates. And it’s the thing that most of them would most like to change about their bodies.

Cellulite is caused by a shortening of fibrous tissue cords in the skin, not as a side effect of weight gain, as is so often thought. The tightening pushes fatty tissue up to the skin’s surface, creating the notorious dimpling effect. It becomes more common with age, but it can appear as early as right after puberty in some women.

If you, like so many others, have fantasized about getting rid of your cellulite, allow me to introduce you to BodyTite, a state-of-the-art treatment that tightens skin and reduces fat in targeted areas of the body.

Less fat and tighter skin

So, what is BodyTite, exactly? It’s a minimally-invasive body contouring procedure that delivers the sort of results that previously were only possible through more invasive surgical procedures. Using radio frequency energy, BodyTite tightens skin, stimulates collagen production, and improves the contours of the body.

It’s being used to tighten and sculpt the abdomen, arms, breasts, thighs, love handles, and knees. It’s also an effective means of getting rid of cellulite.

A local anesthetic is administered to the treatment area. The plastic surgeon then inserts a small cannula that delivers the radio frequency energy through a tiny incision. The energy liquefies fat and makes the surrounding tissue and skin contract. The fat is then suctioned out through the cannula.

Long-lasting results

Aside from the virtually undetectable scars and total lack of stitches, BodyTite is considered to be an upgrade from liposuction because, while the latter effectively removes fat, a lift to remove the excess skin is also needed in many cases. BodyTite, by contrast, firms skin from 10% to 40%, which is enough to help skin bounce back if you’ve had 10 to 20 pounds removed.

It’s also an effective way to treat skin laxity resulting from childbirth or aging.

Because of the minimally invasive nature of the procedure, BodyTite patients also experience less bruising, too. You may feel a little sore around the treated area immediately after, but you should be back to normal within a few days, if not sooner.

It’s a relatively minimal investment considering the results can last for years. Envision all those summer days ahead, poolside or on the beach, and you’re enjoying yourself, not worrying whether your cellulite is showing.

Allergan, the global pharmaceutical company, just issued a breast implant recall. Dr. Davis addresses the breast implant recall, ALCL and the Allergan textured breast implants.

Please contact Dr. Steven L. Davis, Cherry Hill Board Certified Plastic Surgeon at https://daviscps.com/breast-implant-recall with any questions.

[Official Allergan Press Release: Allergan Voluntarily Recalls BIOCELL® Textured Breast Implants and Tissue Expanders]
[FDA Article regarding Breast Implant Recall]

At Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, we’ve been getting a lot of phone calls and a lot of emails about patients that have breast implants. And this is because yesterday Allergan (7/24/19) which makes breast implants worldwide decided to pull off the market, any of the implants that have a textured surface to them. We wanted to make sure that we’re making a video and telling everyone out there that if you have any question as to what type of implant you may have, either I placed them or someone else that you may have gone to have implants placed for you, you should check to see what kind you have.

It’s a very rare disease. It is a lymphoma. It’s not breast cancer. It’s lymphoma. But the textured surface shell of the implant has been shown to possibly cause this lymphoma in a very small amount of patients, but it’s something to check. So this is a smooth texture. This a smooth implant is the texture surface implant. Most of the implants that I’ve placed in almost 30 years have all been smooth implants. However, some of them that may have been shaped like this may have needed a textured surface to them. The company that I used for this is not elegant for its textured surface. So for my my implants that I’ve placed, I would say patients still call so we can check your chart and make sure everything’s fine. But I getting more and more patients calling me that may have been located elsewhere20 years ago when they had their breast implants.

So just recently, as of yesterday, we had two patients that came in that had their implants placed one in California, and one in Denver, and we asked them to call their plastic surgeons see what implants they had placed. And then we would definitely take a look and make sure everything was okay. There are certain ultrasound tests that we can write for you to get that will also help see if there are any other concerns. But again, if you’re having no problems, just check with whomever put your breast implants in to make sure you know exactly what kind of implant you have.

Please feel free to contact our office at Davis cosmetic plastic surgery by using the below form if you have any questions about this breast implant recall or any other procedure.

[Listen to Dr. Davis discuss the Allergan Breast Impant recall on KYW Newsradio]

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