Category Archives: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Kenneth Hughes Voted Best Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles in 2021
Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon, has been selected as best plastic surgeon in Los Angeles in and 2020 and 2021. Three Best Rated and Wimgo have continued to voted Dr. Kenneth Hughes the best plastic surgeon in Los Angeles. In addition, Kev’s best, Caredash, Top 100 registry, Liposuction Doctors in Los Angeles, […]
Doing the Impossible for the Ungrateful: The Dilemmas of a Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, performs more plastic surgical procedures than virtually any other surgeon in the country. The list of complicated combination and revision procedures is long, too long to elaborate here. This article is more about how patient perception and public perception warps the profession in a most negative way. First […]
Plastic Surgeons Overestimate Risk of Procedures for Which They Have No Experience
Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, performs many complicated plastic surgery procedures for reconstruction, revision, and aesthetic improvement. Dr. Hughes performs a very wide gamut of procedures for which few plastic surgeons have experience. The Aesthetic Society published recent surgery results about this very situation in plastic surgery and the rate […]
Can Fat Defend Against Nuclear Attacks of the Future?
Stem cells derived from fat show promise as a treatment for mass radiation exposure by AlphaMed Press Allogeneic adipose-derived stem cells rescue irradiation bone marrow cells via secretion of pro-survival and hematopoietic factors. Credit: AlphaMed Press Nuclear power offers an efficient, reliable way to provide energy to large populations—as long as all goes well. Accidents […]
Transgender Surgeries Put on Hold Due to Pandemic
COVID-19 causes delays in surgeries for transgender people Gender-affirming surgeries allow transgender and gender non-conforming people to feel like their truer, inner selves. But in the spring of 2020, many hospitals delayed or canceled these surgeries, along with other elective or nonessential procedures to make space for COVID-19 patients. Hennessey, who is the director of […]
Vaccinated Individuals Can Gather With Other Vaccinated Individuals Without Masks
Americans who have received the full COVID-19 vaccine can gather with vaccinated grandparents or friends without wearing masks or keeping their distance, according to new CDC guidance announced Monday, and those grandparents can visit with and hug family members that aren’t vaccinated as long as they don’t have underlying medical conditions that put them at […]
Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon, Gives Guest Lecture at Harvard Medical School
To watch Dr. Kenneth Hughes’s Guest Lecture at Harvard Medical School
How Bad Is It to Be a Plastic Surgeon in Los Angeles?
Worse than you could ever imagine. Every day patients call in for consultations either through email or Skype, and many ask why there is a $100 email consultation fee or a $250 Skype consultation fee. Lawyers charge $300 to over $1000 an hour and have only 3 years after college. The minimum time to […]
How to Find Your Tummy Tuck Expert in Los Angeles?
The tummy tuck is a very common procedure in plastic surgery. Virtually all plastic surgeons and even those who are not trained in plastic surgery think that they can perform a tummy tuck. However, merely going through the steps of a tummy tuck does not take genius and does not assure the best result. […]
How are Patient Deaths Altered by Vaccination and Who gets The Vaccination First?
Patient Death Rates in Prison are Lower and Vaccination Rates Are Higher in Prison Immigrants in ICE custody facing deportation are complaining that they are not being vaccinated. However, much of the United States has not been vaccinated. Over 500, 000 patient deaths have been reported in the US. Almost 10,000 COVID infections have been […]
