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Dennis J. Hurwitz, MD
Welcome to the Pittsburgh Center for Plastic Surgery established in 1984 for highest quality of service to discerning aesthetic plastic surgery patients. Dennis Hurwitz, M.D. is a recognized innovator of advanced techniques in facelift and body contouring surgery. He has partnered with Armando Davila, MD to offer the latest in ultrasound liposuction with BodyTite, FaceTite, AccuTite, Morpheus8 and Renuvion radiofrequency technologies for minimally invasive skin tightening.
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Meet Dr. Dennis Hurwitz
Our practice values your trust in plastic and cosmetic surgery. We strive to provide the most sophisticated technology and solutions to our patients, and are committed to providing you with all the options and information available.
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Pittsburgh Center for Plastic Surgery offers a wide range of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgical services developed over the past 50 years. We are an experienced team of two Plastic Surgeons assisted by dedicated well-trained physician assistants, medical aestheticians, surgical technicians and administrators. Our focus is aesthetic, facial, breast and body contouring surgery for the treatment of deformity due to birth defects, weight loss, aging, injury or cancer treatment. Dr. Dennis J. Hurwitz has an international reputation for clinical excellence at the University of Pittsburgh, which had been recognized for 24 consecutive years in the Castle Connelly Guide to the Best Doctors, and the Lifetime achievement award from Marquis Who's Who. While clinical care is his prime focus, Dr. Hurwitz is active in academic and organized medicine. He is an invited lecturer on subjects such as facelift, lipoaugmentation, breast and body contouring . He has taught hundreds of medical students and fellows in plastic surgery, and for his contributions, research and teaching he was promoted to clinical professor of surgery in 1996. He has published nearly 200 articles in journals and books on facelift, lipoaugmentation, body contouring, ultrasonic assisted liposuction, body and head and neck reconstruction, vascular malformations, and cleft lip repair. His single author textbook, Comprehensive Body Contouring; Theory and Practice published in 2016 by Springer.com is recognized as a major contribution in the field.
Dr. Hurwitz is a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and was elected to the prestigious American Association of Plastic Surgeons, in 1987. He is past medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Center and the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center. He has been president of city, state and regional plastic surgery organizations, as well as the Allegheny County Medical Society.
Facilities
Office Operating room certified by AAAASF (American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities) in 2010 and recertified through on site inspection through December 2023. Many self pay cosmetic procedures are performed in our operating room by experienced and dedicated staff. More complex procedures are performed at nearby Waterfront Surgery Center, East Side Surgery Center or UPMC Magee Womens Hospital.
In August 2001 our private practice relocated to the penthouse suite of the Forbes Allies Center in Oakland, affording greater comfort and privacy. Centrally located in Pittsburgh, the office is easily reached from any direction via Forbes Avenue, and the Boulevard of the Allies. Parking is free.
Procedures Performed
Arm Lift
Botulinum Toxin
Breast Augmentation
Breast Lift
Breast Reduction
Brow Lift
Buttock Lift with Augmentation
Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
Dermabrasion
Dermal Fillers
Ear Surgery
Endoscopic Technique
Eyelid Surgery
Facelift
Injectable Fillers
Laser Hair Removal
Laser Skin Resurfacing
Lip Augmentation/Enhancement
Liposuction
Male Breast Reduction
Microdermabrasion
Permanent Makeup
Retin-A Treatments
Rhinoplasty
Scar Revision
Skull/Facial Bone Reconstruction
Spider Vein Treatment
Thigh Lift
Tummy Tuck
Vascular Malformations
Ask a Surgeon
Dr. Dennis Hurwitz participates in the ASPS Ask A Surgeon service. View responses to public questions below.
Dent and line on the face
FaceliftMember Response:
Both the depression in front of your left ear and the radiating depression from the corner of your mouth should be less evident over the next several months. Consult your plastic surgeon again at about 6 months post operation for remediation
Can multiple surgeries be done
Thigh LiftMember Response:
Yes, it is possible to have all three operations performed during the same operative session. For that to happen safely and with a quality result, you need to be evaluated by an experienced body contouring surgeon, preferably who has a team of operators that can work simultaneously under the surgeon's direction. Lengthy operative times have a higher rate of significant complications.
