A recent study published by a team from University of Pittsburgh Medical School is encouraging for researchers, clinicians, and medical device makers who are developing adipose stem cell treatments for breast reconstruction. Learn about the history of fat grafting and the safety conclusions of the Pittsburgh study. >> Continue reading Stem Cell Enhanced Fat Grafting for Breast Reconstruction

Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained plastic surgeon explains his lip lift technique. >> Continue reading Lip Lift - A Technical Description of the Procedure

Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon uses smart cell phone technology to keep in touch with his patients during the immediate post op period. >> Continue reading Using technology in your Post Operative Recovery Period

Fat grafts to the face are a great way to rejuvenate your face. As you age, your dermis thins, and your face will sag.You may lose volume in your cheeks and under your eyes. These areas appear to be hollow or not as defined as they were when you were younger. Additionally, some people have areas of their face lacking volume no matter what their age.

Fat grafts will naturally fill those areas to restore your youthful appearance. Additionally, your own adipose fat contains adults stem cells. Adult stem cells have regenerative properties that can increase blood supply to your tissue and skin to make you look younger. >> Continue reading Fat Injections to the Face

The use of non-laser liposculpture with fat injections can help a woman achieve a more feminine figure. Fat is removed where it is unwanted and reinjected to places where you desire more curves. Read more about it on Dr. Rodriguez’s CosmeticSurg blog. >> Continue reading Liposuction vs. Liposculpture with Fat Injections

Patients often ask for post operative advice on the web. I think the web is a great information gathering tool, but in the post-operative period, it is not a good place to start.

Why is this?

Giving you advice on any medical conditions depends on many things. These include:

• intimate knowledge of what procedure was performed
• detailed familiarity with symptoms
• a physical exam

Can I have another procedure at the same time as the brazilian butt lift?. The answer is yes and no. A tummy tuck can be safely combined with the brazilian butt lift to give a great result. However, combining the butt lift with breast aug is usually not advisable. Watch this video by Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained Plastic Surgeon. >> Continue reading Can a tummy tuck be performed with a brazilian butt lift?

Find out why Dr. Rodriguez, a Yale trained Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, thinks fat grafting is a better technique for facial rejuvenation than laser resurfacing. Fat grafts have a population of naturally occurring adult stem cells which rejuvenate the ageing face. >> Continue reading Laser Resurfacing vs Regenerative Fat Grafting

Adipose tissue has a higher population of stem cells than bone marrow. Enuf said. The tissue which has the highest population wins. Read more about this in Dr. Rodriguez’s CosmeticSurg blog. >> Continue reading Fat stem cells, bone marrow, Sarah Palin, and the FDA

Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained Plastic Surgeon, explains what happens when you lose weight after a brazilian butt lift procedure. Do you lose some of your new augmented buttocks or does the fat graft survive? Watch his video which profiles a brazilian butt lift patient who lost weight following her brazilian butt lift surgery. >> Continue reading Brazilian Butt Lift-What happens when you lose weight after surgery?

For months, we have been hearing the debate on ways to reduce healthcare costs. Thus far, nearly everything introduced requires vast amount of government expenditures and seriously upsets people who actually like the health care plan that they currently have. It is astounding that THE most important way to lower health care cost rarely , if ever, gets discussed. So how do we lower health care costs? As the Governor of Minnesota would say—prepare to be dazzled >> Continue reading Health Care Reform 2.0: lowering health care costs with no taxpayer costs

The year 2010 ushers in a new decade where science , beauty, and your own fat make a marriage that promises to deliver one of the most disruptive medical technologies of the century. Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez, a Yale trained Plastic Surgeon believes that stem cells from your own fat will lead the cosmetic surgery trends. >> Continue reading Cosmetic Surgery Trends for 2010 - Fat is phat!

Tan tax In, Botax tax out. Starting July 1, 2010 tanning services will be taxed at 10%. This tan tax amendment was included in the bill to replace the 5% tax on cosmetic surgery. >> Continue reading Senate drops 5% tax on cosmetic surgery, adds 10% tan tax

CosmeticSurg celebrates Molly Plummer and Maxx Factor from Baltimore, in NBC’s first annual ‘Sing Off’ competition. >> Continue reading NBC Sing-Off! - CosmeticSurg's Molly Plummer (Maxx Factor) in lights!

Fat injections are long lasting if done correctly. That is my position and I stand by it! If you frequent various plastic surgery blogs, there is a big difference in the types of techniques that surgeons are using. Thus, there is a wide variation in their results, so many patients think that fat injections do not last.

Fat injections are permanent if the following is done:
1) correct technique of extraction and processing
2) proper post surgical protocol for patient.

Read more about it in my CosmeticSurg Blog. >> Continue reading Recipe for permanent fat injections