Blog of CaloAesthetics

5 Questions to Ask Before Body Contouring

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Dr. Nana Mizuguchi

Here at CaloAesthetics Plastic Surgery Center, body contouring options are so much more diverse than liposuction. Our Louisville patients enjoy a wide array of choices to fit their individual needs, whether it’s reducing a small area of fat with minimal downtime or a more intensive transformation of multiple parts of the body. If you’re researching a body contouring procedure, we recommend asking the 5 following questions as a good starting point during a consultation. Here, we’ll review the answers to each question as they apply to some of our most popular body contouring procedures — both surgical and non-surgical. 1. … Continue reading

3 Ways We Connect With Patients

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Dr. Bradley Calobrace

As plastic surgeons, Dr. Nana Mizuguchi and I believe that giving our patients the ability to connect with our Louisville, KY clinic helps them feel confident and at ease with the treatment process, whether they’re interested in a spa procedure or plastic surgery. Open dialogue helps us remain in touch with the needs and desires of our patients and their unique situations, and it helps our patients know what special things we have going on. There are several ways we regularly communicate with our patients: RealSelf contributions: If you haven’t visited this great website already, RealSelf is a wonderful forum … Continue reading

Augmenting Results With Liposuction

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dr. Nana Mizuguchi

Surgeons around the country keep finding more and better ways to use the fat from liposuction to help enhance other areas of the body. In the old days at our Louisville practice, we would simply discard the fat harvested from liposuction, but now we refer to it as “liquid gold” thanks to advances that enable us to use it to augment the face, hands, breasts, buttocks, and more. This procedure is commonly referred to as fat grafting or fat transfer. Researchers have been experimenting with fat transfer techniques for many years, but it’s only recently that they’ve become truly effective. First, … Continue reading

Injections or Surgery? How to Rejuvenate 3 Areas

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Dr. Nana Mizuguchi

At our Louisville plastic surgery practice and medical spa, advances in non-surgical treatments are exciting, offering our patients additional options to achieve their aesthetic goals. One of our jobs is assessing each patient’s individual needs and recommending whether non-surgical procedures are the best treatment path or whether cosmetic surgery would yield better results. A few areas of the face that show common signs of aging can be treated either non-surgically or surgically, depending on your condition, goals, budget, and other factors. Check out your options for the following areas: The brow: Perhaps our single most popular treatment is BOTOX® Cosmetic injections at … Continue reading

Plastic Surgery Testimonials: To Trust or Not to Trust?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Dr. Bradley Calobrace

People use online reviews to help them make decisions about just about everything these days, from where to go for dinner to what kind of car to buy. They are also popular among individuals who are looking for plastic surgeons, including here in the Louisville, KY area. Patient testimonials posted on various websites, such as RealSelf.com, can be a valuable tool for individuals trying to choose a plastic surgeon, but it’s important to assess the validity of the reviews to determine whether they are trustworthy. That’s why I’ve compiled a few tips below to help you evaluate a surgeon’s online reviews, so … Continue reading