Plastic Surgeon Daniel Ronel, M.D.

From the Outside In - featuring Dr. Daniel Ronel
and why his community embraces him and his practices.

Albuquerque, The Magazine - August 2008

DR. RONEL IN PRINT: See Dr. Ronel featured in New Beauty Magazine.
"The New Plastic Surgery"

Ceri Usmar - Monday October 13, 2008

AOL Black Voices, 11/18/2007

Santa Fe New Mexican, April 25, 2005

Albuquerque Journal, August 1, 2007

Albuquerque Journal, November 13, 2007

This segment of Dr. Ronel's podcast is about dentistry - specifically aesthetic dentistry. Special guests include Santa Fe dentists Dr. Simon & Dr. Lakind, who discuss distinction between aesthetic dentistry and cosmetic dentistry (which is is designed to take flaws and correct them); interdisciplinary dentistry (working with orthodontists, periodontist, oral surgeon team meets regularly); methods these dentists use to help patients relax and the use of alternative therapies. Other topics include proper veneer application for the back of teeth (not just the fronts); the special care that should be taken when removing mercury amalgam fillings and financing programs for patients, called "care credit."
Also included is a memorial tribute to holistic health adviser who passed away suddenly from acute heart condition, along with a previously record nutritional tip about incorporating more natural foods in your diet.

This episode of Dr. Ronel's Humanity Behind the Vanity podcast has two special guests, Georgia Maryol of Tomasita's in Santa Fe, NM & Dr. Rita Dodge. This podcast discusses the highlights of healthy eating, purchasing food grown locally, picked in the last few days instead of weeks. Dr. Dodge talks about getting involved in Community Supported Agriculture- where consumers pay ahead of the season for locally grown food to be delivered weekly. Learn more at www.EdibleSantaFe.com Georgia Maryol discusses raising a family with healthy eating and finding support to raise funding for the highly successful Santa Fe Farmer's Market. Did you know that as many as 8,000 people attend the Santa Fe Farmer's Market on a busy Saturday in the summer?

Marion Urban skin tip of the week: Emergency Sunburns: that lobster-red sunburned skin may calm down after a few days, but the damage is done. After receiving a sunburn, drink plenty of water, cover the burn with aloe vera gel for the first three days. After that point, use a much heavier moisturizer to help skin heal and wear sunscreen. Do not allow your recently sunburned skin to be exposed to sun again, it is extremely fragile while it is healing.

This episode of Dr. Ronel's plastic surgery podcast involves Jocelyn Jansons, director of the recent production of "I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around The World" at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe. She discusses her involvement with V-Day and V-Girls; her background in film, theater and television; and her recent film projects "Baby Monitor" and "Lobster". Cecil Lipworth is the campaign manager for "V-Day Worldwide" which as raised over $70 million for projects that empower women, worldwide. V-Day proposes that there are many kinds of beauty and that inner beauty is number one. V-Girls is movement for younger teens. The focus of the program is to teach younger teens the importance of feeling beautiful just as they are. V-Day teaches teenagers that they can feel empowered and develop good self-esteem by actions and helping each other. V-Girls involvement in the V-Day program helps them discover this within themselves.

Also included is spiritual tip from Scott Thomas: Tax season is a time we find ourselves engaging in avoidance of responsibilities which can affect your balance and make life chaotic. Rewarding yourself when you accomplish a task requiring special effort trains your brain not to be afraid of difficult things.

Don Wiviott and Kelly Owen are guests in this episode of Dr. Ronel's Humanity Behind the Vanity podcast.. Don is a Green Builder and Kelly is a Realtor in the Santa Fe area. Don discusses his new project: the Art Yard, which will be a LEED (Leadership in Environment & Energy Design) Platinum building. The Art Yard is an exciting new residentialand commercial development located at the Railyard in Santa Fe. The building water is recycled and the energy is solar derived. Learn more at www.artyard.com

Dr. Ronel also discusses the recovery of the economy and funding of patient surgeries. While some Santafeans are selling their homes and upgrading in the now open real estate market, others are taking opportunities to refinance and get funding for their plastic surgery. Santa Fe is a great destination for people to come and change their lives, even medicine is moving in a greener direction here!

