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February 5, 2018April 13, 2022

It Pays Do Your Homework When Choosing A Surgeon

With the rise in the popularity of the Brazilian Butt Lift procedures there has also been a rise in complications including deaths. Of course, bad things can happen in the best of hands, but it seems bad things happen more in less qualified hands. Kudos to New Beauty for writing this article talking about this very important issue.

April 30, 2017May 26, 2021

Dr. Rubinstein Addresses Issues with Patient’s “Botched Beauty”

One patient turned to plastic surgery to get a better body, but said she got ‘disfigured’ instead. One South Florida doctor sees it so often that he tries to fix ‘botched beauty’ one patient at a time. Problems with plastic surgery is an issue NBC’s investigator Dan Krauth has been covering for months. He’s here tonight with what can be learned from botched surgeries…Dan- Jackie we’ve heard of so many cases of botched surgeries, but one doctor has carved out a niche for himself, trying to help patients who’ve had a bad experience. He says there’s one thing everyone should do before considering plastic surgery. Higgar loves being a mother to her two young children, but didn’t love the toll she says breast feeding took on her body. “I didn’t feel feminine, I didn’t feel sexy enough. So I decided after the second kid, you know, I’m gonna go and fix it.” She wanted breast implants. When she woke up from surgery, she didn’t like what she saw. “This is really wrong. The stitches were wrong. The implants were wrong.” This is the after picture, the parts we can actually show you. “I was traumatized by that. I didn’t want to do it again. I didn’t want to open my body again.” She waited for nearly two years before she decided to go to another doctor, Dr. Adam Rubinstein to have them fixed. “You know it is sort of like fitting a ten pound bag into a five pound space.” He removed her implants and replaced them with ones that better fit her body and fixed her scars, along with the jagged points sticking out from her chest. “I can’t do a lot, but I can help one patient at a time.” Patients who’ve had botched procedures visit his office every week looking for help. And, the doctor said there’s one thing that is the same in many of the botched surgeries. They’re usually performed by doctors who aren’t board certified. In Florida any doctor can perform plastic surgery, but not every doctor is trained and certified in this area. “I’ve seen a patient who’s been to a gynecologist, many patient’s who’ve been to a gynecologist, for a liposuction.” Higgar says she didn’t know her doctor wasn’t certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. She said he was a family practitioner. “I trusted him cause I thought he knew better, cause he’s a doctor.” She now knows better and feels better, not just on the outside, but on the inside as well. Would you do it again? “I would do it again, but now I know how to do it.” The doctor is now starting a new program to help patients who don’t have health insurance or the money to correct their procedures. He’s also working on a database to help patients research surgeons before deciding to get surgery in the first place. For more information, click on the investigative tab, and nbc6.com. Live in the news room I’m Dan Krauth, NBC 6 news. If you have an area of concern you would like to see addressed, call Dr. Rubinstein for your complimentary consultation, 305-340-2191.

November 23, 2016December 5, 2019

Guide to the Smart Beauty Guide

With the launch of the new Smart Beauty Guide website you have a terrific resource to help you learn about cosmetic procedures and choose the best doctor to help you achieve great results. But it begs the question, what is “Smart Beauty”? It means making smart choices. That is, choosing the right procedures and the right doctor. There are lots of resources out there to help you make good choices, but you have to do your homework. It’s easy to just go wherever your friend went for her breast augmentation, or find the cheapest price for your Botox or tummy tuck. But that’s not so smart. Some people worry more about who is going to do their hair than their filler injection or liposuction. You probably wouldn’t dream of going to some new salon you’ve never been to nor heard of just because they have a really cheap special deal. Why should your face or body be any different? Truthfully, you should be even more careful about aesthetic procedures. If you end up with a bright purple bob cut it will grow out and you can always change the color. Your face, breasts and body are not that easy. That’s where smartbeautyguide.com comes in. You now have a resource that will give you unbiased information about procedures and products, give you answers to your very own questions, and even help you find well trained, highly qualified doctors that want to help you get the best results possible. From top to bottom, smartbeautyguide.com is designed to help you get accurate, ethical and non-biased information you need quickly and easily. All this to help you stay safe, stay smart and stay beautiful. That’s Smart Beauty!

