I’m Larry Schlesinger and I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon from Honolulu, Hawaii. I’m often asked why we use round implants as opposed to the anatomic or tear-drop implants. The pectoralis muscle pushes on the top of the implant, leaving the bottom to bulge where the pectoralis muscle is not in place and therefore, I see… [Read More]
Hi, I’m Larry Schlesinger and I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon from Honolulu, Hawaii. Very often, people ask why I put my implants in through the armpit. First of all, very honestly, you have to go underneath the pectoralis muscle which almost everyone does. When I go through the armpit, I’m grabbing right now my pectoralis… [Read More]
Transcript: Hi, I’m Larry Schlesinger, and I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon from Honolulu, Hawaii and people wonder why I go underneath the pectoralis muscle to put my implants. It’s pretty simple. Number one, the pectoralis covers the upper portion of the implant and there’s a triangle from the collar bone down to the implant and… [Read More]
Upper eyelid surgery or blepharoplasty is when skin, muscle and sometimes fat is removed from the eyelid. S. Larry Schlesinger, MD, FACS, a board certified plastic surgeon in Honolulu, Hawaii, invites us into the operating room to demonstrate this common surgery and what it’s really like. Transcript So, today we are going to be doing… [Read More]
Alayna is the mother of three children whose husband is in the military. So when she scheduled her surgery, she also made some important plans for a successful recovery. Here are her tips. I know we talked about like recovery and stuff and there was one thing that I did want to add that I… [Read More]
Alayna: Do you feel like it made a big difference going from the first, cause right now I’m just like, how does it get better than what he’s already done? Because I’m like, “Wow, what a drastic change”, you know from looking at my before picture. I’m just like, I don’t remember being that girl… [Read More]
Video transcript: I’m Larry Schlesinger and I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon from Honolulu, Hawaii. I’m often asked why we use smooth implants as opposed to textured. Textured implants are supposed to stay softer. In my experience, they don’t. Smooth implants have as good a track record as textured if not better and textured unfortunately feels… [Read More]
S. Larry Schlesinger, MD, FACS has performed more than 2,000 tummy tuck procedures. What he has learned is that 1. All tummy tucks require liposuction and 2. Liposuction is best done after the tummy tuck surgery. In this video, he explains why. Hi, I’m Larry Schlesinger, and I’m a board-certified plastic surgeon from Honolulu, Hawaii…. [Read More]
Video Transcript My biggest worry about coming in to see any doctor, and I had talked to a couple of doctors before, and their biggest thing is, you know, they look at my body and they said, “Well you probably need to drop a little weight before you came in.” Well, I’ve already dropped 60… [Read More]
Video transcript: I feel like mentally and emotionally it was a lot harder for me than it was physically. I think because I was sitting in a recliner and I wasn’t myself, I couldn’t exercise. Like I lived like gym, and running, and being with girlfriends and being outside with my kids and doing all… [Read More]