This episode also has an Inner Beauty tip from Tess De Gange: Yoga! Yoga is not to achieve physical beauty, but inner beauty. After yoga, your inner beauty shines from your eyes. IF you don't have time for a full hour of yoga, try to do the Sun Salutation, a series of 12 positions performed in one graceful movement.

January 26, 2008

In this podcast of Dr Ronel, plastic surgeon from Santa Fe, New Mexico: Media reports say a 5% "Botax" on cosmetic plastic surgery procedures has been included in the health care reform bill. The taxed procedures are thought to include breast augmentation, teeth whitening, and Botox. How does society define the differences between reconstructive and plastic surgery? Who is getting plastic surgery procedures? The average plastic surgery recipient is woman with an average income of $30,000 to $50, 000. Dr. Ronel is one of six doctors in the U.S. participating in a privileged study seeking FDA approval to use Artefill as cheek filler. Artefill is the longest lasting filler on the market. Arnica should be used for a week prior to your procedure. Also included in this podcast is a spiritual tip from Scott Thomas

This segment focuses on the media reports of Heidi Montag and the ten procedures said to have been done by well-known plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan. The discussion is based on a realistic assessment of the multiple procedures Montag is said to have received, including; Botox in forehead and brow, fat injections in lips and cheeks, ears pinned back, chin reduction, neck liposuction, breast revision and enhancement, inner and outer thigh liposuction, buttock enhancement and augmentation, and mini brow lift.
Dr. Ronel talks about what it means to combine procedures - reasons include cost issues, less down time and more risk for older patients who smoke. Also discussed is an alarming statistic: patients having out of proportion breast revisions will likely have an average of eight additional surgeries in her lifetime to revise these enhancements.
Dr. Ronel will combine procedures based on what recovery is involved. For example: Tummy tuck & arm tuck is a good combo; Facelift and tummy tuck is not a good combo; a Body lift combination requires more recovery. Also, Dr Ronel revels that the Brazilian butt lift is not long-lasting!
Also included is a previously recorded nutritional tip from Mark Wood about when the digestive works most effectively and when to eat the day's largest meal.

Dr. Ronel's Humanity Behind the Vanity podcast has a vibrant discussion of the media's consistent discussion of aging, as Shakespeare said, "Youth is nimble, age is lame." Betsy Ronel discusses an article from Allure Magazine regarding celebrities faces over time and the little things they do to keep them looking young as well as the plastic surgery they have partaken in! The discussion revolves around non surgical facelifts, lasers, eating right and skin care staving off the necessity of a full surgical facelift. Dr. Ronel finds that the areas around the eyes and mouth are the first to show signs of aging. Minimally invasive techniques are generally focused on these areas, using fillers and lasers to counteract the signs of aging.

Dr. Ronel discusses Polidocanol, and injection treatment for spider vein treatment, that should soon be available in the United States. This product is a less painful sclerosant injection than those currently available.

Mark Wood offers a nutritional tip about when to eat your largest meal of the day. Your metabolism is at its peak between 10am and 2pm, and that should be when you eat your largest meal of the day. If you are still hungry at night, maybe you are not eating enough at lunch!

Dr. Eden Kark is special guest on this episode of Dr. Ronel's Humanity Behind the Vanity podcast. Dr. Kark will be joining Dr. Ronel's office, providing an assortment of services from therapy to pre-surgery acupuncture. Dr. Kark also specializes in oriental medicine, detox, acupuncture, energy flow and herbs to create better health for his patients.

Mark Wood offers a nutritional tip about self-defeating behavior. Some emotions are metaphorically "trapped" in the body fat and as it is lost those emotions are released. A nutritional counselor can be very helpful in getting over these hurdles!

Dr. Ronel and his wife Betsy also discuss Dr. Ronel's featured input into the last issue of New Beauty Magazine. The article he discusses is one regarding lips. Dr. Ronel states that the biggest issues people have with lips are aging, loss of volume, and wrinkles. Patients should always wear sunscreen on their lips. Treatments to add volume may require fillers like Restylane, Artefill, Juvederm and permanent lip implants like PermaLip. The discussion addresses several ways that surgical procedures can provide patients with the lips they desire.

