May 2006

Features

Cover Story

	Path to Success
	by Rich Smith
	Benjamin A. Bassichis, MD, FACS, and his staff team up for excellent patient service

	Guest Editorial
	Help for the Healer
	by Gunther Hintz, MD
	Training physicians in poor countries offers the best hope for them and their patients


	Gluteal Augmentation
	by Douglas M. Senderoff, MD, FACS
	Solid-silicone implants are the only realistic choice for amplifying the buttocks, and great things can be done with them


	Restoring the Fullness
	by Rosetta Garries, MD, with Gabriel Sheffer
	Lip rejuvenation in the African American female


	Special Surgery-Unique Patients
	by George John Bitar, MD
	Understanding the characteristics of massive-weight-loss patients is as important as knowing how to operate on them


	Implant Basics
	by Lesley Ranft
	Our panel looks at the factors that affect the use of implants in the face and body


	A Good Read
	by Wendy Lewis
	How to write a book for the general public and get it published


	A Spa in a Hospital?
	by Cheryl Whitman
	Elective aesthetic treatments seem out of place in hospitals—but this may be an idea whose time has come


	Cooperation or Competition?
	by Chris Doster
	Product consultants and the plastic surgeon

Departments

	Editor's Message
	News on the News
	by Michael J. Block


	Newsroom
	by Rima Bedevian
	Association, government, and business updates


	Feedback


	Inreview
	Reports From the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery


	Spotlight
	Postoperative Care Products


	Insider
	Christian Jurist, MD, Global Educational Director, Pevonia Botanica Spa and Medicalia International


	Marketplace
	The latest plastic surgery products and services


	The Last Word
	Be Prepared!
	by Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
	A plastic surgeon helps you respond to the questions he tells patients to ask

	Classifieds
	Calendar
	Consumer Resources
	Media Kit
	Advertiser Index Editorial Advisory Board Reprints

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