Chicago Plastic Surgeon | Otto J. Placik, M.D.

Injectable fillers allow our Chicago, Illinois patients to regain the full, youthful appearance that could have been lost as a result of aging.

Injectable fillers use natural collagen injections or synthetic, hypoallergenic fillers like Restylane, Radiesse or Evolence to fill in creases, lines, and other wrinkles around the face. There are numerous advantages to injectable fillers, including:

• Time – An injectable filler procedure is usually completed in about 30 minutes, some procedures can take up to an hour, but they are completed in much less time than other procedures
• Recovery – After the injectable filler procedure is complete, there is basically no down time or recovery period, which means the procedure can be completed during lunch and you can return to work immediately afterward
• Price – While the price of your injectable filler procedure depends on the number of injections and the amount of filler used, the overall price of an injectable filler procedure is much less than more invasive procedures like facelifts, forehead lifts, or neck surgery
• Permanence – Unlike permanent facial surgeries, the results of injectable fillers will fade over time, allowing you to have the option of renewing your results any time you want

If you're looking to have a new, younger appearance, an injectable filler procedure might be the best option for you. Please contact Dr. Placik in Chicago, Illinois to schedule your injectable filler appointment today.

If you've ever wanted to get the full, prominent butt and sleek body contour you see in magazines or on television, a Brazilian butt lift might be a great option for you. At our Chicago, Illinois plastic surgery office, we combine modified liposuction and fat grafting to give patients a more prominent butt appearance.

Brazilian butt lifts are great for women who don't want to go through more serious procedures like abdominoplasty or buttock and thigh lifts but still want to improve the look of their butts.

During the Brazilian butt lift procedure at our plastic surgery office, Dr. Otto Placik will numb the areas of your body that are going to be liposuctioned. The liposuction must be performed so that there is enough fat to transfer to the butt area. Once enough fat cells have been removed, Dr. Placik will inject them into the buttock area.

This fat injection lifts the butt, making it look firmer and more prominent than before. Another benefit of this procedure is that patients can gain a slimmer overall body contour from the liposuction in the areas around the butt.

If you want to learn more about how a Brazilian butt lift can improve your body contour, and you live in the Chicago, Illinois area, please contact Dr. Placik today to schedule your initial consultation.

Many people in many different fields and all walks of life believe that there is no such place as the fabled G-spot (Grafenburg spot), or female erogenous zone. Many others believe there is no way to prove it since all women are different.
Interestingly, I tell patients the same thing. There are few anatomic studies to support the presence of a G-spot; the vast majority are clinical reports. However, I liken the G-spot to a ticklish area and there are no scientific explanations for those. Some people are ticklish and some people are not.

The same goes for erogenous zones. Some people get turned on by people kissing their ears while for others it does nothing. The G-spot is one such erogenous zone. I can't anatomically explain why but patients who have a responsive G-spot report increased sensitivity after injection.

The G-shot, or G-spot augmentation, is non-surgical and minimally invasive. It works best on women who know the location of their G-spot. Under local anesthetic, a small amount of human-derived collagen is injected into the area of the patient’s erogenous zone. The G-shot procedure takes less than half an hour. In four hours, you should be back to normal.

Due to the differences in each woman's anatomy, the G-shot is by nature an individualized approach. In general, the area injected with collagen is about a quarter inch in thickness and about the size of a quarter. Nearly 90% of G-shot patients have reported enhanced sexual stimulation.

If you are interested in finding out more about the G-shot, please contact Associated Plastic Surgeons, S.C. to schedule an appointment with Dr. Placik.

You might think that having blepharoplasty, or an eyelift, is strictly reserved for older individuals. The fact is, anyone who is unsatisfied with looking in the mirror and always appearing tired, an eyelift can rejuvenate your face, making you look healthier, younger, and more awake.

The skin above and below the eyelids can be incredibly delicate, and for some people, this skin can sag, giving you large bags below the eyes or having down over the upper eyelid. An eyelift, or blepharoplasty, can reverse these effects by removing excess skin and fat.

