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Choreography In the Operating Theater

Posted by: Dr. Baxter - 2 weeks 5 days ago

As my training for the Seattle Dances fundraiser accelerates toward the March 3 event, I am starting to see more parallels of dance, surgery, and life in general. I have always thought that surgery has a choreography, a sequence of purposeful moves coordinated within a team. The surgeon is the lead of course, but the more the others know what moves come next, the smoother it all goes. These are things worth thinking about consciously and paying attention to; they lead to safer surgery and better outcomes.

Is “Brotox” for real men? You bet

Posted by: Dr. Baxter - 5 weeks 1 day ago

It was probably inevitable that when men finally started coming in for Botox, it would be hailed as the next big thing, but it does seem to be a bona fide trend. According to an ABC News report, year over year increases in the number of men receiving Botox injections are in the range of 10%, in line with overall trends. This translates to more than 300,000 men opting for wrinkle reduction.

Tags: Botox, Brotox

The 3D experience comes to plastic surgery with Crisalix

Posted by: Dr. Baxter - 7 weeks 1 day ago

Because the term “plastic surgery” comes from a Greek word meaning “to give form,” it is inherently a 3-dimensional concept.  All too often though the way we communicate about plastic surgery flattens it to a 2 dimensions. “Before and after” photos are useful but tell only part of the story. They may not adequately show, for example, the volume changes that are so important in facial rejuvenation, and in the case of breast surgery they are even more limiting.

Liposonix is here!

Posted by: Dr. Baxter - 10 weeks 1 hour ago

   Expect to hear a lot in the next few months about Liposonix, the completely noninvasive technology for localized fat reduction with focused ultrasound. It was FDA-cleared this year, and will be launched early 2012 but we are very pleased to announce that we have it now. Since I was the founding member of the medical advisory board when the company was founded several years ago, I have been involved in the development of the technology and will continue with post-approval clinical studies.

Anesthesia options for plastic surgery

Posted by: Dr. Baxter - 14 weeks 4 days ago

It is hard to imagine what the practice of surgery was like before the discovery of anesthesia; before ether was first demonstrated in the mid-1800’s, the main measure of a surgeon’s skill was speed. (It had been known for some 500 years that ether could induce painless sleep in animals before someone thought to try it on humans.) But despite the tremendous advances in anesthesia over its 150 year history, it remains a worry for some and a source of confusion for many.