October 13, 2016December 5, 2019

Can Chin Ups Really Lift Your Chin?

You spare no expense in buying the latest anti-aging creams and undergoing a variety of treatments. You love staying up-to-date on the latest anti-aging innovations, and there’s nothing you wouldn’t do to shave five or even ten years off your look. But will facial muscle exercises really make you look younger? Facial muscle exercises were really popular in the late eighties; and there seems to be a trend towards bringing them back in a big way. Face and neck exercises are becoming popular with trendy gyms, and you only need to stop at your local exercise store to find facial exercise DVDs. But are facial exercises actually working to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, and other tell-tale signs of aging? To put it simply, no. Don’t get lured in to the idea that making some funny faces and tensing your neck on a regular basis will rejuvenate your face and neck. In fact, the truth is that these exercises show little benefits in terms of eliminating wrinkles and getting rid of fine lines. So what makes facial muscles so different from other muscles within the body, which end up looking sleeker and stronger when you work them out? You use your facial muscles constantly, all day long. That means that you’re not in danger of suffering from sagging or weakening muscles. While your body muscles often become weaker with lack of use, facial muscles are used to help you smile, laugh, talk, and even blink. Therefore, your facial muscles don’t need additional exercise to stay healthy. Actually, repeating some kinds of muscle movements can even cause wrinkles and fine lines to get worse – and that’s exactly the opposite of what you want! If you have some loose or hanging skin in your face or neck don’t count on a trendy facial exercise regimen to make things better. You may want to consider some of the many options we offer in the office that can help turn the clock back. There are lots of non-surgical techniques to keep you looking young. And if you’re looking for a little more oomph you can consider some more advanced options. Either way, discuss your goals with a board certified plastic surgeon and don’t rely upon making funny faces to turn the clock back.

September 6, 2016December 5, 2019

A Leopard Can’t Change its Strax (Rejuvenation)

It’s been a while since I have written about Strax Rejuventaion. If you look back at my blog posts you will find that in the past I have taken a look at the mortality rates at Strax Rejuvenation. If you haven’t read it before, you might want to read it, and the analysis is shocking! One would think that a facility with such a questionable track record would make efforts to improve performance and ensure better outcomes. I’m not sure if Strax has made any changes at all to the way they do things. Over the past year or two it seems to me that Strax has been decreasing in popularity. There appears to be less advertising bombarding us on radio and television hawking their latest specials and low prices. This might mean that Strax is seeing less patients and performing less procedures than in years past. I can say that I have seen an increasing number of patients coming to my office for consultations who express to me that they would never consider Strax for their procedures. I do, however, continue to see patients that have been to Strax Rejuvenation for a procedure and have had issues. Sometimes they are not satisfied with the results, though that can happen in any office on occasion. More often I am seeing patients that have had complications leaving them with issues that require correction. Things like infections, healing difficulty possibly caused by poor technique, and lack of attentive follow up care can cause bad scarring or worse problems. Most recently one patient came to see me who had a terrible and life threatening problem. She described her experience to me. This patient had liposuction with fat transfer to the buttocks about a year ago. In the recovery room she was having difficulty breathing. The level of oxygen in her blood was very low and a chest x-ray was performed. She was told that she had pneumonia and was given a prescription for antibiotics. Despite still having difficulty breathing she was sent home. Rather than actually going home she decided to get checked out at a local hospital. She went to an emergency room and was very quickly admitted with a pulmonary edema. This is a problem in which there is too much fluid around the lungs making it hard to get enough oxygen into the body. It is a life threatening condition. She spent many days in the hospital and, thankfully, was able to recover. Luckily this patient was smart enough to seek more care, a decision that probably saved her life. How many other patients have been in similar situations at Strax Rejuvenation and not fared so well? Sending a patient home with difficulty breathing, feeling short of breath, is never a good idea. When the patient has an oxygen saturation level of 70% (normal is generally above 95%) it is more than a bad idea, its bad medicine. So it seems the track record continues today. Though this patient didn’t die, she easily could have. I suppose the old adage is true, leopards really can’t change their Strax, I mean, spots.