Stress-inducing events like job loss and divorce are undoubtedly taxing in a psychological sense, provoking feelings of grief, anxiety and fear. The body can also respond to stressful events physically through a host of unpleasant side effects. Let’s take a closer look at how stress can affect your appearance, and what to do about it….Read More…
Recreating the Nipple after Breast Reconstruction
For many women who have had breast cancer and subsequent breast reconstruction, nipple reconstruction is an important part of the process. Dr. Gregory Dumanian has witnessed first-hand how creating a realistic-looking nipple helps his breast reconstruction patients feel more like themselves after their experience with cancer. Nipple reconstruction can provide a sense of much-needed “closure”…Read More…
Maintaining Your Plastic Surgery Results
Dr. Gregory Dumanian regularly fields questions about how to maintain the results of facelift, liposuction, tummy tuck and other plastic surgery procedures. With the right personal care and lifestyle habits, the results should last for many years. Here are some tips from Dr. Dumanian to maintain the life of plastic surgery results. Avoid Sun Damage…Read More…
The Best Foods to Eat for Beautiful Skin
A great way to achieve and enjoy beautiful, vibrant skin is to nourish it from the inside out. Changing dietary patterns and incorporating the right foods into meals and snacks can help boost collagen, reduce inflammation, fight acne and even protect the skin from the sun. In this blog post, Chicago plastic surgeon, Dr. Gregory…Read More…
How to Choose Your Breast Implants
The placement of breast implants is a highly personalized procedure with many variables to consider. What works for one woman won’t necessarily work for the next. Chicago breast implants surgeon Gregory Dumanian has compiled a short guide to the various breast implant options. Filling Material Dr. Dumanian offers saline and silicone gel implants. There are…Read More…
What happens to the muscles on the side after a components release? Do they weaken?
There are three side muscles–the external oblique, the internal oblique, and the transversus abdominis. The most common version of the components release hernia repair cuts the external oblique muscle as it inserts onto the vertical rectus abdominis muscles. The side muscles become more compliant (stretchy) with the external oblique cut, allowing the rectus abdominis muscles…Read More…
Tips for Healing from Plastic Surgery
Healing from a surgical procedure is different for everyone, and the experience varies depending on the specific procedure(s) performed and the individual. However, there are a few commonalities in the healing process. The first two to three days after surgery will be the most uncomfortable, and patients typically spend most of the time in bed…Read More…
TMR in the news in southern Illinois
Dr. Dumanian is given credit for the development of TMR used to treat this patient in southern Illinois. http://www.sj-r.com/article/20140323/NEWS/140329739/
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Neuroma Pain in Amputees
Here is a link to an article about our ongoing randomized clinical trial in controlling pain in the limbs of amputees with TMR nerve transfers. http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2014/03/Dumanian_nerve_research.html
AWR (Abdominal Wall Reconstruction) Meeting, Washington DC, 2014
Dr. Dumanian will give three lectures at the AWR meeting this coming June. The first will be entitled “The tissue response to synthetic and biologic materials”. The second is “Local and free flap reconstruction”. The third is “Perforator Sparing: Why not the standard”. On June 13, he will be on a panel entitled “Stump the…Read More…