This year we celebrate the twenty-year anniversary of plastic surgery practice in Albuquerque. When I look back, there have been many trends in my plastic surgery practice as well as in the specialty in general. 1. Non-invasive Procedures. Neurotoxin (such as Botox and Dysport) and fillers (such as Restylane and Juvederm) have become common treatments for…
So you have been thinking about enlarging your breasts, or tightening your belly, or rejuvenating your face, but how do you get started? How much will it cost? Who should you see? How do you know you have a good doctor? Can you finance it? Here are some answers from Dr. Neil Chen, a plastic…
The next Saturday hours at Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico is June 7, 2014. This should be handy for those from out of town or have busy week day schedule. Please call for appointments. We are also expanding Botox and Juvederm schedule to most of the Fridays and Saturdays when we are open. Schedule…
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently release some plastic surgery trends in surgical and non-surgical procedures. If you had plastic surgery in the past year, you are among 15 million Americans in 2013. In fact, ASPS found the plastic surgery procedures have increased steadily for the past 4 years. What about the non-surgical procedures?…
Medical tourism has been a hot business. Before you book your breast-augmentation-and-vacation trip, you had better think twice, cautioned this Albuquerque plastic surgeon. On the surface, it appears to be a good deal: accommodation in a resort in Mexico, or Venezuela, or Thailand, etc. You then have your surgery the next day. Rest a few…
Everyone has heard of Botox and fillers and many have already used them in our Albuquerque plastic surgery office. However, how these injections work and where to get the most effect remain a mystery to many people. If you are not sure if Botox and fillers have a place in your quest to rejuvenate yourself,…
Gynecomastia, or the breast development in men, is an embarrassing subject no matter how you look at it. I have recently seen upward trend in Albuquerque gynecomastia consultation. I am not sure whether this is due to more people using the muscle building steroids or men are just more aware of the treatment. The end…
Many people have been asking for “gummy-bear” breasts implants in the recent years. Now there are available! Sientra recently introduced them in the US. This is followed by Allergan and Mentor. We are excited to offer these new implants at Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico, a premier Albuquerque breast augmentation center. What exactly are…
Liposuction has been around for a while in the armamentarium of this Albuquerque plastic surgeon. Intuitively, it seems to be a simple concept: you take a vacuum tube under skin and out comes the fat, right? Actually, it is a little more complex than that. First of all, what can be removed with suction technique?…
As an Albuquerque breast augmentation expert, one of the most common questions I have been asked is the type of breast implants. Silicone breast implants or saline breast implants? Before FDA approved silicone gel breast implants in 2006, they had been absent from the US market for about 20 years. Much research had been done and no links had been…