Ronald H. Schuster, MD - Blog

Hi everyone. My jazz quartet, Jazz Jones, is playing this Friday night at Second Chance Saloon in Columbia. I realize this has nothing to with plastic surgery but though some would want to know. Hope to see you there. Dr. S   Ronald H Schuster, MD. - Board Certified Plastic Surgeon - Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery Northwest Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland: Clinical Instructor Johns Hopkins Hospital Division of Plastic Surgery - Specializing in cosmetic surgery of the face and body. Procedures include Composite Facelift, Midface Lift, Eyelid surgery (Blepharoplasty), Brow lift, Endoscopic facial surgery, Laser resurfacing, Nasal surgery (Rhinoplasty), Breast augmentation / lift (Mastopexy), Breast reduction, Liposuction, Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction, Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty), Plastic Surgery after Weight Loss from Bariatric Surgery (Body Lift surgery), Correction of Gynecomastia. Non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures are performed daily. These include fillers (Restyla

Hi everyone, I just returned from the ASAPS (American Society of Aetsthetic Plastic Surgeons) meeting in Las Vegas. It was a good meeting and re-affirmed my basic approaches to most things. Namely, in order to get a natural result in any cosmetic procedure, whether it is breast augmentation, browlift, facelift or tummy tuck, the plan should be based on things that work. I'm all for innovation and in fact was one of the first in Baltimore to perform laser resurfacing and other cosmetic laser procedures. On the other hand there is a lot of emphasis these days on marketing the "latest and greatest" non-invasive method to do everything. This includes fractional resurfacing, laser liposuction, and laser lipolysis. At this moment in time these modalities work more in theory than on the patient. It seems that you can expect about a 30% response rate. This translates into meaning that the biggest risk of these procedures is a financial one. So if you don't mind the possibility of throwing you