Dr. Hayley Brown’s Plastic Surgery Blog

Individuals seeking plastic surgery should be non-smokers and in good health to ensure optimum healing, decreased risks for complications, and a predictable outcome. Not only does smoking effect the lungs, risking breathing difficulties and pneumonia, but the deleterious effects of smoking on skin and healing are significant and numerous. Nicotine constricts blood vessels and therefore […]

Las Vegas is a destination for plastic surgery. We regularly see patients from out of town and from all over the world. Our office is about 15 minutes from the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Ideally patients should fly in ahead of time for a consultation, to make sure they are a good candidate for

The regular usage of herbal medications and supplements is widespread in our plastic surgery population. 25% of patients report regularly using herbal medicines. While these supplements offer many health benefits, they are deleterious when it comes to elective surgery. It is important that patients who are undergoing an elective procedure stop all nonessential medications and

VANCOUVER, MAY 2012 PART 3: BODY, A NEW TREATMENT FOR CELLULITE?? Liposuction techniques are numerous, and not one technology is better than the other. Most plastic surgeons agree that the traditional tumescent technique with fat aspiration continues to be highly effective, predictable, and safe. Techniques that use heat to “tighten” skin are showing complications as

VANCOUVER, MAY 2012 PART 2: BREAST First of all, we have a new player in the breast implant market, the company Sientra. We had the opportunity to participate in the Sientra launch party and got first hand information on the company; it’s philosophy, manufacturing standards, and business ethic. It was a large turnout of plastic

THE AESTHETIC MEETING (ASAPS) Just back from Vancouver! There were about 3,000 participants at the ASAPS meeting in the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, which began Thursday, May 3, 2012. Attendees were mostly board certified plastic surgeons from the U.S., with other plastic surgeons from Latin America and Europe. After attending the Scientific Sessions over

Disclaimer: The information throughout this plastic surgery website is not intended to be taken as medical advice. The information provided by female plastic surgeon Dr. Hayley Brown is intended to provide general information regarding breast surgery, body contouring, facial plastic surgery, and more for residents of Las Vegas, Henderson, and nearby locations throughout Nevada. This

These “new” procedures are flooding the media and Internet as the next best thing in cosmetic surgery. But are they really new? NO. All of these procedures are simply fat transfer procedures! These procedures are not new or innovative. Fat transfer procedures have been around since the 80’s, when liposuction became available. A fat transfer

Every year The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) sends each one of us Board Certified Plastic Surgeons a questionnaire to assess our case numbers for the year. The results are in for this year– Almost 9.2 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2011. From 2010-2011, there