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I recently received an unsolicited email from a company hawking diet pills with this statement in the heading: “THESE CONTROVERSIAL- SKINNY PILLS- HAVE DOCTORS.. RAVING Dr. Gear.  Being who I am, I could not resist commenting on this.  For starters, the “diet” industry is a multi-billion $ machine.  There is an ocean of desperate souls who want …

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Many of patients are plus size girls rather than the anorexic Barbie’s I saw during some of my plastic surgery training in Los Angeles. It can be more of a surgical challenge to work on larger patients, and you have to know your boundaries and safety parameters. That being said, more modern techniques of body …

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Most of these Real Housewives reality shows are quite entertaining for us to watch. But the reality is that most patients do not want to look like the women on those shows. When patients come in and are considering facial fillers for the first time, I am frequently told that “I don’t want to look like (blank) …

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I do a lot of BBLs (aka Brazilian Buttlifts aka fat grafting of the buttocks). It’s a great procedure that can take a square, middle aged, sponge Bob looking torso and make it more youthful, sexy and feminine. I am a fan. I deal with all shapes and sizes of patients who come in with …

How to enhance your butt? Lose the front butt. Read More »

No, this is not some hustle for a new cream with magical and resurrection-like powers that will tighten your jungle pouch.  You can find one example of that here:  Like underwear, once the elastic goes, it has to be trashed.  The same holds true for post-pregnancy abdominal skin.  If it is uber loose, the only fix is a tummy …

How To Avoid a Tummy Tuck: A Public Service Announcement From Providence Plastic Surgery Read More »

Brazilian buttlifting (BBL) or fat grafting of the buttocks is one of my most commonly performed procedures. Ten years ago, it was not the case: boobs were in. Thanks to Kim Kardashian and social media, butts have captured people’s attention. BBL is thus one of the fastest growing segments of plastic surgery. It is a …

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We have all watched Star Trek.  It was a wonderfully cheezy sci fi treat to watch as a kid.  Do you remember Dr McCoy, the on-board physician?  He had this hand held device he would pull out and pass over patient’s bodies to diagnose their ailments. It was called the tricorder.  It was goofy at the …

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