During the eyelift procedure, small incisions are made in the crease above or below the eyelids. Skin and other excess tissue is then removed from the area and the incisions are closed. One of the great things about this procedure is that any resulting scars are naturally hidden in the creases of eyelids.

Eyelifts are great for older individuals who are suffering from severe sagging skin around the eyes. Younger people who have inherited large bags under the eyes can also have an eyelift performed.

If you want to give yourself a wonderful new look and stop looking like you’re tired all the time, an eyelift might be the right procedure for you. Please contact Dr. Placik in Chicago, Illinois to schedule your initial eyelift consultation today.

For years, women who had survived breast cancer and wanted to regain their appearance after a mastectomy, had few choices. Today, women who have a portion of their breast removed after breast cancer have many more choices of how they want to regain their appearance, including the choice of using silicone or saline breast implants.

We have helped many women in the Chicago, Illinois area with breast reconstruction after their mastectomy. For these women, one of the more surprising factors in breast reconstruction is the timing of when you begin working with an experienced plastic surgeon like Dr. Placik.

At our breast augmentation office in Chicago, Dr. Placik works with all his patients to determine exactly what their goals are. We have many different breast augmentation and breast reconstruction options for women who want to change their breast appearance or regain the appearance they’ve lost after breast cancer treatment.

Since the FDA re-approved silicone breast implants, women all over the country have found out how much they can improve their overall appearance with perky, healthy-looking breasts.

If you or anyone you know is considering breast augmentation, or if you know someone who has survived breast cancer and wants to regain their body contour, please contact Dr. Placik. During the initial breast augmentation consultation at our Chicago, Illinois office, Dr. Placik will listen to what you want to accomplish and help you develop a plan to changing your breast appearance.

Thanks to television and movie celebrities like Kate Gosselin choosing to have tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, procedures, women all over are discovering how they can change their bodies. We've been seeing many more women come to our Chicago plastic surgery office wanting to learn how they can change their body contour with tummy tucks.

Whether it's the effects of aging or the result of having children, over time women can lose the firm, toned appearance of their youth. A tummy tuck can transform your body contour by removing excess skin and fat and tightening the underlying stomach muscles.

We speak with women all the time who are simply unhappy with the way their bodies look. The fact is, beneath the excess abdominal fat and extra skin, there is probably a fantastic body waiting for you to show it off.

During the tummy tuck procedure, Dr. Placik makes an incision along the waistline, removes excess skin, fat, and other tissue, repositions the belly button, and closes the incision site. For most women, the waist of pants or other bottoms usually hides resulting scars from the tummy tuck procedure.

If you live in the Chicago or Arlington Heights, Illinois area and have been considering tummy tuck, liposuction, or any other type of plastic surgery procedure, please contact Dr. Placik today to schedule your initial consultation.

Unlike our more common injection procedures like BOTOX®, Restylane, or other filler treatments, the G-Shot procedure is not nearly as well known or talked about. Dr. Placik performs G-shot procedures at his Chicago plastic surgery office so that sexually active women can increase their stimulation during vaginal intercourse.

The G-Shot procedure is very simple, non-invasive, and only requires local anesthetic to be performed. During the procedure, Dr. Placik will inject a sterile collagen into the area under the G-spot. The collagen will enhance the G-Spot, making it protrude a little more and providing women with more sexual gratification.

Like other injection treatments, the G-Shot is not a permanent procedure, and the effects will subside after about 4 months. If you are pleased with the results you can always have the procedure performed again.

Also, much like other injection procedures, there is little to no downtime after the procedure has been performed. Once completed, Dr. Placik recommends allowing the area to recover for at least four hours, but after that you are welcome to continue with your schedule or resume sexual activity.

The best candidate for a G-Shot procedure is a woman who is sexually active and wants to explore their options with enhancing their erogenous zones. If you would like to learn more about having a G-Shot performed in Chicago, please contact Dr. Placik today to schedule an initial consultation.