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Sometimes a woman can be unhappy with her labia, the inner or outer lips of the vagina. Labiaplasty by Dr. Gurley is used to reduce the size of labia that may be too long or large, or to reshape labia that are uneven or...
If you’ve had children or if you’ve put on a good deal of weight and then lost it, you likely have a pooch. No, not the kind you have to walk every day, the sagging skin that creates a pooch on your lower abdomen....
The underside of your upper arms is particularly susceptible to the pull of gravity. Plus, your muscles and supporting tissues slacken somewhat with age. The result can be loose, giggly arms that you may have heard referred to as “bat wings.” Bat wings? You...
Many women have uneven breasts. It’s a very common fact of anatomy affecting roughly one half of all women. But sometimes, asymmetry can make a woman feel self-conscious when naked or in a swimsuit. No one should feel that way about her body. To...
Women think their breasts should be identical in size, shape, and position on the chest, but this is rare. Most women have at least some asymmetry between their breasts. It’s thought that over half of women have some degree of asymmetry. And, that estimate...
Whether or not you were teased at school, you know one thing about elementary, junior high and high school kids — they can be relentless. And at this point in a child’s development, this kind of abuse can really damage the self-esteem going forward....
You know you have them, we all do — those unwanted pockets of fat that, no matter what you do, just won’t go away. You can exercise and diet, but, unfortunately, you can’t specifically target your problem areas. For Dr. Gurley’s patients, the...
Have you decided that your days of going sleeveless are over forever? If you’ve given up waving or even lifting your arms, it might be time to find out about brachioplasty. Better known as an arm lift. Brachioplasty is growing in popularity with patients...
Cosmetic surgery procedures are pretty ubiquitous nowadays. We’ve come a long way since the days when women were rumored to “have had a little something done,” but tried to hide the fact. Today, from cover stories in Time magazine to procedure demonstrations on local...