One Thing the World Does Not Need

February 19th, 2010 by Helen Colen, MD

<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073741899 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ [...]

The Fad of Plastic-Surgery Addiction

February 15th, 2010 by Helen Colen, MD

I remember a few years ago, it seemed all the rage to admit to a worldwide audience, usually on a TV talk show, to have all manner of emotional baggage. Oprah admitted to having been sexually abused , Marie Osmond confessed to struggling with depression, and we all remember Hugh Grant apologizing on THE TONIGHT [...]

Preparing Through Use of a Labiaplasty Notebook

February 10th, 2010 by Helen Colen, MD

I once knew of a woman who was, frankly, the best-prepared patient I’ve ever known when she went to see her plastic surgeon for a labiaplasty.  Many women meet with their surgeons, not knowing what questions to ask, not even knowing what makes a good surgeon.  Others are a bit more prepared, and come in [...]

What I’d Like to See This Decade

February 2nd, 2010 by Helen Colen, MD

Some people debate whether this year is the start of the new decade, or if next year is, but it’s easier for me to think of the teens as being all of those years that start with a 1.  So to me, 2010 is the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century.  Therefore, [...]

What Is Benjamin’s Syndrome? part 1

January 30th, 2010 by Helen Colen, MD

An increasing number of patients that plastic surgeons are seeing for vaginal surgery have something known as Benjamin’s Syndrome.  It’s a condition that requires the unusual condition of a penis on a female to be converted to a vagina.  Let’s discuss just what Benjamin’s Syndrome is.