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  Patients Must Be Healthy or Receive Medical Clearance Prior To Plastic Surgery When patients request certain aesthetic or cosmetic procedure like the Brazilian buttlift or BBL, these patients must receive appropriate medical clearance and health must be optimized before consideration of surgery can be considered.  Many patients underestimate the complexity of plastic surgery and […]

As a combination procedure and complex revision plastic surgery expert, Dr. Kenneth Hughes has a plastic surgery practice unlike that of anyone else.   The practice is not limited to face or breast or body surgeries.  The practice is not limited to straightforward first time or primary plastic surgery.  The practice is also not limited to […]

In a recent article submitted to the journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Liposuction and Patient Safety: Appropriately Credentialing Providers, Teven, et al. discussed the importance of knowing the credentials of your surgeon who is performing your liposuction and Brazilian buttlift or BBL surgery.  The summary of the key points are provided below.  These same […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, gives his patients the highest probability of success with his liposuction and Brazilian buttlift procedures.  However, he is not a magician and cannot obviate or circumvent scientific principles or laws of physics.  Starting patient anatomy dictates a great deal of the possibilities for improvement and […]

Previous surgery compounds the risks for complications for expert revision plastic surgeons like Dr. Kenneth Hughes. It is important to understand that not every plastic surgeon’s practice is the same.  Statistically, the average plastic surgeon will perform about 4 plastic surgeons a week or fewer.  Most perform less than 200 surgeries a year.  Primary breast […]

How Safe is the Brazilian buttlift or BBL in Los Angeles of Dr. Kenneth Hughes?   Much has changed in the Brazilian buttlift or BBL over the past few years.  The Brazilian buttlift or BBL involves the liposuction of fat from areas of stubborn fat deposits in the body and transfer of that fat to […]

  Dr. Kenneth Hughes Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery Dr. Kenneth Hughes, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, wants to help delineate the difference between a cosmetic surgeon and a plastic surgeon. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons published a recent article on the how cosmetic surgeons are performing procedures […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-educated, Harvard-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, has performed many, many silicone removal surgeries from patients around the world. For this patient, Kenneth Hughes MD removes several pounds of injected material and scar tissue. This video shows the pounds of injected material and scar tissue on the back table in the […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes has performed thousands of Brazilian buttlifts, and patients always want to know how the butt will look.  They ask how big the butt will be?  How much more projection?  Another common question is how many ml or cc can be injected into the butt or the hips? These are all great questions […]

The Google bug as it has been called on August 10th affected many plastic surgery sites and had many plastic surgeons worried.  Google claims to have the bug fixed.  Sadly this is not the case.  Dr. Kenneth Hughes keeps real-time copies of search results to monitor google index volatility over time.  Though much of the […]