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 [...]

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, [...]

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.

In my last blog, I discussed what Benjamin’s Syndrome is:  a condition in which a person has the sexual organs of the gender opposite of what they are in all other respects.  We discussed the fact that often, vaginoplasty is required to give a female born with a penis a vagina instead.

I’ve discussed here in the past the attempt to charge a tax to those undergoing plastic surgery.  This was to be part of the massive healthcare insurance overall that President Obama first proposed and which Congress has been negotiating.  Those of us who practice plastic surgery have pointed out many reasons why this idea was [...]