Plastic Surgeon

When considering plastic surgery, choosing a surgeon is your most critical decision. While many providers offer cosmetic procedures, only a board-certified plastic surgeon has the expertise, training, and credentials to ensure your safety and achieve optimal results. At Burgess Plastic Surgery, Dr. Elisa Burgess, a board-certified plastic surgeon and respected female leader, brings over 20 years of […]

Plastic surgery covers a wide variety of procedures, and they all leave our patients with some soreness and potentially uncomfortable first few nights as they recover. There are ways to make sleeping after surgery more comforting for the patient before and during bedtime. Before Bed Before getting comfortable, you should follow the necessary actions as

Plastic surgery is a great way to address cosmetic or functional issues standing in the way of your ideal appearance. Whether you are interested in a face, breast, or body procedure, it is important to know that being prepared for the big day will set you up for a smoother recovery and can increase your chances of achieving

As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. With this in mind, Cosmopolitan Magazine runs a regular featurette, “Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became…”. Recently, Dr. Jennifer Keagle, a Los Angeles based board-certified plastic surgeon, candidly confessed what she wishes she had known. As she read along, Dr. Burgess was taken aback by how

Rumor has it, the idea behind CoolSculpting was first discovered by a pediatrician in the 1960s. The pediatrician noticed that as kids sucked on popsicles, a dimple developed on the side of their cheek in which they had placed the popsicle. Concluding that the cold temporarily disabled the fat cells, the pediatrician noted that fat