Yearly Archives: 2022

How Do You Know If You Need a Breast Revision?

Breast augmentation remained a popular plastic surgery procedure throughout 2022—as did breast revision. Many of our patients want to know about replacing breast implants with smaller ones at our St. Louis-based practice, which is a choice that may be more common that you think. Modern plastic surgery techniques have made the procedure safer, allowing more patients

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Who Is an Ideal Candidate for a Tummy Tuck?

We all store body fat differently, which is why each person’s body shape is unique. For some people, the lower body might be where they usually gain weight first, while for others, it may be the midsection. A tummy tuck, also known by the medical term abdominoplasty, can sculpt a flatter, more toned abdominal area

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What Type of Plastic Surgery Will Give You a Flat Stomach?

It’s obviously appealing to many people to have six pack abs and a flat stomach, but this look can be challenging to attain on your own. Many men and women have problem areas where they find it difficult to burn fat despite how often they exercise and how healthy their diet is. The belly is

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How to Know if Fat Grafting Might Be Right for You

Two of the most common procedures sought out by people considering cosmetic surgery are liposuction to remove excess fat and fillers or injectables that can restore volume to areas of the face where signs of aging have developed. But why undergo two separate procedures when one combined session will do? Fat grafting undergone at our St.

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What Should You Know Before Having a Facelift?

Even though so many non-surgical options are now available for facial rejuvenation—such as injectable neuromodulators and fillers—facial cosmetic surgery from our St. Louis-based West County Plastic Surgeons of Washington University is typically the best way of counteracting more severe signs of aging, such as sagging skin around the lower face and jawline area. If you

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Why Does Your Skin Need Hyaluronic Acid?

One of the reasons why the Revance RHA® fillers at our St. Louis-based practice blend in so well with the skin and adapt so seamlessly into facial movements is because they’re made with a clean, pure form of hyaluronic acid that is much more similar to the type found in your skin when compared to the ingredients

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