Smoking effects surgical recovery. Impacting the vascular system, smoking drastically slows blood flow to surgical incisions, resulting in a delayed healing response and a much larger risk for thick and visible scars. E-Cigarettes, which may be a useful tool in quitting smoking, do not reduce these risks because they still contain nicotine, the primary vasoconstrictor […]
Plastic Surgery
Infographic – All About Breast Implants
If you're interested in adding volume to your breasts, breast implants might be the right option for you. Use this infographic to plan our the decisions that you'll have to make in order to choose the best breast implants for you. To schedule a consultation with Peña Plastic surgery, please contact us today at 239-348-7362. We […]
SculpSure® targets Fat with laser energy
Do you Have areas of unwanted fat deposit? SculpSure® Is the latest technology used to reduce unwanted fat. Up to now there was surgery, fat freezing, ultrasound busting, and dieting. Now using the same laser wave length used for destroying fat using a fiberoptic delivery system called SmartLipo, fat deposits are diminished. In a comfortable […]
Silhouette Instalift, the “new and Improved” absorbable Thread lifts
In 2004 I was one of the first four physicians in Florida to introduce the thread lift into my practice. We had imported a surgeon from Mexico that had trained with a Russian surgeon who developed it to teach us.. instantaneously we were able to lift eyebrows, cheeks, jaw lines, and even necks. This was all done under local […]
Double Chin Fat melting Injection
Fat Dissolving Injections Have recently been approved in the US and is called Kybella®. This is a purified chemical that makes up most of the fluid that is stored in and released from the gallbladder. It helps us dissolve the fat in our diet! When injected into the fat in the form of tiny droplets in a […]
Non-Surgical Options for Double Chins
The Fat Dissolving Injection option has actually been around for quite a while and originally was introduced from Europe 15 years ago commonly called "mesotherapy". The original US debut was a franchise called LipoDissolve which came and went rapidly. May different compounds were used to "kill the fat" Most were related to the chemicals contained […]
Weight Changes after Liposuction or Tummy Tuck
Weight Changes After Liposuction So when we lose weight the fat cells shrink and when we Liposuction you actually remove the fat cells! When you get a Tummy Tuck we remove skin and fat. So we are actually removing "bank accounts" . using the same analogy think about your income or your intake of calories […]
Weight Loss Before TummyTuck?
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So Many Options Available for Breast Augmentation Today
30 years ago when I first started performing breast augmentation the options for implants and incisions were quite limited. Don't get me wrong, were getting great results with smooth round saline and silicone implants placed through the areola or underneath the breast. Around that time an implant (the Meme) of thicker silicone and wrapped in a polyurethane was […]
New High-tech ways to reduce fat and tightening skin nonsurgically
It seems that everyone is enamored with nonsurgical cosmetic surgery. Over the last 3 years was seen the growth of devices that freezes fat and dissolve it. Melting fat chemically, tightening your skin with ultrasound fat blasting, tightening your skin with needles and radiofrequency energy, and hundreds of lasers which do the same. While these non-surgical procedures are touted […]
