For more information on cosmetic surgery, please contact Dr. Paul LoVerme in Verona, New Jersey. Also serving the New York area.
The LoVerme Center
825 Bloomfield Ave.
Fells Plaza, Suite 205
Verona, New Jersey 07044
Ph: 973.559.5231
Radiance Medical Spa at the LoVerme Center
Ph: 973.559.5232
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Announced in the November 2011 issue of Suburban Essex Magazine, Radiance Medical Spa has been voted Best Medical Spa by readers! We really appreciate the vote of confidence and we will continue to give quality care in a caring environment. To celebrate our win, we will be offering 15% off for our Best of Essex Facial! Call today to schedule your appointment: (973) 559-5232
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:21 am
Watch the video below to see the latest news clip featuring
Dr. Loverme and one of his patients.
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:08 am
Have you had too much sun, salt and chlorine? Come in to Radiance Medical Spa and treat yourself to our Restorative Facial to soothe, calm and hydrate your skin. We are offering special pricing on this treatment from now until September, so call us to book your appointment! (973) 857-9499.
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm
You’ve gotten the shopping done-bathing suits, sunglasses, shorts, killer sandals and beach badges. Sunscreen??
One of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family this summer is to use sunscreen. The sun is dangerous. Yes, dangerous! Repeated sun exposure can cause skin cancer, brown spots and (OMG!) wrinkles. Sun protection is even more important for men. In fact, men over 50 are more than twice as likely to develop basal and squamous cell skin cancers. Men are spending more time in the sun than women, but are less likely to use sunscreen. The combination of exposure and neglect is especially dangerous when it comes to melanoma. I’ve operated on 2 men with melanoma on the ear in the month of June!
Doctors worldwide recommend: Protect. Prevent. Correct. Get Checked.
Protect – Did I mention Sunscreen? Skinceuticals makes it so easy, they offer silky, sheer Physical Fusion SPF 50 in tinted and untinted. It is so light that you can use it as your base. If you think SPF 50 is too high, think again. They also make a SPF 30 and a sport SPF 45. All have transparent zinc oxide and protect against UVA & UVB. And don’t forget to put it on your ears – probably the most forgotten area when applying sunscreen.
Prevent – Antioxidants. Even the best sunscreens can’t block all the damaging free radicals from the sun. SkinCeuticals C-serums and Phloretin are clinically proven to prevent environmental aging. And used together with sunscreen – WOW – it’s the ultimate protection.
Correct – Retin-A, hydroquinones (Obagi Clear and Blender), Phyto corrective gel and pigment regulator. Speak to Dr LoVerme or our certified aestheticians about which is best for you.
Get Checked – If you have something suspicious call our office. I’ll take a look.
Save 20% on ALL Sunscreens purchased at our office through July 31, 2011. Call our office for details or to place your order.
(In-office purchases only.)
Remember to promote optimal skin health. I’d like to hear from all my patients about how they are practicing “safe sun” this year.
- Dr. Paul LoVerme
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:50 am
What Does Operating Room Certification Mean?
As you know, our patients enjoy the privacy and convenience of an operating room that is located within our New Jersey plastic surgery office. In order to offer this benefit, our operating room must be certified. It was originally built under specific (and expensive!) construction and equipment guidelines put forth by an organization called the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF, for short). The AAAASF is one of a handful of non-profits that certifies that same-day operating rooms in offices, in hospitals and in outpatient surgery centers are built, equipped and staffed at the highest standards. Further, the AAAASF sets principles of patient care that must be continuously met in order to be recertified. In essence, certification means that medical and surgical competence, as well as ethical conduct, is assured for same-day surgery patients by an external source. Surgeons, legislators, state and national health agencies acknowledge that AAAASF has set the “Gold Standard” for quality patient care.
Office-based operating facilities have grown immensely over the past 10 years, for various reasons.
• For one, the decline of available time slots in hospital-based operating rooms has been an increasing problem. Each time a hospital closes or merges with another hospital, less OR time is available for non-emergency use. This means hospital-based cosmetic surgeries can be difficult to schedule within a reasonable time frame, and patients must often wait a long time to have their elective cosmetic procedure.
• The convenience factor is another. Because we have our own operating facility, our patients never need to stand in line for registration (or, worse, visit the hospital several days in advance to register), stand in another line at the outpatient OR desk, or wait in a holding area for their procedures.
• Scheduling accuracy is a third reason for our preference of an in-office surgery suite. Our patients don’t worry that their surgery time will be delayed or cancelled by another surgery because one person, me, is in charge.
• Fourth, office-based surgery is less stressful on patients. From our patients’ arrival at our office until their discharge after recovery, the process is smoother, faster and more personalized, because everyone’s focus is entirely on that single patient. My nurse is a certified plastic surgery nurse (CPSN) as well as a certified OR nurse (CNOR) and has worked with me for over 15 years. She runs the OR and is there to greet each patient when they arrive. Since they have already met her during their consultation and pre-op visits, she’s a comforting, familiar face on surgery day. Also, my patients can see and tour the OR when they come to the office, so it is a familiar place to them.
• Further, studies have proven that certified in-office surgical suites expose patients to fewer germs and bacteria compared with hospital operating rooms. That just stands to reason: our patients are healthy people seeking cosmetic enhancements, while hospitalized patients are sick people.
