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Improved Cosmetic Procedures Let You Be You Dr. Laurie Casas is quoted in the Chicago Tribune in an article about cosmetic procedures which allow patients to feel like the best version of themselves. Dr. Casas says that four times as many of her patients, including senior patients, get injections as they do surgery. Various injections can do things like ease lines in the forehead, plump a wrinkled upper lip, or fill out a sunken cheek. “All of this has made a difference and I’m very satisfied with the results,” she says. “It took five to seven years off, and when you’re working […]

Question: What Does A CoolSculpting Treatment Involve? Answer: First, our Certified CoolSculpting Provider will position the CoolSculpting device on the targeted area of your body. The device will then draw your bulge up between two panels. The sensation is a firm pull and pressure – but not so much that you need any anesthesia or painkillers. Each treated area is ‘cooled’ for one hour; the upper and lower abdomen would be considered “two different areas” unless the device can pull in the entire mid abdominal area then it is considered one area. Other common areas that would be considered “two areas’ of treatment […]

Multisite Analysis of 177 Consecutive Primary Breast Augmentations: Predictors for Reoperation McCafferty LR, Casas LA, Stinnett SS, Lin S, Rho J, Skiles M Aesthetic Surgery Journal: May 2009;29;3.pp.213-222 Abstract Background Plastic surgeons and manufacturers of breast implants have been examining the complication and reoperation rates of primary breast augmentations for more than 18 years. The seemingly high rates reported by the manufacturers to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was the impetus for this multicenter study. Objective This paper reports on data pooled from three plastic surgery practices that were geographically distributed across the United States and examines the reoperation rate, time to reoperation, the […]