Kenneth Hughes, MD - Plastic Surgery Blog

Medical tourism occurs for the most part due to economic considerations.  Patients are not seeking out the best care but rather the cheapest option. Some of the patients travel to recover in island paradises or the promise of that.  The Dominican Republic has taken a lot of criticism about its medical tourism industry. The CDC […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes has been monitoring the patient outcomes from coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.  The buzz around the virus has reduced markedly, yet the total number claimed by COVID moves to more than a half a million.  The total number of infected patients is over 30 million in the United States.  The […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, board-certified, Harvard-trained plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, has received hundreds of inquiries from patients all over the US and throughout the world in regard to silicone and biopolymer injection removal.  Many times these injections are used to augment the buttocks or hips, but they can be used to augment almost any body […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained board certified plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, has performed thousands of elective cosmetic surgery procedures.  The patient base is generally healthy as this is elective surgery.  However, some of the patients who elect to pursue elective plastic surgery may have medical issues or mutations, which may make them more susceptible to […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, is an expert at fat necrosis removal in its various presentations.  Fat necrosis is the death of fat that occurs usually secondary to the lack of blood supply.  Without the blood supply, the fat dies and becomes calcified and hard.  This necrotic fat then may be painful or […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, understands the negative consequences of smoking on plastic surgery including flap death, fat death, and wound healing issues.  Dr. Kenneth Hughes of Hughes Plastic Surgery has operated on thousands of patients seeking plastic surgery who have avoided the complications involved including fat necrosis (necrosis means death), flap necrosis, […]

Breast augmentation, also known as augmentation mammoplasty, is a procedure in plastic surgery that increases the size of the breasts and gives them a fuller appearance. It may be done from one or more reasons, including making naturally small breasts bigger, bringing symmetry to asymmetrical breasts, or restoring breast size after pregnancy. All in all, […]

Do you have fat that refuses to go away? You may be the ideal candidate for liposuction with Dr. Kenneth Hughes in Los Angeles. This is a cosmetic surgery designed to remove fat that hasn’t responded well to exercise routines and diet plans. This fat removing surgery can be used to target your legs, back, […]

There are a great deal of women who are unhappy with the shape and size of their breasts. Many of them opt for breast augmentation so that they can feel better about themselves. Breast augmentation is a cosmetic surgery designed to increase the size of the breasts.  Breast augmentation can be combined with a breast […]

Your nose is a prominent facial feature that determines the overall look of your face. It can make or break the first impression you make when you meet a new person.  If the size and shape of your nose is unaligned with the rest of your features, it can give you a disproportionate look that […]