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PLASTIC SURGERY IS NOT A “GIRL THING” ANYMORE
If you are like most people, when you hear “they had plastic surgery,” you immediately picture a woman. From breast augmentation to tummy tucks to rhinoplasty…
PLASTIC SURGERY OPTIONS AFTER PREGNANCY IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES
Pregnancy is an immensely fulfilling and rewarding experience. You are bringing a human being into this world from your own body, in a process that is practically…
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SURGICAL REVISIONS IN ORANGE COUNTY?
Dr. Agha is known as one of the leading plastic surgeons in Newport Beach and Orange County, having developed a name for himself as an artist in the field. He has…
PLASTIC SURGERY ON THE ELDERLY: IF YOU’RE IN GOOD HEALTH, WHY NOT?
Everyone deserves to feel confident in their bodies. That includes feeling confident at any age. Issues with your confidence in your…
RHINOPLASTY RESULTS: HOW DR. AGHA TRIES TO MAKE SURE ALL PATIENTS ARE SATISFIED
It’s been said many times, but plastic surgery is in many ways an art form. Science plays a key role, but your plastic surgeon has to be an artist, fully…
WHAT ARE THE SAFEST PLASTIC SURGERY OPTIONS?
Safety is a crucial part of plastic surgery research. While everyone deserves to love their looks, no one wants to do so at the expense of their…
STUDIES ATTEMPT TO FIND “MAXIMUM LIPOSUCTION AMOUNT” FOR BODY CONTOURING PATIENTS
When it comes to body contouring, there is perhaps no greater solution that liposuction. Liposuction has transformed the world of plastic surgery, enhancing other…
HYDRATION AND LOWER EXTREMITY ELEVATION DURING AND AFTER A TUMMY TUCK
Surgeons and researchers are always looking for new, successful ways to improve the safety of plastic surgery. Despite a popular misconception, most…
ARE MORE TEENS GETTING PLASTIC SURGERY?
Plastic surgery has always been a controversial subject. While many women and men agree that there is a lot of benefit to having plastic surgery…
BREAST REDUCTION AND HAPPY PATIENTS | BREAST REDUCTION IN ORANGE COUNTY & LOS ANGELES
While breast augmentation and implants are one of the most well known plastic surgery procedures, they aren’t the only options for those that are…
WILL LARGE IMPLANTS LEAD TO A BAD BACK?
Breast augmentation is a popular cosmetic procedure, and one of the most common requests at our Newport Beach plastic surgery office. Breast implants have the…
PLASTIC SURGERY FOR THE FEET IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES?
Every part of your body deserves to look and feel beautiful. That’s why it’s not necessarily surprising that many women are opting for…
REMOVING A DOUBLE CHIN WITH AN INJECTION?
The idea of plastic surgery on the face can be tough for many people. Even those that have lost confidence in their face often…
THE FDA HAS ISSUED A WARNING: HAVE QUALIFIED SURGEONS PERFORM YOUR FACIAL INJECTIONS
Plastic and cosmetic surgery has come a long way in the past 100 years. Nearly every procedure available today has been thoroughly tested for…
OTOPLASTY FOR ELF EARS, DUMBO EARS, AND MORE IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY
Millions of people struggle with self-confidence in their ears. For many, they want their ears to be practically unnoticeable – a beautiful part of…
FACELIFT FOR SELFIES? THE SURPRISING NEW TREND IN YOUNG ADULTS
Call it self-obsessed, call it empowering, call it a simple social media trend – now, more than ever, kids, young adults, and even…
PLASTIC SURGERY FOR WAR VETERANS: HELPING LEAVE THE BATTLE SCARS BEHIND
Even in today’s more modern and understanding world, plastic surgery is still not well understood. While the news generally focuses on…
3 TYPES OF BUTTOCK ENHANCEMENTS AND CONTOURING SURGERIES
The buttock is the shapely mass where the three gluteal muscles combine together. The muscles help provide strength for balance…
5 TYPES OF RHINOPLASTY IN LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTY
Plastic surgery has advanced so much in recent years that it’s no longer taboo to talk about it, and most procedures are considered safe…
ORANGE COUNTY RHINOPLASTY | NOSE JOBS IN LOS ANGELES, NEWPORT BEACH, RIVERSIDE AND MORE
Rhinoplasty, more commonly referred to as a “nose job,” remains one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures on the face, because…
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION MAY BE EQUALLY SAFE IN WOMEN OVER 65
Breast cancer can affect women of any age, and when it does, women are likely to go through a mastectomy – a removal of the breast and…
COMMON OFF-LABEL PLASTIC SURGERY TECHNIQUES IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES
Often you will hear of a cool new discovery in plastic surgery and think, “I can’t wait to try this.” Perhaps you see some new fat reduction technique…
WHY ARE OFF-LABEL PROCEDURES DONE?
