Lip lines are a common complaint in my Louisville Plastic Surgery office.
Treatment options for lip lines include Louisville Botox, Louisville Dysport, fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm, and lasers.
Botox, Dysport and fillers are office procedures that only take a few minutes to have done. Lasers, depending on their power levels, can be done in the office or sometimes in the operating room.
Lee Corbett, MD
A new product is making Louisville Breast Augmenations easier. The Keller Funnels is a new product that allows silicone implants to be placed more quickly and easily. The implant is placed in the funnel using a “no-touch” technique, the neck of the funnel is placed thru the incision into the implant pocket, and the implant is then squeezed thru the funnel. This allows placement of the implant without any contact with the skin.
To my knowledge I am the only Louisville Plastic Surgeon using this new technique.
Lee Corbett, MD
The American Board of Plastic Surgery requires all member surgeons certified after 1995 to participate in a Maintenance of Certification process. Older surgeons who were certified before 1995 are grandfathered in.
The maintenance program measures a surgeon’s dedication to continuing education. As a Board Certified surgeon who got his certificate in 1999, I participate in the MOC process. What this involves is scrutiny on the Boards part of my cases, patient satisfaction, professional standing with the hospitals and state licensure board. In addition, I have to take and pass a written exam every 10 years to keep my Boards. I took the test early in 2007 and am certified through 2019.
When you see a Louisville Plastic Surgeon ask if they participate in the MOC process.
Lee Corbett, MD
www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com
While seeing patients today in my Louisville, KY Plastic Surgery office, I received the newletter from the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
On the cover was a photo of the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Michael Sadove. Also newly elected to the Board was Dr. Robert Havlik. Both of these accomplished surgeons and national leaders trained me during my Plastic Surgery residency!
In addition, our Department Chairman, Dr. Jack Coleman is Past Chair of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Congratulations to my former teachers, Drs. Sadove and Havlik!
Lee Corbett, MD
www.corbettcosmeticsurgery.com
I see a lot of patients who have lost weight and want their insurance to pay for their Louisville Tummy Tuck or Louisville Panniculectomy.
What I am seeing is that all of these requests for insurance coverage are denied. A Tummy Tuck is and always has been considered a cosmetic procedure. Cosmetic translates into self pay. We have been asking insurance companies to pay for panniculectomies but what we get 100% of the time is a refusal. We have not had a panniculectomy be approved since sometime back in 2007. In ’08 and ’09 we had a zero % approval rate.
Lee Corbett, MD
When my patients request Louisville Liposuction they sometimes want every single fat cell removed from an area. Well, this just isn’t possible.
Why? For a couple of reasons. When we do liposuction we want to suction out the deeper layer of fat. If we suction the fat cells that are just underneath the skin, the patient is prone to developing noticable contour irregularities ( eg a “dent”). While this is a known problem that can result from any liposuction case, our aim as the surgeon is to keep this to a minimum.
The second reason is that if we try to liposuction all of the fat out, we would probably injure the blood supply to the skin. This could result in areas of skin death resulting in an open wound on the skin and a resultant scar. Obviously this is not a good thing.
Lee Corbett, MD
Liposuction is a technique Louisville Plastic Surgeons use to remove unwanted fat.
We do this using instruments we call a cannula. This is a hollow metal tube that can range in diameter from 1 to 5 millimeters. On the end there are a variety of shapes and hole patterns thru which the fat is suctioned.
The operation carries out something like this. The patient is anesthetized and positioned so the area of interest is exposed. The skin is sterilized and then small, and small means 2 or 3 mm, skin nicks are made. The cannula is slipped into the fatty tissue thru the skin nick and a back and forth motion is made like you are shooting pool. The cannula is attached to tubing that connects to a suction machine and the fat is removed. Most cases can be completed in an hour or two and almost all are done as an outpatient.
Liposuction is now being done with the aid of a laser. Louisville Liposuction has been traditionally performed using the superwet or tumescent technique. Now laser technology is being introduced.
The laser shoots out the end of the liposuction cannula. A typical cannula is a hollow metal tube that is 2 or 3 mm in diameter. The laser serves to help break down the fat and more importantly to heat up the tissue, including the skin, to produce better skin retraction and tightening.
The technology has been around for a few years so the jury is still out on its advantages vs traditional liposuction.
Lee Corbett, MD
www.CorbettCosmeticSurgery.com
All posts on this blog are presented by Louisville, KY liposuction physician, Dr. Lee Corbett
If you have that tear trough that runs from the middle of your eye down onto the cheek, it can be corrected using Louisville Restylane.
Restylane is injected into the tear trough to fill it back in thus blending the lower lid and cheek.
This is done as an office procedure and takes only a few minutes.
When doing a Louisville Breast Augmentation using a Louisville breast implant, usually silicone, there is a new insertion technique.
A new device called a Keller Funnel now enables us to do a Louisville breast augmentation more easily. The implant is placed in the funnel, the neck of the funnel is placed thru the incision into the breast. The implant is then squeezed thru the funnel into place.
This allows the implant to be placed without being touched or touching the skin which minimizes infection and capsular contracture.
