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For 2 months, Dr. Kenneth Hughes has placed elective surgeries on hold, and doctors have operated to help the sick and the injured.  This is a time when there are no funds being disbursed, but the greatest risks are being taken by healthcare providers.  The small business that is a doctor’s practice has been shut […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Los Angeles plastic surgeon, has closed his office for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery until May 15th, at which time Dr. Hughes will reopen.  This will have amounted to 2 months of closure to new patients.  Part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic was to halt all non-urgent surgical procedures in […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes in Los Angeles sees his own share of patients who have had cosmetic surgery abroad in other areas of country.  These patients may have early complications that require treatment or intervention.  Most commonly, Dr. Kenneth Hughes sees these patients months or years after this surgery for revision procedure or procedures. Cosmetic surgery […]

Patients and the public in general view plastic surgeons in a pejorative way and tend to project those feelings onto plastic surgeons without giving that individual the benefit of the doubt.  Dr. Kenneth Benjamin Hughes has closed his office during the pandemic for elective surgery and cosmetic surgery at great personal loss to himself and […]

Most plastic surgery businesses have become insolvent during this coronavirus pandemic.  These companies are small and are receiving no income.  In fact, some may be losing a huge amount of money due to refunds and keeping the payroll so that employees, spouses, and children can eat.  None of these businesses can perform plastic surgery procedures […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes is a scholar and scientist at heart, and he looks toward and investigates public health problems to invest in solutions.  Although this site is dedicated to plastic surgery technology and news, the coronavirus is having as much impact on plastic surgery business and the future of plastic surgery as anything has in […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes in Los Angeles sees a great variety of post-traumatic deformities for which he creates a reconstructive surgery plan.  No one strategy or approach is effective for every individual or every deformity.  Many of these deformities are the result of fat necrosis, which is a technical term applied to fat tissue that dies […]

Dr. Kenneth Hughes, Harvard-trained, Board-Certified Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon, sees a large number of patients have loose skin at the bottom of the butt or the back of the thighs. Some of these patients also have a butt that is too long.  Patients have have a butt that is not smooth, patients may be concerned […]

When patients think of lawsuits and hospitals and doctors, patients tend to think of medical malpractice lawsuits that can result in ruin for doctors and hospital alike.  However, this article addresses a different type of lawsuit related to medicine and patients.  In recent years, many hospitals have been criticized publicly in the media for suing […]

Brazilian butt lift: UK surgeons told not to perform procedure in 2018 summarized from Alex Matthews King Historical figures reveal that the Brazilian buttlift (BBL) causes one death for every 3,000 operations.  The procedure involves liposuctioning fat from the back or stomach and injecting the harvested fat to the buttocks and hips to improve the […]