(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) No one decides to get plastic surgery on a whim. Going for a surgical solution to a problem with an aging face or...
Patient Safety
What’s Up? (Your Nose!) Simple Remedy to Unclogging Your Nose in Winter
Even though it is not allergy season, many people find their nasal breathing gets more difficult and they have much more crusting in their nose during the winter months. There are actually good reasons why this occurs, and some simple remedies. First, a word about how your nose works for...
The Operating Room Black Box and You
For some patients desiring elective facial rejuvenation surgery, one of the biggest worries about going ahead is the fear of anaesthesia. Fortunately, many of our cases can be performed under local anaesthesia with sedation, and the technologies today for general anaesthesia are extremely safe and reliable. For example, you may...
“Time-out”… in the Operating Room
Everyone who follows sports teams knows about the “time-outs.” Sometimes a team calls one at an important juncture in the game to strategize, or recover from a poor stretch of play. Or, sometimes it can just be for commercials! At The Cumberland Clinic where I perform surgery, we also have...
Why Patients Select Their Hospitals and Clinics
McKinsey and Company, the international consulting firm, has done a research study on how patients select the hospitals they want to go to. There were some interesting findings. You might think that the hospital’s clinical reputation, proximity to the patient and their doctor’s advice would be most important. However, the...