Under the Knife

Fri, May 14, 2010 6:28 pm MDT

Dr. Jeffrey Roth, plastic surgeon

What is the hottest trend in plastic surgery?

Smaller operations sooner. Instead of people waiting until they are older and getting the blue-plate special, they tend to come in earlier for smaller things.

What is the most popular procedure?

Here in Las Vegas we do a lot of breast work; breast augmentation and breast augmentation with lifts as well. Different patients come in for different reasons. Proportion is my favorite word with breast augmentation.

What does the future hold?

Less invasive ways to do the stuff we’re doing now—meaning laparoscopic surgery to make small incisions. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. If we can make scars look better faster, that would be terrific. There are a lot of neat things around the corner to refine the operation into something better. … Ten years ago we really didn’t have Botox or filling agents for the face, and now we’ve realized we can do things in our office and don’t have to go to the operating room right away.

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