This segment of Dr. Ronel's plastic surgery podcast continues to reference the previously discussed New Beauty Magazine article Secrets to Looking Ten Years Younger and various plastic surgery procedures. Discussed are techniques for widening the eyes, eyelid lift, brow lift, endoscopic brow lift, internal brow lift, fat-transfer cheek fills, cheek implants and the causes of belly fat, back fat and thigh fat.
Dr. Ronel discusses how silicon implants for the face are more invasive than "non-invasive" fillers such as fat transfer, Artefill, Restilin, Radius or Juvederm.
Special guest clinical nutritionist Mark Wood suggests that insulin regulation is key to diet success- glycemic index determined by combination of protein, fat and carbohydrates.
Also included is a spiritual tip from Scott Thomas: at holiday time a ritual of an invocation, statement or prayer can remind us why we are here, and what we are doing.

This segment of Dr. Ronel's plastic surgery podcast continues to reference to New Beauty Magazine article Secrets to Looking Ten Years Younger and the many different types of liposuction. These include power-assisted liposuction, water-jet liposuction, laser-assisted liposuction commonly known as "smart lipo" or "cool lipo", ultra-sound liposuction, and radio frequency liposuction. Power-assisted liposuction allows the machine to do the pushing, causing less physician fatigue but otherwise there should be no difference in the outcome for the patient. Water jet lipo is best for removing large volumes of fat cells. Of course, taking out too much fat can result in contour irregularity. Additionally, preparation for any tumescent liposuction requires injection of an anesthetic.
Also included is a skin care tip from Marian Urban: with the focus usually on the face, we must remember to take care of our hands and neck.

Special guest on Dr. Ronel's podcast is Dr. Maria Rodriguez - the only gynecologist in New Mexico certified to do vaginal rejuvenation surgery. Dr. Rodriguez talks about the most common procedures: Vaginoplasty which is the tightening of the vaginal canal, and Labiaplasty, a procedure to make the lips of the vagina smaller and trimmer. Also discussed are that the most common patients are past child-bearing age; the most common reasons for having this type of surgery; that these procedures are often not covered by insurance because they are for aesthetic reasons; Dr. David Matlock's laser vaginal rejuvenation; as well as clitoral hood reduction and g-spot amplification.

Also included is a spiritual tip from Scott Thomas - key focus of this time of year is gathering of family and friends and invocation as a way to acknowledge that we are joined.

Dr. Ronel's podcast for this week discusses the Allure Magazine article: "Tell All - Most Do some Don't" The article provides insight into the reasons and lengths to which some people go to hide the fact they've had plastic surgery. Included are unusual stories from the article and some of Dr. Ronel's own experiences. The Society of Plastic Surgeons study indicate 73% of patient do admit to having plastic surgery, yet some women even try to hide it from their husbands - requesting that the plastic surgeon's office refer to their tummy tuck as "umbilical hernia surgery".

Also included is a spiritual tip from Scott Thomas - a prayer blessing over a glass of water is a way of making our own medicine and a ceremonial way to bring spiritual influence into your day.

On this segment of Dr. Ronel's plastic surgery podcast, special guest clinical nutritionist Mark Wood who recommends setting realistic and achievable health goals. General suggestions are made for diet, sleep, hydration, and movement.
Secrets to Looking Ten Years Younger is the title of cover story in the new issue of New Beauty Magazine. Cheek fillers and cheek implants are discussed: these procedures are needed because as we age fat pad drops off the cheekbone. Also discussed is forehead smoothing: Botox is a good temporary solution for a smooth forehead - but an endoscopic brow lift is now a minimal incision technique. Dr. Ronel talks about techniques for widening of the eyes (including laser resurfacing) and how blepharoplasty or eyelid tuck is now a simple office procedure.
Also included is a spiritual tip from Scott Thomas: the New Year is time for renewal and re-balancing and time for setting goals you want - not just to please others.

This segment is on "mommy makeovers", a combination of procedures for women who have had children and who would like to restore their appearance. Tummy tucks, breast augmentations, breast lifts, and liposuction are discussed. There is also a nutritional tip on how to eat healthily.

The segment is about giving back to the community, having charitable programs, creative ways to give to charity. Also medical tourism is discussed, mentioning the Encantado Resort and spa, the dangers of going overseas for plastic surgery, and how New Mexico is relatively inexpensive.

