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What makes a doctor a plastic surgery specialist? Does it take special requirements, or is it an easy process?

It starts with education and training. If a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he should focus his education and skills on this specialty. The surgeon should have completed an accredited residency program in plastic surgery, and have a number of years of intensive training and experience covering the full spectrum of reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. Typically, when a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he or she will also become board certified to enter the field of plastic surgery. Certification requires rigorous qualifications and strict membership requirements.

Once a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he must turn his training into experience. If he has performed your procedure dozens of times, he’ll understand every nuance of the surgery. You’ll feel more comfortable with the doctor, the procedure, and will be more relaxed during the entire process.

Because a plastic surgery specialist has a passion for what he does, he may also share this passion in various ways. Many of today’s finest doctors become active in the teaching community, training future generations of doctors to in turn become great plastic surgery specialists.

Some doctors also choose to give back to their communities by setting up humanitarian organizations or not-for-profit groups that provide free plastic surgeries to children and adults in underprivileged areas.

Above all, today’s top plastic surgery specialists offer you a wide variety of services that will help improve the way you live your life. If you have questions, set up an initial consultation to speak with a plastic surgery specialist. They should be able to answer all of your questions, and make you feel comfortable about the procedure, and the entire process. Your happiness will make all of the difference in a successful experience.

Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery offers you two of today’s top doctors that have what it takes to be considered as plastic surgery specialists. Dr Randolph C Robinson is double board-certified by the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr Jeremy Z Williams completed extensive training in plastic surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD before returning to his native home, Colorado. Both are committed to providing you with top quality care, from your initial consultation to your full post-operative recovery.

Summary: Dr Randolph C Robinson has been selected to serve as a consultant with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and will lecture and train other surgeons in using the Harmonic Scalpel to perform harmonic facelifts.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 24, 2006 –Dr. Randolph C. Robinson has announced his affiliation with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, makers of the Harmonic Scalpel, a Johnson & Johnson company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr Robinson will now serve as a consultant with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and will lecture and train other surgeons in using the Harmonic Scalpel to perform harmonic facelifts.

The Harmonic Scalpel was originally designed for general surgery, and was applied to the facelift operation several years ago in Paris, France by Dr Françoise Firmin. Dr Robinson trained under Dr Firmin in 1990-91, and observed Dr Firmin performing a harmonic facelift in Paris in December 2005. Dr Robinson began performing the harmonic facelift through his own practice in 2006.

The Harmonic Scalpel uses ultrasonic technology, and vibrates at a high frequency, 50,000 cycles per second, which seals the tissue as it dissects, and ultimately helps eliminate bruising typically associated with a facelift.

“The harmonic facelift shortens the recovery period significantly,” said Dr Robinson. “Compared to the more conventional facelift that is performed with scissors, the harmonic facelift reduces the normal bruising, allowing a patient to get back to his or her normal lifestyle almost a week earlier.”

Because of the benefits of using the Harmonic Scalpel in surgery, Dr Robinson will pioneer the use into other surgeries as well.

“Using harmonic technology will benefit patients in many aspects of cosmetic surgery because of the improved tissue response,” said Dr Robinson. “For instance, applying this technology into the Harmonic Breast Augmentation should decrease the risk of hematomas and muscle soreness, giving women another option in this popular procedure.”

About Dr. Randolph C. Robinson
Dr. Randy Robinson is double board-certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and is an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider. He is the founder of Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery in Lone Tree, Colorado, and is on the active staff at the Sky Ridge Medical Center. He writes, speaks, and teaches in a variety of areas. To learn more about Dr. Randolph C. Robinson, visit http://www.parkmeadowscosmeticsurgery.com/drrobinson.cfm

An abdominoplasty or tummy tuck is usually not covered by insurance as medically necessary. Many women after pregnancy, who have excessive skin and fat in the lower tummy, also have spreading of the muscles. In the tummy tuck operation, the skin and fat are removed and the muscles are tightened to give a flatter abdomen. When the muscles are spread apart so that there is a hernia (bulging of fat or intestine through the abdominal wall) then insurance may cover the repair which could include a tummy tuck at the same time. If there is an indication for a hysterectomy or other abdominal surgery, a tummy tuck could be coordinated at the same time but it may or may not be covered. Bariatric surgery or surgery to treat obesity will sometimes cause extra hanging skin after the patient has significant weight loss. Insurance may cover the weight reduction surgery but usually does not cover the contouring surgery to remove the skin, which in most cases requires an abdominoplasty. The best solution to the question is to have a consultation and have the surgeon’s office perform a predetermination to see if it is covered under the patient’s policy.

Randolph C. Robinson, M.D., D.D.S., F.A.A.C.S.

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