Our New Jersey plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul LoVerme, is recognized in his field as an authority on plastic surgery and has been interviewed for a feature in NJ Monthly Magazine. View all of the details below!
NJ Monthly Magazine Feature
Questions for board-certified plastic surgeon Paul J. LoVerme, MD, FACS, director of the LoVerme Center for Plastic Surgery in Verona. Dr. LoVerme is chairman of surgery at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, a past president of the American College of Surgeons and the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, and a perennial New Jersey Monthly Top Doctor.
What factors influence a woman’s decision to have breast augmentation surgery?
Many of my patients are women in their thirties, forties, and fifties who have had children and decide to spend some time on themselves. They may have small breasts and have always wanted to augment them, or perhaps after pregnancies their breast shape changed. I use FDA approved silicone gel or saline implants to enhance their appearance. I spend a great deal of time educating patients, discussing their implants, procedures, and expectations, and show them “after” pictures of patients with similar anatomy who have undergone similar procedures. In our office we have different size implants they can try inside their bra to get a general idea of what their results will look like. Together we develop a plan designed specifically for them.
What are common misconceptions about breast lifts and augmentations?
Often women are told that by getting a larger implant they can avoid having a breast lift. An implant alone is fine for women with small breasts without much droop. Otherwise, a breast lift is also necessary. Women are often concerned about vertical scars from breast lifts, but my experience has shown that this type of scar usually heals very well, and a breast lift will improve results, giving them a better, younger appearing breast. Another frequent misconception is that a woman must have an implant when having a breast lift. If a woman is satisfied with the size of her breasts, an implant isn’t necessary. The lift itself will reshape the breasts and provide more fullness on top, giving them a more youthful appearance and contour.
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Meet our newest Aesthetician at Radiance – Geri D’Antonio
Geri is a certified Aesthetician and has 3 years of experience working as a Medical Aesthetician. She has received Obagi Advanced Training as well as SkinCeuticals Advanced Aesthetic Training and is experienced in aesthetic peels & medical treatments. She will be available Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Lisa Completing Oncology Aesthetic Training
Lisa will be completing her Oncology Aesthetic training with Touch for Cancer in mid January and is available to treat patients who have cancer or are going through chemotherapy or radiation. She is trained in the special needs of the oncology patient, including cancer therapies, immunology, the lymphatic system, Esthetic oncology, massage, spa treatments & esthetic equipment, sanitation & infection control, skin care products choices and ingredients for the oncology patient, skin reactions, hands, feet and nail disorders and molecular biology. Lisa will continue to see our regular spa clients and is available Mondays, Thursdays and 1 Saturday per month.
Sandy, our senior massage therapist is also trained and certified in Massage For The Oncology patient and worked with cancer patients at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
A preferred method of liposuction for our New Jersey plastic surgeon, VASER® Lipo is gaining national media attention through a feature in the September issue of Marie Claire magazine. To learn more about this exiting fat melting technology, please visit our VASER Lipo page, or feel free to contact our office for your personal consultation with Dr. LoVerme.
Hi my name is Laura and I came to see Dr. LoVerme to have a consultation on breast augmentation. My results were perfect, I was extremely happy. I felt like before I had my procedure that my breast were sagging and low and they were not symmetrical. I came in for a consultation with Dr. LoVerme and everyone made me feel very comfortable here the entire staff. I was very well educated by the staff and Dr. LoVerme and had every question I had answered and they were very thorough with giving me pre-op instructions and post-op instructions and reviewing the procedures and looking at different results. The procedure itself was very easy, they walked me in to the OR room and the next thing I know I was asleep. I don’t remember anything from that point on and when I woke up I had very mild discomfort and I was surprised but it went very smoothly. The procedure itself has helped my well being by making me feel more confident about my body. I can dress differently and feel better about myself. I play in a band and I get to play dress up and they help a lot. I would recommend Dr. LoVerme because he is very well educated, very compassionate, very experienced he makes you feel very comfortable answers all your questions and the entire procedure from beginning to end was perfect.
