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Dr. Neavin Returns to Dubai For Plastic Surgery.

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on October 24, 2011

Indeed, I Iove plastic surgery in Beverly Hills, California. However, I cannot wait to return to the exciting city of Dubai in early November. Sounds like it will be a busy time filled with interesting consults and surgeries with the ABSAMC, ranging from face lifts, to breast augmentation, liposuction,  and abdominoplasty.  And of course, there [...]

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Qualified People Performing Breast Augmentation: The Truth May Surprise you.

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on October 3, 2011

There was an interesting article about plastic surgery that came out in MSNBC recently regarding breast augmenation. It was driven by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The topic discussed the growing trend of non-trained or poorly trained doctors performing plastic surgery. One of the examples they used was a woman who had symmastia and [...]

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Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Done SAFELY

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on August 1, 2011

I received a phone call from a plastic surgery colleague and friend in Los Angeles today who had      just done a breast augmentation. We often talk about interesting cases, and this phone call was no different. He described a patient who had a routine periareaolar breast augmentation that developed weakness in her arm after surgery. This [...]

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Beverly Hills Fat Grafting: Made from best stuff on Earth

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on February 1, 2011

Beverly Hills fat grafting, is it made from the best stuff on Earth? No, this isn’t a Snapple advertisement.  But fat cells (ok, not necessarily Beverly Hills fat cells) contains stem cells.  And stem cells, are the buzz, as you will see in this article written by Board Certified Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Tim [...]

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The MOST IMPORTANT question you should ask your ‘plastic surgeon’ is?

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on January 17, 2011

While insurance companies and Medicare continue to cut back on reimbursements for physicians, more and more unqualified doctors in Los Angeles are in many ways being forced to provide cosmetic services, which of course are out of pocket and typically pay much more than any insurance-based surgery. This in many ways dilutes the field of [...]

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“‘A’ Game” Breast Surgery, featuring Incubus

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on January 5, 2011

Overlooking Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, breasts were created. With Dr. Mike Simon-Baker on anesthesia, and perhaps two of the best nurses and technicians in North America, I did what I enjoy most, plastic surgery. And the surprise guest cameo appearance by Dr. Marc Mani right before the 325 cc Moderate Plus Profile implant insertion [...]

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Happy Day in the Office

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on December 28, 2010

What a fun day in Beverly Hills! Christmas weekend is over and the sun is out. I saw a lot of happy patients today in the office including a recent rhinoplasty and facelift, and a future happy breast augmentation patient from England. While she wavered between a “B” cup and “C” cup, I can tell [...]

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A Belly Button Day in the Rain

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on December 21, 2010

Today was a fun day to be a plastic surgeon despite the Los Angeles rain. For one, the hospitals I visited were dry. Secondly, I saw patients today ranging from rhinoplasty interests, to breast augmentation capsular contractures, to fillers such as Juvederm and Botox. But the best part of the day ended after I operated [...]

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Plastic Surgery’s Chicken or Egg Story?

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on December 2, 2010

Certainly, modern culture ideals often motivate women to get their breasts enlarged. And it is interesting to ponder whether the modern ideal is a cause or effect of plastic surgery. That is, is the plastic surgeon’s beauty ideal driving the cultural norm? Or are new ideals developed by art, a handful of iconic sex symbols, [...]

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What makes ‘safe’ plastic surgery?

By: Tim Neavin, M.D. on November 30, 2010

We all have read about nightmare stories about a young, healthy woman suddenly dying from a relatively minor procedure such as a breast augmentation, or Kanye West’s mother who passed away after abdominoplasty. Thankfully, such events are exceptionally rare. There usually isn’t one just simple reason for the accident. Often, it is a combination of [...]

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