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Often times patients do not fully realize that they are as much responsible for their healing as the doctor. The healing process has to be a partnership and this is where the patient comes in contributing to their own healing process proactively. You have spent months if not years planning for this surgery. You have […]

Last night I was up watching back to back episodes of Dr. 90210 (Dr. Rey) as I often do just to see what is going on in other plastic surgery offices. In those brief moments where he is not having personal interactions with his wife or someone is not being cut open, the show is […]

This has been interesting reading for me as I am a plastic surgeon who specializes in BA. I perform about 450 such procedures annually. Let me tell you what I have learned. The best way to choose your implant is to forget about cc’s. Let the surgeon do that…it’s his job. What you should do […]

This patient had a previous breast implant surgery with another doctor before coming to get a breast revision / breast augmentation by Dr. Leonard Hochstein in Miami Florida. Dr. Hochstein performs around 700 unique breast surgeries i.e. (Mastopexy lifts, Benelli lift, Reduction, Augmentation, Breast implants, and Breast Revision) in a year, so patients come from […]

Every fall, Dr. Leonard Hochstein and his wife Lisa Hochstein host a Halloween fundraising event that has become one of Miami’s most notable charity functions. Each year the Hochstein’s alternate on raising funds to help either the Human Society or Make A Wish Foundation. This year the money will go to the Human Society. If […]

The last year has been a difficult one for me.  It is always painful when someone you once considered a friend decides that they want to hurt you.  I am referring to a patient who had allowed me to use their image on my website.  A year ago she accused me of taking her images […]