My name is Dorthea and I came to Dr. LoVerme because I wanted my senior years to be the best years. I raised four daughters I have 10 grand children. I feel very energized, but when I looked in the mirror in the morning I didn’t like what I saw, I looked a lot older than what I felt. So I decided to see Dr. LoVerme and we went from there. The first procedure that I had was a laser resurfacing and an eyelift. I loved the outcome, I really really loved the outcome. Everybody complimented me on my complexion and my skin. Then about five months ago I came in for a necklift and found out it was also part of a facelift, so I was doubly happy and surprised, and I loved the outcome and I feel very good, I feel wonderful. When I get up in the morning I don’t feel like I have to put makeup on right away. I cleanse my face, I comb my hair, dry my hair after the shower and I say “woo, not so bad for my age” and it makes me feel wonderful inside. I have had a lot of compliments. My husband was a little skeptical about it and he said you look great to me, but it’s something I really wanted to do for myself and I felt that at this age it was the time to do it. He’s fantastic. Dr. LoVerme is the best, he’s the nicest man, his whole team make you feel so relaxed and make you feel very secure in your decision and the procedure went wonderfully I just felt so calm and collected when I came. I would recommend Dr. LoVerme because he is extremely professional, he doesn’t do anything drastically he does everything on the conservative side which I was very happy with the results. I feel the follow up, the recovery, everything he did very very professional and I really enjoyed being here. I feel like the whole staff is my friend. I am trying to figure out what else I can do to come back and do something else but no I would definitely recommend him to everybody and I have.
Hi my name is Catherine I came to Dr. LoVerme because I have always had an issue with self esteem in regards to my neck it’s a hereditary thing that runs in my family. The neck kind of goes straight up and down and there is no indentation, no jawline, and I always had an issue with it no matter how much weight I would lose, I would always notice it, it’s the first thing that I would look at in the mirror and I just decided that I waited long enough and I deserve to do this for me so I looked online for different plastic surgeons and I came across Dr. LoVerme. I don’t know there was just something about him, he just looked very trustworthy when I saw him online so I decided to come in and have a consult and he was great, he was terrific, just like a big ol’ teddy bear nice guy and he showed me pictures in the consult that got my hopes up and made me feel like this would be a really good thing. So I finally decided to do it and I think it was the best decision of my life. It was amazing to me how quickly I could see the difference in myself, the difference in my face. It kind of gave me the jumpstart that I needed to lose the weight – I lost 30 pounds since the surgery and hired a personal trainer and lost tons of inches since the surgery. And it’s funny because I said to myself I can always go back and have him take a little out here and a little out there and now I really don’t need him to this is the one surgery that I needed to get everything else in place and it’s been great, I don’t think that my self esteem could be any better than it is now. I think the staff here is wonderful and very caring they make you feel just 100% great about yourself every time you come in and Dr. LoVerme is like a dad, the minute you walk in and sit down with him you are comfortable you trust him he obviously knows what he is talking about and he does a great job. I mean the pictures that he showed me in the consult made me finally feel like this is actually going to work for me and that this will be a good thing. So I felt very comfortable with him. Oh I would absolutely recommend Dr. LoVerme because I trust him like no other, if I needed something else done I wouldn’t go to anybody else, I found my plastic surgeon for life.
PSP helps to improve the appearance of aged skin by providing the most complete and balanced combination of human growth factors and cytokines currently available. Through years of research, physicians discovered fetal skin has a unique ability to heal wounds without scarring. Inspired by this, medical researchers at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland created a biotechnology process to extract the rich proteins responsible for scarless wound healing. This process provides the growth factors in PSP. In addition, NeoCutis BLANCHE Skin Lightening Cream (Hydroquinone USP, 4%) with new and exclusive MELAPLEX® was selected by Allure, the beauty expert, as this year’s winner of the Best Beauty Editors’ Choice Breakthrough Award.