Category Archives: Featured Patients

This month’s Featured Patient is a testimony to how a great relationship between a patient and their doctor, combined with the latest plastic surgery procedures, can change a life. It is an inspiring story for both moms who want their figure back, and  patients. Our feature patient had worked hard to lose a large amount of …

This month’s case deals with liposuction. In 2010, almost 300,000 patients had liposuction in the US, making it the second most common cosmetic procedure performed after breast augmentation. Liposuction is normally used for body contouring. Men and women, who are close to their ideal or realistic weight, can address bothersome areas of fat that will …

This month’s case deals with gynecomastia, enlargement of the male breast. This condition occurs in approximately 35% of males, usually without a clear cut cause. It often regresses within several months after its onset, however, when present for more than 12 months, is unlikely to go away. Patients such as this one are very often …

This month’s Featured Patient shows the result of Otoplasty surgery for the treatment of prominent ears. The condition occurs due to a failure of the antihelical fold (the crease that forms along the outer 1/3 of the ear) to form completely when a baby undergoes its development inside the mother’s womb. The child then develops …

This month’s patient features a long lasting solution to aging lips; those which are losing their plumpness and developing fine wrinkle lines around them. This 60-year-old patient noticed these changes occurring and consulted with Dr. Parker about treatment options. She preferred a long-term solution as opposed to undergoing periodic “filler” injections into her lips. Using …

Samantha, 39, is a stay at home mom of three young children, including one set of twins. The pregnancies left Samantha with stretch marks, excess skin, stretched out abdominal muscles, an umbilical hernia, and a lot of stomach and digestive discomfort. “Once my hernia started bothering me, my gynecologist told me I really needed to …

This month’s Featured Patient demonstrates the powerful nature of the Parker Tummy Tuck. Our patient is 34 years old Patty. She lost 100 pounds over several years with diet and exercise. At 5’10”, weighing 228 pounds, and wearing a size 18 dress, she was still larger than she wanted to be and was bothered by …