FDA approval for a drug or procedure is a rigorous process. In order to gain FDA approval for a use, a drug or procedure must …
NOTHING TO FEAR FROM OFF-LABEL PROCEDURES IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY
If you have spent any time researching cosmetic procedures, you have no doubt come across the term “off-label” in the description of some…
WHAT IS THE VERTICAL VECTOR DEEP PLANE FACELIFT
Like most plastic surgery procedures in Orange County, there is considerable variation in the types of facelift procedures available, what is…
WHAT YOUR BREAST IMPLANT SHAPE SAYS ABOUT YOUR SURGEON
A recent study from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reports improvements in several health related issues for women after…
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TUMMY TUCKS
Tummy tucks are incredibly popular, and growing in popularity every single day. Over 114,000 people got a tummy tuck in 2014 alone…
HOW TO HAVE A BREAST IMPLANT WITH NO SCARS
One of the main reasons many women avoid breast augmentation is because of the scarring. Many are specifically getting breast implants because…
ORANGE COUNTY LABIAPLASTY – VAGINAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RENEWAL IN NEWPORT BEACH
Body confidence plays a key role in libido. The more confident you are in yourself and the way you look, the more likely you are to…
PATHWAYS TO PLASTIC SURGERY
It is a universally acknowledged fact that plastic surgery is the most sought after residency in the United States. Unlike most…
Plastic Surgeon Versus Cosmetic Surgeon
Make sure you educate yourself about the difference between Cosmetic versus Plastic surgeons. The most important differentiation is…
Board Certification in Plastic Surgery
Only those applicants who have completed 6 years or training in aesthetic, plastic, and reconstructive surgery from an accredited plastic surgery…
FAT: IS TOO LITTLE FAT HARMFUL
We all know that being over-weight or obese is correlated with a number of medical diseases. However, did you know that too little fat can…
3 FACTORS PEOPLE LOOK FOR IN HUMAN BEAUTY
Attraction is a powerful feeling, and it’s often one that’s indescribable. There are certain characteristics of the objectively beautiful…
HOW COSMETIC SURGERY CAN COMPLEMENT A DIET AND EXERCISE PROGRAM
A good diet, combined with regular exercise, is the key to good health. It helps with your weight, your mental wellness, and your physical health…
NEWPORT BEACH PLASTIC SURGERY | YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR COSMETIC CHANGES
“You only live once” is a phrase adopted by the young. But it’s also a truth. You have only one life to live, and that means that you should…
PLASTIC SURGERY FOR MEN IN NEWPORT BEACH – WHAT ARE GUYS GETTING DONE
Cosmetic surgery knows no gender. Some of the most highly regarded men in Hollywood, sports, and television all engage in some type of…
5 COMMON MYTHS ABOUT BREAST AUGMENTATION
Breast augmentation is one of the most common cosmetic procedures in the United States. Though the work itself is often well appreciated…
FAT TRANSFER BRINGS VOLUME AND YOUTH BACK TO YOUR HANDS
When considering plastic surgery to reverse signs of aging, hand it to a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with a great aesthetic vision to match the…
‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SURGERY
Year after year, the holidays continue to prove to be the busiest season, even for plastic surgery. Surgeons everywhere struggle to keep up with…
NEW INJECTABLE CELLULITE TREATMENT
According to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 90% of women and 10% of men suffer from cellulite. To date, there has been no…
NEW ARM LIFT TECHNIQUES REDUCE SCAR VISIBILITY
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is reporting arm lifts are one of the country’s fastest-growing procedures with over 15,000 completed in…
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COSMETIC SURGEON AND A PLASTIC SURGEON
