Blog | Dr. Lawrence Bass

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Nov

Mask Face Botox -New nuance when you only show your eyes.

Mask Face BotoxWhile watching TV commercials for mascara, I realized we don't see many for lipstick right now. What’s the point. It just ruins your mask and no one sees it anyway. My office manager said much the same to me a month ago. I’...

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Nov

COVID-19 Update March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020To all my patients:I am writing to update you on the status of clinical services at Bass Plastic Surgery in the midst of the blossoming Corona virus epidemic in New York. Based on New York State Department of Health and professional medical society recommen...

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Nov

SculpSure is FDA Cleared For Submental (Neck/Under the Chin) Contouring

SculpSure has just received FDA clearance for reduction of fat in the submental (neck or under the chin) area. This is the sixth clearance for this totally non-invasive body contouring (shaping or fat reducing) technology. SculpSure uses laser light to heat fat cells...

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Nov

Belotero: Special features for this new filler

Belotero is a hyaluronate filler, like Restylane and Juvederm, which has very recently become widely available in the United States. Experience with use in Europe for the past few years tells us a lot about where it will fit in with other available fille...

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Nov

Interdisciplinary Brainstorming on Beauty Technologies – The Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2012

Drs. Christopher Zachary and Lawrence BassI am back from the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine, the annual meeting I co-chair with Dr. Christropher Zachary, the Chairman of Dermatology at University of California, Irvine. This is a meeting attended by plastic surgeons, fa...

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Nov

CoolSculpting is cleared by FDA for abdominal fat reduction

The CoolSculpting treatment has just received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for abdominal fat reduction. The treatment, which used cold to selectively damage and remove fat cells, had been previously cleared for noninvasive fat layer reduction i...

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Nov

FDA Approves a New Breast Implant: Sientra Implants Join Allergan’s Naturelle and Mentor

At the beginning of March, the FDA approved a new breast implant manufactured by Sientra Inc. (Santa Barbara, California). This brings the number of available approved brands of breast implants to three in the United States. The presence of a new implant option is alw...

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Nov

Belotero -New Filler is FDA Approved

In December 2011, the FDA approved Belotero, an injectable filler manufactured by Merz Aesthetics, for the treatment of moderate to severe facial folds, like nasolabial folds. Several hyaluronate fillers have been added to the US marketplace since the initial approval of Re...

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Nov

Diet and exercise versus plastic surgery for those new year’s resolutions.

As we pass into a new year, there are those inevitable resolutions to lose weight, eat better and exercise more. Perhaps your goal is to fit into a favorite dress or pair of jeans. We all try to be serious about these resolutions, but often they are all too easily abandoned...

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Nov

“No Recovery” Gets Its Semantics Straight -Courtesy of ASAPS

How often do you hear about “no recovery” or “lunchtime” treatments when reading about plastic surgery in the media? Companies are trying to provide what the public wants: quick, low-risk, low- or no-recovery aesthetic treatments. But when thes...