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Questions From Readers

1. What is it like working in Cambodia? I first came here twelve years ago to start a charity dedicated to repairing burn-injured children free of charge. I did form this charity and we have performed over 200 such operations. Fortunately, the volume at OPERATION KIDS has dropped off significantly due to a reduction in […]

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Simple in Theory, Complex in Execution

              **Before reading further, please visit the “Before & After- Reconstructive” gallery located elsewhere on this website.   The entity we will be discussing here is called a Radial Forearm Flap so let me start with some important definitions. The word “flap”, as it is used in medicine, has the same meaning as in ordinary […]

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What is Beautiful?

Let’s face it. Some people are beautiful; some, not so much. Why? What is it that makes some of us more attractive? Is it social conditioning or something fundamental about what attracts us to each other? I remember having this debate with a classmate during a very complicated physics lecture back at M.I.T.. He claimed […]

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Should Artistic Ability and Aesthetic Sense be Criteria for Selecting Future Plastic Surgeons?

These were painted during the two month period that the augmentation (lowermost) was performed. Is there a connection between being able to draw and producing more aesthetically-pleasing cosmetic surgery?                                                                             […]

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Welcome to the “Articles” section of the website. Please direct comments and questions to my e mail address. I will endeavor to personally answer you as soon as I can and if your question has general applicability, I will use it in a future Articles entry.

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