Intense Scar Correction
Wound CareMember Response:
Scar revisions are best performed by Board certified plastic surgeons in your area
Concerned
Breast AugmentationMember Response:
Do not be concerned. The board-certified plastic surgeon accepts the responsibility for the quality care of your care, including the selection of a skilled nurse anesthetist
Flank & Sacrum Puff Liposuction
LiposuctionMember Response:
At the Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery all patients are offered early post liposuction electrophysiological lymphatic massage called Hyvamat for the first three weeks. If there is persistent obvious swelling then we continue for another three weeks. We are convinced that early swelling is reduced but not necessarily improving the final result. You can start lymphatic massage now but it is unlikely to improve the final result.
What exactly is this? Osteoma?
Cosmetic SurgeryMember Response:
I recommend removal and microscopic examination. Probably a hairline incision will allow access to remove the bony growth of your forehead with an osteotome.
7weeks post op
Tummy TuckMember Response:
You do appear to have some loose skin. You also have very poor quality skin with considerable stretch marks (Strea). You surgeon may have closed you as tight as possible but was left with poor skin quality. Of course return to you surgeon to discuss. Further skin removal at a later time may be advisable.
Tummy tuck after 4 csections
Tummy TuckMember Response:
A revision abdominoplasty is usually a good option
would it be worth it?
Thigh LiftMember Response:
A LBL only raises the outer thighs and unfortunately frequently the saddlebag deformity returns. For permanent improvement of your outer thighs I recommend my original Oblique Flankplasty. For inner thigh laxity you should have a vertical medial thighplasty.
Poor outcome?
Male Breast ReductionMember Response:
Usually moderate sized gynecomastia is corrected with a combination of liposuction through remote stab wound incisions (I prefer ultrasonic assisted lipoplasty) and a pull through resection through an incision in or around the areola. Your inframammary scar should heal leaving a fine scar and most of the breast prominence gone. If not revision surgery is indicated.
Healing
Tummy TuckMember Response:
Yes, not normal to have drainage from your closures. Nevertheless, drain site infections are fairly common and need to be taken care of. Your board certified plastic surgeon will know what to do.
Best results vs versus scar visibility
Thigh LiftMember Response:
I understand your aversion to a long body scar on your thighs after having a Fleur de Lys abdominplasty. . However, if you have loose skin along the mid and lower portion of your thighs then the only recognized effective operation is vertical thighplasty. If you medial thigh scar is placed slightly posterior it will not me visible when looking straight on. Make sure your sure has considerable experience in body contouring surgery.
Best procedure with loosing weight
Buttock Lift with AugmentationMember Response:
If weight loss is persisting after fat grafting of the buttocks, then most of the fat graft will be lost.
Sutures won’t dissolve
Breast AugmentationMember Response:
You appear to have a chronic suture line wound infection. You probably need surgical removal of the wound and all related sutures. Discuss with your surgeon.
Signs of a damaged nosed
RhinoplastyMember Response:
Without a nose bleed, deforming injury to your nose did not happen.
Signs of a damaged nosed
RhinoplastyMember Response:
Without a nose bleed, deforming injury to your nose did not happen.
Over liposuction areas
Cosmetic SurgeryMember Response:
It is not too late to contact your surgeon.
Permanent Suture Removal
Tummy TuckMember Response:
the permanent should be removed as your repair is secure.
Uneven ears after surgery
FaceliftMember Response:
You need to know and understand the reluctance of your surgeon. Probably he or she doesn't want to make the problem worse. If the explanation doesn't make sense then seek another opinion.
Vaser 4D Liposuction
LiposuctionMember Response:
3D VASER liposuction takes longer but is less painful than tradition liposuction because of less damage to the neurvasculature and connective tissue. There many reports of the preference to use VASER over traditional liposuction for #D definition of muscularity. Property performed VASERlipo provide excellent fat for grafting. The 4th dimension maybe considered the movement of the 3D dimensional construct through space and time. Yes, the results are long lasting.
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