Another Patient Recommendation

Realself.com is an independent, third-party service that invites cosmetic surgery patients to review and evaluate the surgeon who provided their surgery. Since the experieince of other patients is one of the most reliable criteria for choosing your plastic surgeon, we are proud and happy to receive them. Here's a recent one: 

“Lower Facelift - Fort Myers, FL”

17 Sep 2012

My Doctor: Robert Brueck, MD

My rating: 

Referral from several friends and several consultations with him. He made you feel at ease and he is very caring. Dr. Brueck and his staff are wonderful. They are very caring and compassionate. I had a lower facelift about a year ago and I love it. Two other friends have gone to him also and are very pleased. I called his office several times after surgery, and Shia was always there to answer all questions and put your concerns to rest.

Doctor's Bedside Manner - 5 stars

Answered My Questions - 5 stars

After Care Follow-Up - 5 stars

Time Spent With Me - 5 stars

Phone or Email Responsiveness - 5 stars

Staff Professionalism & Courtesy - 5 stars

Payment Process - 5 stars

Wait Times - 5 stars

NEW CANCER DRUG FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

This is another in Dr. Robert Brueck's blog posting as a Fort Myers plastic surgeon dealing with skin and cosmetic surgery issues.

The most frequent type of cancer in the common form of skin cancer is called basal cell carcinoma. This cancer is so common and it frequently increases with age.

It usually grows locally and is treated with surgery the majority of the time.

A new drug called Erivedge will be available to treat more advanced forms of basal cell in patients’ who are not candidates for surgery or radiation. It is also indicated in treating metastatic basal cell – that is a rare breed.

In 32 years I can recall maybe 1 or 2 cases. This is the first ever FDA drug approved for metastatic basal cell carcinoma.

WHO LEADS IN ANTI-AGING PROCEDURES?

Common sense would tell us the “older” generation or baby boomers would be leading the way.

But surprise, surprise!

A study by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) (I am a member) found that “Generation-X” people, aged 31-45, actually led the way with 43% of the $10+ billion spent on cosmetic procedures in 2010. The baby boomers (I’m also a member here as well) accounted for 28% of the total spent.

There were a total of 13.1 million cosmetic procedures done and of this total 11.6 million were non-surgical. That keeps plastic surgeons such as me happily busy.