The most frequent reconstructive surgery Dr. Popp does is facial cancer reconstruction for people who have had skin cancers removed. He explained he works in tandem with Mohs surgeons. Mohs is named after Dr. Frederick Mohs who invented the ... Read More
Read the Fine Print: What is Smart Liposuction?
If you have ever heard of Smart Lipo or Laser Lipo, you may well wonder what exactly that means. “Smart liposuction uses laser to melt the fat in the body. Some individuals feel it tightens their skin a little as well,” explained Dr. Popp. But he ... Read More
New Year, New You
Looking to make a resolution that will help you improve your health and feel better overall? One thing you could do is consider cutting out gluten and carbohydrates from your diet. In Dr. David Perlmutter’s book The Grain Brain, Perlmutter, a ... Read More
Is Stretching Always Good for You?
Stretching isn’t always good, at least not when it comes to stretch marks. And you may be surprised by how many individuals deal with this issue. Perhaps the first person you think of when you hear the term “stretch marks” is a woman who has ... Read More
Finding a Good Fit
You’ve decided you want to have a procedure done. You finally have the courage, the money, the time and the conviction. So how do you go about choosing the cosmetic surgeon that’s the best fit for you? Dr. Jeff Popp says there are three things you ... Read More
Explaining liposuction
Dr. Popp said the gold standard of liposuction is called tumescent liposuction. In this process, areas of the body are numbed using local anesthesia. Small punctures are made in the skin with a needle, which injects a solution to break down the ... Read More
Corrective Procedures
In his office, Dr. Popp said there’s probably more need for tattoo removal than fixing piercings or other body modifications. The painful truth is that tattoo removal is done by lasers and takes many, many sessions. The more color you have, the ... Read More
Cellulite: Leave the Jiggling to the Jello
You might not be able to explain what cellulite is, but you probably know it when you see it. Dr. Popp explains cellulite is little out-pouches of fat. Imagine the fat lives in a honeycomb with walls or little boxes. The fat is close to the surface ... Read More
Body Dysmorphia Disorder
We all have certain features, be it our nose or that extra skin around our stomach, that we obsess over. We look in the mirror and think about how much we would love to wish it away or fix it with a quick snap of our fingers. What happens when you ... Read More
Big, Fat Deal – Fat injections
The two most common uses for fat injections are Building up areas of trauma where people have lost fat Building up fat in the face that has been lost due to aging Round, plump faces are seen as more youthful than sunken in and skeletal ... Read More