Generally fat is stored underneath the skin (known as subcutaneous fat), but the location where fat is concentrated the most depends on your gender. Men typically carry body fat in their chest, buttocks, & abdomen. Where as women, carry fat in their breasts, hips, buttocks, and waist.

As we age, our skin’s ability to rejuvenate or renew itself slows down. This change causes our skin to become thinner, alter its complexion/texture, and cause age spots & wrinkles to form. Facial rejuvenation procedures are surgical & non-surgical treatments that can help restore the face to its youthful appearance.

Friday Fun Fact – Liposuction is the most popular surgical procedure performed in the world. It accounts for close to 20% of all surgical procedures.

Age isn’t just a number. Your environment and lifestyle choices can accelerate or decelerate your body’s aging process. This survey’s results of the top 10 youngest & oldest cities in the US ranked cities based on participants’ responses to questions about hypertension, marriage life, smoking, exercise, & sleep. Does your city rank anywhere on the […]

This Father’s Day, treat Dad to the new HydraFacial MD from ShaferPlastic Surgery & DEX NY. HydraFacial MD uses a uniquely shaped spiral tip that creates a vortex effect to exfoliate, remove the skin’s impurities, and simultaneously hydrates the skin. HydraFacial MD delivers instant results with no discomfort or downtime.

It’s important that through any plastic surgery operation, a patient has the support they need from loved ones to ease their concerns and help them recover. Angelina Jolie is no different than any other plastic surgery patient, and her partner Brad Pitt knows exactly what to do to help her surpass her difficult breast reconstruction […]

Breast reconstruction surgery can be a life-changing procedure for women who have undergone mastectomy following cancer or who have uneven sized breasts or are overall, not satisfied with their current bust appearance. But while the treatment has been around for several years, not everyone realizes that it is indeed a very complex procedure that requires […]

For some people, plastic surgery can be a saving grace, correcting physical deformities and abnormalities that hindered their ability to carry out their lives normally. However, for others plastic surgery is more like a bag of Pringles. As they slogan says, “Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop,” and that seems to be the motto for […]

Did you know that the history of plastic surgery goes way back to World War I? The first plastic surgery procedures were performed on soldiers whose faces had been disfigured by warfare weapons, including bombs, bullets and flamethrowers. These weapons left soldiers vulnerable for severe attacks and left them with broken bones and burns beyond […]

It’s not too late to set your weight loss goal for this summer. For those stubborn pockets of fat that diet & exercise can’t remove, our VECTRA XT 3D imaging system can show you how your body will look after liposuction, tummy tuck, smartlipo, and virtually any other cosmetic surgery procedure.