“My entire experience was great!  Staff, environment and surgeon were wonderful!  Best decision I ever made!  Thank you! ” – TD

Call the office today to schedule your advanced facial rejuvenation for a natural look that lasts a lifetime! (805) 687-7336

Customized Procedures Packages available for the “Mommy Makeover” call us for details! Also offering Facial Rejuvenation specials!

Rediscover your youthful beauty with springtime special offers from Dr. David L. Buchanan and the Santa Barbara Plastic Surgery Center. From surgical procedures that can shape your figure to savings on non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatment options, come see why people are traveling from ALL over the world to have Dr. Buchanan perform their cosmetic procedures!

Dr. David Buchanan and the Santa Barbara Plastic Surgery Center is offering $75 Off Botox® and Juvederm®! Call today to set up your appointment – (805) 395-4545.

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Dr. David Buchanan and the Santa Barbara Plastic Surgery Center is offering amazing savings just in time for Spring. Receive 10% off surgeon’s fees through the end of March 2011. Call Kristi today to set up your appointment – (805) 687-7336.

Love Your Body with our February Special Offers in honor of Valentine’s Day! Receive $500 off any surgical procedure plus enjoy special savings on Facial Fillers, BOTOX® Cosmetic treatments, Latisse ™, and the Blue Peel Radiance by Obagi. Call us today to arrange your appointment with Dr. David Buchanan!

The FDA released a statement January 26, 2011, describing the link between ALCL (Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma) of the breast and women with breast implants. Please look carefully at the information provided. Approximately 3 in 100 million women per year in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALCL in the breast. This is a minute number. It can occur with or without breast implants. It can occur with saline or silicone gel implants. It is not breast cancer. Early reports are that it can be cured by removing the scar capsule around the implant once it is diagnosed.

The FDA recommends that women with breast implants continue to be monitored by their doctors, but does not recommend implant removal because the risk of ALCL is “extremely low” (about .00000003%). Please do not panic from this report. After twenty-nine years experience with silicone gel implants, and having trained at Baylor University where they were invented, I have confidence in these devices and feel they are safe. They were exhaustively studied by the FDA between 1992 and 2006, and silicone gel implants were reapproved for cosmetic breast augmentation in 2006. Saline breast implants were available during that time period, and are still available today. I recommend that you watch the news and press releases on this topic and read them carefully. Bear in mind that some in the media may sensationalize this finding, and perhaps overstate the risk, which can create unnecessary concern in women who have breast implants. You are at greater risk of being struck by lightning than developing ALCL of the breast. Be calm. And call with questions or concerns.

Happy New Year! 2011 looks like it is full of good tidings and opportunities.

Good news! Beginning in January Dr. Buchanan will personally do all of our Botox and facial fillers. You will now have a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon doing these important and delicate injections. His expert knowledge of the facial anatomy, and twenty-eight years of surgical experience will be a benefit for all of our patients. Our detailed records of all of your past visits are kept for a minimum of seven years. We will continue to use the latest and best injectable products available, like Juvederm Ultra XC and Juvederm Ultra Plus XC which were released in January 2010. Because of a new cross-linked formulation and the presence of Lidocaine (a local anesthetic), this product is less painful, goes in more smoothly, and may last up to one year with only one treatment. Botox remains the best product currently available to weaken muscle contractions and diminish “active” wrinkles in areas like the glabellar frown lines.

Giana enjoys her Aesthetician patients and receives raves about her facials, peels, and Microdermabrasions. Our Obagi skin care products remain quite popular, and we need to reorder supplies frequently.

Please visit our new breast surgery website at www.santabarbarabreast.com if you have not seen it already. We finished this site last fall and have posted lots of recent happy patients’ impressive before and after photographs. We schedule Operating Room surgeries on Tuesdays and Thursdays and enjoy the professionalism of the care provided by the Board Certified Anesthesiologists from the Anesthesia Medical Group of Santa Barbara, who also cover Cottage Hospital.

Our knowledgeable, thoughtful and caring staff looks forward to seeing you in 2011! Please email or call us if you have any questions or concerns.

All the best for the new year.

- Dr. Buchanan

Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon Dr. Buchanan

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. David Buchanan has announced the launch of his comprehensive new website, which concentrates solely on the breast surgery procedures he offers, such as breast augmentation and breast implant replacement in Santa Barbara. Within the breast-specialty website, Dr. Buchanan provides an extensive network of information regarding each breast surgery procedure he performs, which will serve as a useful compliment to his main Santa Barbara plastic surgery website.

Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon Dr. David Buchanan

The new website for Santa Barbara breast augmentation also includes buttons to Dr. Buchanan’s social media sites to encourage the establishment of an online breast surgery community and plastic surgery resource. By providing detailed descriptions of each breast procedure, as well as a before-and-after gallery and patient testimonials, Dr. Buchanan hopes to further enhance the online experience of both his current and potential patients as they pursue the cosmetic enhancement they desire.