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Plastic Surgery Practice Co-Chief Editor Keri Stephens sits down with New York-based board-certified plastic surgeon and microsurgical breast reconstruction guru Constance Chen, MD, FACS, to discuss the breast implant explantation process. The podcast, which follows Chen’s article about the topic, delves into why patients are increasingly removing their breast implants and what factors affect the appearance of their breasts post-explanation. Pregnancy, she says, is a key determinant. 
 
Chen also shares how explant patients can enhance their appearance via fat grafting, although she calls it far “less predictable” than other methods. Finally, Chen addresses breast reconstruction patients, in particular, and reveals why plastic surgeons need to think beyond breast implants and embrace flap-based procedures. She also highlights the trend of women forgoing reconstruction and staying flat. And, that, Chen contends, is a perfectly viable option as well.

Join Plastic Surgery Practice Co-Chief Editors Alison Werner and Keri Stephens as they talk to Kerry Cahill, Esq., a lawyer at Westfield, N.J.-based Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, who specializes in healthcare and frequently works with private-practice physicians. In this podcast, Cahill reveals how plastic surgery practices can maximize their profits, with regards to property leasing and/or purchasing as well as risk mitigation.
 
To start, Cahill shares what metrics she uses when helping clients decide whether to lease or buy a practice, as well as what pitfalls leasers, in particular, should avert. She also discloses what practice owners should know before they attempt to negotiate a lease. And for the plastic surgeons who want to buy a practice, Cahill reveals the red flags they should avoid. In other words, buyer beware. 
 
Finally, Cahill divulges the keys to negotiating a competitive contract and why practice owners should never rush a contract and/or closing date. She also shares how often financially savvy practice owners should review their risk mitigation policies.