Thomas P. Sterry, MD
1080 5th Avenue #1b
New York, NY 10128
Phone: (212) 249-4020
Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
A lot of people are interested in tummy tuck surgery, but they think they don't have the time or they fear tummy tuck recovery. They hesitate and may never improve parts of their body that the gym simply can't work out for them, and that's a shame. As my tummy tuck patients have learned, in…
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Bariatric surgery helps many patients to lose a tremendous amount of weight and keep it off long term. Unfortunately, patients who have these operations are sometimes surprised at the way their bodies look after they have accomplished their commendable weight loss goals. Many of them start looking for plastic surgery to help tame the excess…
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I came across an article claiming that tattoo removal is getting better with the use of various lasers. While this may be true, I'm concerned because many patients don't understand how difficult it is to completely remove a tattoo. Even in what doctors call "good" outcomes, there is many times a "ghost" of the tattoo…
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I have been asked many times if a tummy tuck scar would be made above or below a C-section scar. Many tummy tuck patients who visit my NYC practice seem to think that they will end up with 2 separate scars from the procedures. That's not how it works. The truth is that I routinely…
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Last week the FDA announced that it was investigating a “possible association” between a very rare form of lymphoma and breast implants (both saline and silicone). Before I go much farther let me point out a few details: Breast implants have NOT been proven to cause cancer The FDA does NOT recommend that women with…
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This is a topic that continues to come up time and time again. I am continually asked not only what happens to liposuctioned areas with weight gain, but also what happens to non-liposuctioned areas. There seems to be a fear out there that if one has liposuction and then gains weight that other areas of…
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There are a couple of new gadgets available today which claim to remove fat from your body while being completely non-invasive. One uses some fancy lights that sort of spin around over your body and is supposed to induce digestion of fat cells. The other one cools the fat cells to the point where they…
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No matter what the procedure is, all of my patients need to know how to plan for their recovery. A tummy tuck operation (or “abdominoplasty”) is a procedure that removes loose skin from the lower belly and tightens the muscles of the abdomen. The muscle tightening is the tough part---I have never heard a complaint…
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Many men and women come to their tummy tuck consultations at my Manhattan practice worried about tummy tuck scars. The truth is, where there is an incision, there will usually be a scar, and tummy tuck surgery is no different. Choosing the appropriate level of the tummy tuck scar, though, is a matter of proper…
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The news in recent days reminds us all about the importance of safety when having ANY operation, and liposuction is no exception. I tell my wife all the time, "it may be cosmetic, but it's still surgery". That's why my office has a Joint Commission certified operating suite (http://www.jointcommission.org/) with state of the art equipment and…
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