Ross A. Clevens, M.D., M.P.H., FACS is recognized as an international lecturer and innovator in facial plastic surgery know for his dedication to redefining the patient experience. He created and refined the Laser-Assisted Weekend Necklift to deliver patients a more accurate and desirable outcome while affording a smoother recovery. His discoveries, studies and publications of the benefits that Platelet Healing Gels have proven to alleviate discomfort and speed healing after surgery. Your Plastic Surgery Companion: A Consumer's Guide to Facial Plastic Surgery is another way in which Dr. Clevens has succeeded in innovating the facial plastics industry and improved patient outcomes. With this book, Dr. Clevens is able to share his expertise with his lifelong target audience - the patients - more directly, efficiently and intimately than in his international lecture circuits. Your Plastic Surgery Companion: A Consumer's Guide to Facial Plastic Surgery is divided into eight chapters, or steps, to provide you, the reader, a sequential and descriptive understanding of the entire process you will experience in becoming a patient. You will learn many of the psychological, emotional, social and physical factors that influence your decision-making process. You will learn about Platelet Healing Gels and the Laser-Assisted Weekend Necklift - Dr. Clevens' groundbreaking contributions to his profession - along with the latest and expected upcoming innovations in the field based upon Dr. Clevens' ongoing research. You will learn insightful knowledge and time-tested tips to facilitate your preparation and to organize your expectations. You will learn how to contribute to realizing your aesthetic desires well before you lay on the operating table. In fact, you will realize that you can contribute to realizing your beauty goals before meeting the surgeon in the initial consultation. Open the book to uncover where your journey begins. Your Plastic Surgery Companion: A Consumer's Guide to Facial Plastic Surgery is simultaneously an encyclopedia, a how-to booklet, an insider report and a diary. Replete with actual before-and-after photos from one of the nation's most successful practices, Your Plastic Surgery Companion includes dozens of anecdotes from a practicing facial plastic surgeon veteran, respected by his peers across the globe. Testimonials allow readers to hear from patients who have been there, done that and felt those emotions along each of their own unique personal facial plastic journeys. The book's eight steps include: The Knowledge Builder, The Specialist Advantage, The Preparation and Reassurance Program, The Tailor Made Surgical Experience, The Nurturing Process, The Image Maximizer and Considering the Most Common Surgical Options. Read the Epilogue, "A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts with a Single Step" to find insight and logic related to all aspects of the human experience and the transformative growth we make to our real selves. Your Plastic Surgery Companion contains Appendix, Glossary and Index sections so that you can quickly find information that you need to know before plastic surgery. The Notes sections at the end of each chapter allows you to bring this book along your journey to remind yourself of important tips, thoughts, experiences and personal notes.

Essentials of Plastic Surgery: Q&A Companion is the companion to Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, which covers a wide variety of topics in aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. As such, it is designed to test your knowledge of the source book, which may be helpful in the clinical setting and beyond. It presents both multiple choice questions and extended matching questions in single best answer format. The 1200 questions are carefully constructed to be practical and thorough, and are accompanied by detailed answers that help enhance understanding of both the right and wrong answers. Compact enough to fit in a lab coat pocket, its design and organization allow for quick and easy reading. The print book is accompanied by a complimentary eBook that can be accessed on smartphones and tablets. It is the go-to resource for all students of plastic surgery, whether residents in training or experienced practitioners.

Prospective cosmetic surgery patients confused by media-driven hype and glitz will find a clear road map to selecting the best doctors and the most appropriate and safe procedures in this handy companion. Supplying patients with savvy queries only a veteran cosmetic surgeon would have the insight to ask, the book outlines the seven key questions people must ask themselves before contacting a cosmetic surgeon, a method for quickly eliminating practitioners through screening calls, and the critical questions to ask during the consultation itself. Handy checklists for the most popular procedures, anesthesia, and surgical facilities; anatomical sketches to assist doctors in identifying what they will do and where they will do it; and a comprehensive ratings quiz help patients evaluate which practitioner best suits their needs. Those concerned with the financial aspects of the procedures will find the cost calculation worksheet and directory of companies that finance cosmetic surgery particularly useful.

This authoritative reference book assembles the experience of an international faculty of authors, each of whom has performed several thousand facelifts, i.e. procedures to rejuvenate and harmonize the human face. The authors share their experience, including tips and tricks, as well as ways to avoid complications and pitfalls. All procedures in this regard are covered and the text is accompanied by extensive artwork and photographs. A kaleidoscope of 363 important aspects, tips and tricks in facial plastic surgery rounds up the presentation.

An informative, go-to guide on common plastic surgery principles and practices Plastic Surgery: A Practical Guide to Operative Care by Bruce Mast fills the gap between existing pocket handbooks and encyclopedic library shelf editions. The book is geared towards plastic surgeons early in their careers. The focus is on commonly encountered conditions and is not intended to be an all-inclusive resource. All the surgical chapters are uniformly organized, with discussion of goals and objectives, patient presentation, surgery preparation, treatment, postoperative care, outcomes, and questions. The book is divided into eight sections, starting with science and principles which discusses impacted anatomy and different techniques such as grafts, flaps, microsurgery, lasers, and radiant energy. Subsequent sections cover skin and tissue conditions; pediatric plastic surgery; reconstructive and aesthetic craniofacial techniques; hand and upper extremity reconstruction; breast surgery inclusive of augmentation, mastopexy, reduction, reconstruction, and oncoplastic approaches; chest, trunk, and lower extremity reconstruction; and body contouring techniques including liposuction, abdominoplasty, and lower body lift. Key Features Five post-reading questions at the end of every chapter provide readers the opportunity to think about what they read, thereby improving retention of newly acquired knowledge CME-type presentation formatting provides a robust learning and teaching tool Online videos elucidate procedures and convey additional didactic information More than 700 high quality illustrations enhance understanding of impacted anatomy and techniques Highly practical, this is an essential surgical companion for medical students to consult during plastic surgery rotations and plastic surgery residents throughout residency. Plastic surgeons in the first five years of practice will also benefit from this user-friendly refresher.

Using a streamlined, highly illustrated format, Review of Plastic Surgery, 2nd Edition, provides essential information on more than 40 topics found on in-service, board, and MOC exams, as well as the challenges you face in everyday practice. Bulleted text, detailed illustrations, and easy-to-digest lists help you quickly find and retain information, while self-assessment sections prepare you for exams and help you identify areas needing further study. It's an ideal resource for residents and fellows, as well as medical students, attending physicians, and others interested in plastic surgery. - Covers the material you need to know for certification and recertification, from basic science to clinical knowledge in plastic surgery, including subspecialty topics. - Uses a high-yield, easy-to-navigate format, making it perfect for exam study as well as a quick review before rounds. - Allows you to test your mastery of the material with board-style self-assessment questions and answers, now fully updated for the second edition. - Presents the full range of plastic surgery topics in unique, bulleted lists for efficient, effective study. - Helps you visualize key content with online videos and superb, full-color illustrations throughout. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.