It is important to understand the difference between a Cosmetic Surgeon and a Plastic Surgeon for multiple reasons. Most importantly, the…
HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AFFECT WOUND HEALING AFTER PLASTIC SURGERY
According to a recent study by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), patients with high levels of blood glucose, and poor control of…
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY
Women diagnosed with breast cancer are faced with a multitude of new challenges both mentally and physically. The life changing experience of…
HOW BODY CONTOURING PLASTIC SURGERY IS ESSENTIAL TO POST BARIATRIC WEIGHT MAINTENANCE
Studies show that many obese patients who experience massive weight loss after undergoing bariatric surgery regain most of the…
BOTOX IMPROVES CROWS-FEET LINES
Most patients are not aware that there is a saline breast implant that can be increased or decreased in size, without surgery a second time around…
MALE BREAST REDUCTION: MORE THAN A COSMETIC IMPROVEMENT
Removing excess breast fat, skin, and tissue is not just for women. Almost 70% of adolescent boys are affected by a condition known as…
BREAST RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AFTER A MASTECTOMY
As we approach breast cancer awareness month, we encourage women to educate themselves about the options available for breast reconstructive surgery after a…
LIPOSUCTION COMBINED WITH TUMMY TUCK PROVIDES LESS COMPLICATIONS AND EXCELLENT RESULTS
A recent study by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) proves that a combined technique of liposuction and abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) reduces…
PLASTIC SURGERY WILL HELP YOU LOOK AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL
You may not be able to stop the process of aging but with plastic surgery, you can take control of it. More men and women are turning to…
BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY IMPROVES HEALTH & QUALITY OF LIFE
A recent study from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reports improvements in several health related issues for women after…
MOMMY MAKEOVER: THE SECRET TO GETTING YOUR PRE-PREGNANCY BODY BACK
In today’s celebrity obsessed culture, we are bombarded with magazine covers and internet popups of baby bump bearing beauties like…
FACELIFT WITH FAT GRAFTING
Sometimes, adding fat is all that is needed to reverse signs of aging, particularly in the face. Not everyone loses fat in their face as…
PLASTIC SURGERY AFTER WEIGHT LOSS IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
The amount of excess skin patients are left with after weight loss can be emotionally disturbing and place limitations on daily activities…
FAT GRAFTING FOR BREAST RESHAPING
New studies report that fat grafting is becoming a more commonly performed plastic surgery procedure for breast reconstruction. Based on…
MOST POPULAR SURGICAL & NONSURGICAL PROCEDURES
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), nonsurgical procedures are consistently increasing in popularity, with…
PLASTIC SURGERY BOOSTS SELF-CONFIDENCE
People choose to have plastic surgery for a number of reasons. Some people need reconstructive surgery to improve a certain condition…
INCISIONS AND SCARS AFTER PLASTIC SURGERY
After plastic surgery, you will have scars in place of incisions that are now healed. Scars are almost unavoidable results of your…
ADJUSTABLE BREAST IMPLANTS
Most patients are not aware that there is a saline breast implant that can be increased or decreased in size, without surgery a second time around…
FREEZE FAT AWAY! A NON-SURGICAL ALTERNATIVE
Many of us have tried every way possible to get rid of stubborn belly fat, saddlebags, our bra line, or bothersome back fat. For some of us…
NEW “GUMMY BEAR” IMPLANTS
Finally, after 7 years, and a study that included almost 1,000 women, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the…