Dr. Helen Colen, Plastic Surgery, is named a Top Doctor: New York Metro Area
Dr. Helen Colen, a Board Certified New York, NY physician specializing in Plastic Surgery, has been selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for inclusion in its authoritative guide to the top primary care and specialty care doctors in the tri-state metropolitan New York area. The 16th edition of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area includes over 5,500 top primary care and specialty care physicians in a twenty-county … [Read more...]
What We Do To Ease Your Pain
Recently I wrote in my blog about the pain often experienced with plastic surgery. Now let me address the other end of the equation: what we as plastic surgeons do to help relieve any pain associated with your procedure. First, let’s be honest: Any surgery has some degree of discomfort associated with it. But most plastic surgery procedures have less pain associated with them than is often the perception. In … [Read more...]
All Plastic Surgery, All the Time
Is the world really ready for “all plastic surgery, all the time”? Can a breast augmentation or labiaplasty compete with CSI or American Idol or even Dr. 90210? The creators of the new Plastic Surgery Channel sure hope it can at least win a nice little niche for itself. … [Read more...]
Minorities Under the Plastic Surgeon’s Scalpel
It's likely that minority women are less likely to get a labiaplasty or vaginoplasty than white women are, if we're to believe that a new report published in the February issue of ARCHIVES OF SURGERY applies nationally. According to that report, which surveyed only New York City, when minorities do get plastic surgery, it's less likely to have been done by a surgeon who has done a lot of similar procedures,or at a … [Read more...]
Good Tax News for Vaginoplasty Patients
The tax news just keeps getting better in the world of plastic surgery, especially for vaginoplasty patients. You’ll remember that just a year ago, there was a rumor that as part of the new proposed healthcare overhaul, Congress would try to pay for part of it with a tax on plastic-surgery procedures. This would have affected nearly all plastic-surgery procedures--certainly any that were deemed more cosmetic in … [Read more...]
Plastic Surgery? The 4 People Who Decide
There’s no question who the final decision rests with concerning whether you should have a labiaplasty, breast augmentation or vaginoplasty. The ultimate choice is yours. But because few people make such a decision in a vacuum, you may want to consult and discuss the matter with some people like- … [Read more...]
The 4 People You Meet at the Plastic Surgeon’s Office
There's a book that's been on the bestseller lists for a few years now called The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Nobody put me in charge of these people that you'll encounter in the afterlife, so let me borrow the theme and talk about the four people you'll meet on your trip to the plastic surgeon's office--and how they can be important to you. We'll take them in the order that you'rre likely to encounter them. … [Read more...]
Career Advice for Future Plastic Surgeons
From time to time, I talk with young people who are considering plastic surgery as a career. And then there's the occasional person who has completed her education and ready to enter the field fulltime. For that second group, I have some advice of how to land that first plastic-surgery position. First, hopefully while you were in school, you gave some thought to which area you would like to make your specialty. … [Read more...]
The Recession and Plastic Surgery and Why You Should Care
The recession has affected plastic surgery in interesting ways, if we're to believe recent news reports. In a study published in March in the New York Times, it was revealed that Americans are cutting back on cosmetic surgery--but mostly because of women, not men. and it's not just because of the lack of extra money to spend, but the tightening credit market and drop in the value of real estate are all taking a … [Read more...]
