While there aren’t rigidly age-specific procedures when it comes to plastic surgery, there are broad periods of time when patients tend to gravitate towards particular plastic surgery treatments. This is primarily based on the symptoms the procedures are used to treat...
Botox - Is It Right for Me? Botox has been around for years in the cosmetic industry, helping numerous patients smooth away fine wrinkles. As popular as Botox is, many patients are still reluctant to include Botox injections in their skincare routine for skin...
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sam Lam talks about the social media meme #NoMakeUp and what his thoughts are on it. Full Audio Transcript: I saw this article on the hashtag no filter, hashtag no makeup thing that's going around the Internet today talking about...
People always ask me about the recovery time, which I think is really important to discuss. The saying that my mentor taught me, who is an amazing surgeon, said that there's no amount of ice that will ever cover the gentle hand of a surgeon or lack of a gentle hand of...
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sam Lam talks about how he closes wounds in a plastic surgical technique and highlights some differences between those who are trained in plastic surgery techniques and those who are not. Full Audio Transcript: This is a podcast...
Cosmetic surgical procedures are increasingly becoming part of the mainstream. According to a report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there were 2,314,720 cosmetic surgical procedures in 2020. This figure is up 22% compared to 20 years ago. The most common...
Dr. Lam is featured in this month's Forum International, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)'s official journal, on his eyebrow hair transplant and surgical correction of keloid scars and hair loss in the eyebrow region.
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sam Lam has been elected to the Board of Directors for the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS). He has served as an oral examiner for the AFPRS for many years now and has helped to create the oral...
This Wednesday, July 18th, Dr. Lam will be appearing on Doctor Radio, channel 110 on both Sirius and XM radio! He will be speaking with Dr. Erich P. Voigt for one hour regarding facial plastic surgery and hair restoration. Tune in at 12 pm CDT/1 pm EDT. To ask Dr. Lam...
In the past, I was convinced that I needed to have very short lasting epidermal (outer skin) sutures and long-lasting dermal (deep, below the skin) sutures. I am now convinced of the exact opposite. In the past, I would use deep, dissolvable stitches that would take 6...
