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Even though the weather is dreary and the calendar is set to March, it is not too early to start dreaming about the warmer and sunnier summer months. In fact, if you want to confidently rock a bikini on vacation or at the pool this summer,

A surgical risk calculator is a tool that predicts a given person’s likelihood of having an unfavorable outcome, or complication, after surgery. Typically available via online interface on a website, risk calculators allow patients and health care providers alike to assess a person’s individualized risk going into surgery.

Mastectomy refers to removal of the whole breast. It may also include lymph node removal in the armpit area to determine whether the cancer has spread from the breast to your body’s lymphatic system.

Breast reconstruction is a highly personalized procedure. What works for one woman won’t necessarily work for another. (Some women decide against reconstruction altogether.) With that in mind, a study found that breast reconstruction patients that replaced implants with their own tissue were happier.

As an Associate Professor of Surgery for the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Kim is very academically active. He serves at the Principal Investigator (PI) for numerous clinical studies.

It seems that almost every week, another tabloid is announcing a celebrity’s incredible transformation after having a baby. And it truly is unbelievable how these celebs are able to walk down a runway or wear a bikini mere months after giving birth.

Last month, plastic surgeon John Kim blogged about the rise in plastic surgery “gifting” around the holidays. He shared that it is becoming more popular to purchase vouchers for spouses, parents,

In the past year or so, a new trend has sprung up among retirees. According to plastic surgeons around the country, more candidates ages 55 and over are filling their offices,

The end of the year is a prime time for setting goals and resolutions for the upcoming year. At the practice of Chicago plastic surgeon John Kim, it’s common for our patients to set some health and beauty-related resolutions to look and feel better.

Multiple news sources have reported on the growing trend of gifting plastic surgery to loved ones. According to sources including Time, ABC News and Elle, cosmetic surgery gifting was up almost 35 percent last year,