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Beyond Aesthetic Refinement: Potential Health Benefits of a Tummy Tuck

Aug 6, 2025 in Body Contouring, Tummy Tuck

While abdominoplasty, commonly known as a tummy tuck, is often associated with cosmetic enhancement, the potential benefits extend well beyond aesthetics. For many patients, the body contouring procedure addresses both functional and medical concerns, offering significant improvements to quality of life, mobility, and core strength. As a board-certified plastic surgeon in Wichita and Medical Director of Shaw Plastic Surgery, Dr. […]

Breast Implant Placement Options: Over-the-Muscle vs. Under-the-Muscle

Jun 24, 2025 in Breast Augmentation, Breast Surgery

When considering breast augmentation, one of the most pivotal decisions made is the placement technique for your breast implants. Both options — over-the-muscle (subglandular) and under-the-muscle (submuscular or dual-plane) placement — each come with their own set of benefits, risks, and aesthetic implications. Understanding the differences between these approaches is essential to achieving the most natural-looking, satisfying, and long-lasting results […]

Wichita Plastic Surgeon Details Mommy Makeover Treatments to Reverse Pregnancy Changes

Wichita Plastic Surgeon Outlines Post-Pregnancy Options to Regain Pre-Baby Body

Jun 18, 2025 in Practice News

Dr. James M. Shaw details effective options to restore a patient’s pre-pregnancy figure, such as abdominoplasty, breast surgery, and liposuction. Wichita, KS — Motherhood can be a beautiful journey, but having children often causes physical changes in the body that diet and exercise alone cannot reverse, such as reduced skin elasticity, stretched underlying musculature, and stubborn fat buildup. A Mommy […]

How to Tighten Jowls and Sagging Skin

May 6, 2025 in Facelift, Facial Rejuvenation, Non-Surgical

The formation of sagging skin in the face and neck is among the most common concerns men and women wish to improve with aesthetic treatments. Jowls and skin laxity develop primarily due to a gradual loss of skin elasticity, fat, and muscle tone. As we age, our skin produces less collagen and elastin, which are key proteins that keep your […]