Kenneth Hughes, MD - Plastic Surgery Blog

Facebook and Instagram are utilized by many plastic surgeons to help promote their businesses.  Many plastic surgeons spend small fortunes to gain the attention of the prospective patients. For almost a year, Facebook and Instagram saw fit to restrict Dr. Kenneth Hughes’s profile and prevented him from inviting people and potential patients to like his […]

Dr. Hughes is Amazing. Look No Further. 25 Mar 2021 Dr. Hughes is amazing! He is so knowledgable and talented. His staff Magda and Nataly are wonderful also! His facility is pristine. It even smells good. Dr. Hughes fixed a botched lipo surgery I had on my arms and stomach. I am still healing, it’s […]

Incredibly Happy 29 Apr 2021 3 days post I got breast implants 2 years ago from another surgeon and have been very unhappy with them. They were different sizes, didn’t look right on my body, and he messed up the placement of one of my nipples. I finally got them redone with Dr. Hughes. I […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, gets many calls each day about what a plastic surgery or procedure may cost.  Prospective patients always want to know what is the price?  It does seem like a reasonable question.  Thus, Dr. Kenneth Hughes has very generously provided surgery prices or surgery costs for the most common […]

It does not have to be reiterated again the massive loss of life that has occurred due to the novel coronavirus over the past year has been staggering.  The better part of a million people are gone due to the novel coronavirus.  Now that the United States has largely gained control of the virus and […]

How Did Los Angeles County Go From One of the Highest Rates from COVID to One of the Lowest? Given the up and down pattern of infection throughout the pandemic, clearly social distancing and mask wearing had much to do with the pattern.  However, given the surging numbers after Thanksgiving and following Christmas and New […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, has been able to avoid any COVID instances in his Los Angeles plastic surgery center since the onset of the pandemic last year.  Blood clot is just one of the many complications of acquiring the COVID infection.  It is important to determine the rate of blood clot or […]

  Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, reviewed findings from a recent research study about disparity among different ethnic groups secondary to coronavirus.  A recent study showed that black and Hispanic people made up 53% of the morbidity for those patients hospitalized for coronavirus. However, these same individuals made up 58% of those hospitalized.  […]

When Dr. Kenneth Hughes was a clinical instructor and fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess at Harvard University, he gave frequent presentations about all aspects of plastic surgery including safety for the office staff.       Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Safety for the Office Staff Kenneth Hughes, MD Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Beth Israel […]

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 […]