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Hurwitz Center
for Plastic Surgery
3109 Forbes Ave, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Phone: 866-473-2570
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Hurwitz Center-Beverly Hills
Associate: Jay Calvert, MD
456 Roxbury Dr. North
Suite 1001 Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 866-873-1459
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Contact our office in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
for information about body contouring and more!
Renowned Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Body Contouring
- Cosmetic
- Post Bariatric Surgery
- The Total Body Lift
- USA Today
- Consumers Digest
- Aesthetic Plastic surgery
- Operative Strategies
Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery in the News
Renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, has been refining the art of body contouring for more than two decades. He has helped thousands of patients improve their appearances. Dr. Hurwitz is sought for his mastery of such procedures as facelift, lipoaugmentation, body contouring, and reconstructive surgery.
While clinical care is his primary focus, Doctor Hurwitz is also involved in academic and organized medicine. In addition to being the Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic) at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, he has published over 90 articles in journals and books relating to body contouring and other forms of plastic surgery. He has also been interviewed in many publications around the country including People magazine, USA Today, Consumer’s Digest, and others. Below you will find several noteworthy articles in which Dr. Hurwitz and his body contouring patients are featured.
Cosmetic
-The L Brachioplasty: An Innovative Approach to Correct Excess Tissue of the Upper Arm, Axilla, and Lateral Chest
With weight loss and aging, many women disdain the increasingly hanging skin and fat of their upper arms. Brachioplasty treats this condition. Brachioplasty is the aesthetic reshaping of the upper arm after the removal of excess medial skin and fat. The new contour should be attractive, the scars should be inconspicuous, and the complications should be minor. Read More
Post Bariatric Surgery Breast Reshaping:
-The Spiral Flap
Introduction: After massive weight loss, the breasts have poor shape, projection and skin elasticity. Breast reshaping is recognized as difficult and may require excess nearby tissues. As the senior author's approach evolved over the past 4 years, breast reshaping with the Spiral Flap became integral to an upper body lift. Read More
The Total Body Lift
by Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, is an introspective report that details the plastic surgery element of weight loss as experienced by eight patients. The book comprehensively describes Dr. Hurwitz’s signature total body lift procedure, both from the surgeon’s perspective and his patients’. For the most insightful review of this exciting procedure, order your own copy here, today!
"The only thing missing is the actual consult with you! You put a lot of work into it. I particularly enjoyed your honestly, introspection and insights in the section of innovation.” - Dr. Joseph Gryskiewicz
“The book is super!” - Dr. Tom Biggs (internationally respected Houston plastic surgeon and editor of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal)
Take an inside look at The Total Body Lift by Dr. Hurwitz. Each month a short installment will be posted online. Click here to read this month's selection.
Teens' cosmetic dreams don't always come true
"Why didn't my doctor tell me I was still growing?"
-Kacey Long, who had breast implants at age 19 and had them removed two years later.
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New procedure gives body a total lift
Now, for the healthiest massive-weight-loss patients, there's an alternative. Dr. Dennis Hurwitz of Pittsburgh has developed a new type of surgery called Total Body Lift, where an operation is performed on the upper and lower body in one procedure. Read More
Aesthetic Plastic surgery
-Autoprosthesis Buttock Augmentation During Lower Body Lift
Postbariatric plastic surgery offers abundant technical challenges. Not only must excess skin over large areas be removed, but high-tension closures also are essential for reduction of postoperative sagging attributable to residual skin laxity. Read More
Operative Strategies
-Medial Thighplasty
The L medial thighplasty, designed to improve severe lower torso and thigh laxity in patients with massive weight loss, is distinguished by single-stage integration into the lower body operation, presurgical marking of a unique excision design, and efficient use of prone and supine operative positions. Read More
Contact our office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to learn more about body contouring and the many other plastic surgery procedures Dr. Hurwitz is relied upon to perform.