Welcome to Boynton’s Blog! Our board-certified plastic surgeon, James Boynton, MD, likes to keep viewers up-to-date on the latest news and trends in the field of cosmetic enhancement, as well as to provide tips and information about specific procedures and what patients can expect. Please take a look through our extensive blog archive to find out more about advanced treatments, as well as additional information about our practice and the many procedures available here at Boynton Plastic Surgery.
Our very own board-certified plastic surgeon, James Boynton, MD, has been recognized as one of Houstonia magazine’s “Top Doctors” for the fourth time! Dr. Boynton once again joins an esteemed list of professionals throughout our beautiful city who have been named the best of the best. Houstonia magazine has been publishing its list of “Top Doctors” for the last six […]
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One of the most common questions I get is: “What will the scars look like?” The word scar, in general, has a bad connotation and creates fear in most people. I prefer the term “incision lines” as compared to “scars.” There are few places where patients are more fearful about scars than their breasts. Breast reductions and breast lifts typically […]
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According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, the word “jowl” is defined as: “the lower part of a person’s cheek, especially when it is fleshy or drooping: she had heavy jowls.” One of the things that bothers women most when they get in their 40s (sometimes 50s) is the development of jowls. This happens with aging and many different approaches […]
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The earlobe is a very important aesthetic structure and “feature” of the face for women (and men, too). Most little girls look forward to getting their ears pierced and wearing earrings from an early age. My daughters begged me at age nine to pierce their ears. It is an important part of being feminine, and decorating the earlobes is a […]
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We are excited to announce that our board-certified plastic surgeon—Dr. James F. Boynton—was recognized as one of the Top Doctors in Texas for 2017, as reported in Texas Monthly magazine! To earn this honor, Dr. Boynton was first nominated by his medical peers through a survey process involving a simple question: “If you needed medical care in one of the […]
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We are excited to announce that Dr. James F. Boynton—our board-certified plastic surgeon—has been named to Houstonia magazine’s esteemed list of “Top Doctors” for 2017! This year marks the third time Dr. Boynton has been recognized for his plastic surgical expertise in the popular community magazine, which focuses this segment of its publication on bringing the best of the best […]
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With stories about “avocado hand” receiving lots of press lately, the appearance of one’s hands has become an increasingly popular topic of interest. Attention brought to the hands by hearing about (or even experiencing) avocado slicing-related injuries has caused many individuals to consider how their own hands look. Unfortunately, as one of the most likely areas of the body to […]
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Our team is pleased to announce that board-certified plastic surgeon James F. Boynton, MD is a recent recipient of the prestigious Vitals Patients’ Choice Award for 2016! To earn this esteemed recognition, physicians must receive near perfect ratings across an assortment of care-based components on Vitals.com—a highly trusted online resource that helps individuals seeking medical treatment connect with leading doctors […]
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People talk about plastic surgery all the time, but frankly, it is a poorly understood specialty—and we plastic surgeons have not always done the best job of explaining it well to the public. Plastic surgery is really a diverse specialty involving all aspects of the body (skin, fat, muscle, and nerves). It really has nothing to do with actual “plastic” […]
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There has always been a bit of a stigma in the world of plastic surgery about what we do…how it is considered so vain and “unnecessary” by some. Plastic surgery has definitely become more popular in the last 20 years, and also more mainstream. Plastic surgery practices of the 1970s and 80s would seldom ever find a male patient that […]
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