The segment is about laser skin rejuvenation and hair removal, with Marian Urban of the Sterling Institute. The Cutera Genesis, Limelight, and Prowave lasers are discussed. The segment on charity is repeated.

This segment is on "mommy makeovers", a combination of procedures for women who have had children and who would like to restore their appearance. Tummy tucks, breast augmentations, breast lifts, and liposuction are discussed. Also discussed are anesthesia risks, pain control, and nausea, with Dr. Les Garson.

Using the New Beauty magazine, the segment is about new cosmetic products and whether or not they really work. Home laser treatments, cellulite therapy, and other therapies are discussed.

Using the New Beauty magazine, the segment is about plastic surgery for men. Gynecomastia (large male breasts) and liposuction are discussed.

This segment is on blepharoplasty (the eyelid tuck). There is a wonderful spiritual tip by Dr. Scott Thomas, and an interview with Tess DeGange, a reflexologist. She discusses the practice of Reflexology and how it helps patients recover faster and easier.

his segment is a response to listener emails. Topics discussed are using aesthetic injectables before a facelift, creating dimples, the removal and replacement of breast implants, and the differences between liposuction and a tummy tuck. There is a tip from Marian Urban about skin care during menopause.

This segment is a response to listener emails. Topics discussed are getting a tummy tuck before pregnancy, what is a mini tummy tuck, more on liposuction, and the nonsurgical rhinoplasty.

This segment is a response to listener emails. Topics discussed are getting a tummy tuck before pregnancy, what is a mini tummy tuck, more on liposuction, and the nonsurgical rhinoplasty.

This segment is on rhinoplasty (the nose job). There is a wonderful spiritual tip by Dr. Scott Thomas, and an interview with Loris Parrish, the owner of Body in Santa Fe. She discusses aesthetic facial care with stem cells, facial treatments, etc.

This segment is about the uses of Botox, its common complications, and Dysport (the new botox). There is an inner beauty tip by Tess DeGange, about the fointain of youth (water). Tess and Betsy then discusses reflexology and how it helps with beautification.

This segment is on surgical procedures that can be performed in the office, without sedation. Also discussed is the combination of Artefill and laser rejuvenation treatments.

This segment is on how people with fat in their faces look younger than their twins who are thinner. Also discussed are skin care products featured in New Beauty magazine, and there is a skin care tip from Marian Urban.

This segment is on brachioplasty, the arm tuck. There is an interview with Jill Jenkins, a local aesthetician and the Board president of the Espanola Animal Shelter. There is an Inner Beauty tip from Tess DeGange the reflexologist.

This segment is on the body lift, a combination of a tummy tuck, butt lift, and outer thigh lift. There is s spiritual tip by psychotherapist Scott Thomas, and there is an interview with Bobby Perea, chiropractor.

Topics:
-Body lifts
-Scott Thomas spiritual tip
-Bobby Perea Chiropractic

This segment is on the buttock lift. There is s nutritional tip by Mark Wood, and there is an interview with Bobby aesthetician Marian Urban about using multiple layers of skin care products.

Topics:
-Butt lifts
-Mark Wood nutritional tip
-Marian Urban's 7 layers of skin care.

This segment is on revisional surgeries. There is s chiropractic tip by Bobby Perea, and there is an interview with Barbara Grimes, a fantastic clothes designer who supports the animal shelter.

Topics:
-Swine flu with Mark Wood
-Listener emails

In this segment the Ronel's discuss the current Swine flu epidemic with holistic practitioner Mark Wood. Listener emails follow, with questions about breast and body contouring surgery.

Topics:
-Holiday stresses with Scott Thomas
-Self defeating eating behaviors
-Getting through the winter doldrums by taking care of yourself

In this segment Dr. Scott Thomas discusses holiday stresses and how to deal with them. Mark Wood talks about self-defeating eating behavior. The Ronel's talk about the winter doldrums and how to take care of yourself in little ways.

Topics:
-listener e-mails
- Mark Wood seasonal eating

In this segment the Ronel's continue to discuss listener emails, and there is a discussion with nutritionist Mark Wood on seasonal eating.