Why Do Patients from the US Seek Medical Care or Plastic Surgery in Other Countries?

  Dangers of Medical Tourism Fiona Rutherford published in Bloomberg on March 17, 2023 an article about the dangers of medical tourism.  Many of the arguments against medical tourism are issues that have long been known about medical tourism.  However, there are some twists.  Many have probably heard about the 4 Americans who traveled to […]

  Patients Must Receive Medical Clearance Prior to Surgery Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon, evaluates many plastic surgery patients for surgery who may be at increased risk for blood clots or DVTs and pulmonary emboli or VTEs (venous thromboemboli).   Some of these patients must undergo hematologic clearance to determine if having elective plastic […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  The Quest for the Ideal Butt Aesthetic The ideal butt aesthetic changes with the times and with societal norms.  The ideal aesthetic as long as it is reasonable and possible to achieve is whatever the patient thinks is the ideal.  Some patients think that Dr. Kenneth Hughes has a preference or a type of […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes performs as much butt surgery for reconstruction as he does for purely cosmetic reasons.  With the advent of the numerous problems following silicone and biopolymer injections to the buttock including death, Dr. Kenneth Hughes is frequently battling these foreign substances to prevent long term problems with skin death, tissue death, fat death, […]