• An Article in Oprah Magazine about office-based surgeries mentioned another factor: the significant economic advantage. It’s less expensive for patients to undergo a procedure in an office-based setting than in the hospital. Our overhead is lower. Our efficiency is higher. The bureaucracy is minimal. Therefore, our patients enjoy lower facility fees than if their procedure were performed in a hospital setting.
You should consider the benefit of office-based surgery when evaluating a potential cosmetic surgeon, right along with that surgeon’s qualifications, including board certification in plastic surgery. Although not every plastic surgeon can afford the luxury of an office-based operating room, those who do have shown a personal (and financial) commitment to patient care, patient safety and patient health.
To your health & beauty,
Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:44 am
The LoVerme Center for Plastic Surgery in conjunction with our medical spa Radiance wants to help you get prepared for a great summer! We are excited to announce 3 amazing springtime special offers that will have you looking fabulous from head to toe! Offers expire June 30th, so be sure to call early to reserve your appointment time.
To view the details of each offer, click on the image below.
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:25 am
Women who visit me for a breast augmentation consultation in my NJ plastic surgery office sometimes ask me if breast implants will make it difficult, or even impossible, to breastfeed future children.
Let me state the following first:
Incisions made under the fold of the breast (called the inframammary fold) or through the armpit (called a transaxillary incision) shouldn’t cause any trouble. However, inserting the implant through the areola does create more risk for breastfeeding problems if the milk ducts or the nerves around the areola are cut or damaged during surgery. The nerves trigger the brain to release oxytocin and prolactin, the hormones that affect milk production, and the ducts deliver the milk to the nipple.
If you have not yet completed your family, I suggest that you discuss these issues with me prior at your consultation, to make sure both of you are in complete agreement about the location of your incisions.
It should be mentioned that, should you develop an infection in the nipple or mastitis while breastfeeding, the infection could lead to a breast abscess. In a woman with implants, this could create an infection of the implant or the pocket in which the implant is placed, leading to implant problems. Further, remember that breastfeeding can cause breast sagging (called ptosis). An implant won’t prevent sagging. Therefore, a breast lift may need to be performed after you are finished building your family.
In terms of any concerns about leakage from breast implants, there is no evidence that silicone leaks into breast milk, but even if it did, it probably wouldn’t harm your baby. Silicone is very similar to a substance used to treat babies’ stomach gas.
In most cases, however, breast implants should not affect the ability to breastfeed or produce milk.
To your health & beauty,
Posted on at 5:31 am
We’re all aware of the dangers of too much sun exposure: brown and red spots on the skin as we age, premature skin thickening and wrinkling and, of course, the risk of skin cancer. Overexposure to UV rays is the number one cause of skin cancer worldwide.
What you may not be aware of is that some sun exposure is essential.
Your body needs vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that’s found in the UV rays of the sun and in some foods. Vitamin D modulates cell growth, positively affects neuromuscular and immune function, and reduces inflammation. It’s well known that inflammation is a precursor to many diseases, including cardiovascular disease as well as stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression and many more serious health problems. In fact, there is a blood test, called the CRP test, that measures the body’s inflammation levels. High levels are indicative of body inflammation that studies show correlates to higher cardiovascular risk.
It’s unfortunate that many of the foods that contain Vitamin D are foods that lots of people dislike, such as fish. And of course, fish contains the risk of mercury exposure! So, where are you to go for Vitamin D? From the sun! According to the research, if you get no sun exposure you need to supplement with 5,000 IU each day to counterweigh the lack of time in the sun. For this whopping number, you’re looking at choking down around ten pills a day! There is a better way. Let me tell you how much sun exposure is enough so you can balance the risks with the benefits.
It’s recommended that you get 20-30 minutes of moderate mid-day sun exposure every single day. If you have darker skin, you need a little more, but most people can actually benefit with as little as 15 minutes a day to reap the benefits of Vitamin D. You don’t need to lie outside by the pool for an hour (not that it’s warm enough yet!). You should still exercise care with the sun, but try to get a little bit every day to avoid other health issues.
Our New Jersey plastic surgery practice has sunscreen products that will help your body avoid sun damage while getting your UV’s. Check our sunscreen product page to learn what’s available, and meet with our aesthetician, who can guide you to those products best suited for your skin type and needs.
To your health & beauty,
Dr. Paul LoVerme
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Patients with breast implants can expect to replace the implants at some point, either due to device failure or because of body changes; weight gain/loss, aging and gravity all have their effects on the appearance of your implants. It’s nice to know that, unlike orthopedic companies, which do not offer warranties on knee or hip replacements, both Allergan and Mentor Corp. (whom combined sell 99% of all breast implants in the United States) offer lifetime replacements on their failed implants. As both Allergan and Johnson & Johnson (owner of Mentor Corp.) are huge multinational companies, patients with these implants have a good deal of security if their devices fail and they need replacements.
Neither Mentor nor Allergan covers all the costs associated with the replacement of their implants, but they do have a fairly generous standard program:
If a saline implant breaks, you can usually up-grade to a silicone for a modest cost (about $400 per implant).
To your health & beauty,
