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The following are questions often asked by our new labiaplasty patients. You can receive more in depth answers at your personal consultation with Dr. Koumanis.

1. 1. Am I a good candidate? You should have realistic expectations about what labiaplasty can do for you regarding enhancing overall appearance and minimizing symptoms caused by excess labial skin.
   2. Can I see before-and-after photos? Dr. Koumanis will show you many photos of his labiaplasty patients at your consultation, but he prefers for discretion’s sake not to post them on his website.
   3. Can I speak with former patients? At your consultation, with your request, you will receive names and phone numbers of other women who have been treated by Dr. Koumanis. Speak with them about their level of satisfaction with their results and with the care provided by the staff of Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, PC.
   4. Where is the procedure performed? Labiaplasty is done typically using general anesthesia at our Joint Commission accredited office surgery facility for your privacy, comfort and convenience.

Dr. Koumanis and his staff will answer all the following questions in detail at your consultation:

1. What are the benefits and risks to labiaplasty? What complications are seen most often and how are they treated?
2. What are the before and after labiaplasty guidelines to follow?
3. What about pain (at the time of the procedure and afterwards) and downtime?
4. Where are the scars located?
5. How long will I have to wait to have intercourse and use tampons?
6. Will sexual function be enhanced?
7. How will the surgery be performed? What techniques work the best? What instruments are used to trim the labia? How long does the procedure take?
8. When will the stitches dissolve?
9. How much will labiaplasty cost? Does insurance cover it? Are there financing options?
10. Why should I choose a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in doing labiaplasties?

Click here for more information and to download this page to print and bring with you to your consultation appointment. Dr. Koumanis and his staff are dedicated to educating you fully about labiaplasty so you can make an informed decision. Our staff provides you with an exceptional level of quality service and care to achieve the best possible result.

Both Dr. Steven Yarinsky and his private practice, Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, P.C., have been named “Best Of” by the readers of Saratoga Today.

Saratoga Springs, NY – Dr. Steven Yarinsky, a plastic surgeon, strives to leave the patients of his private practice with a lasting positive impression that will make them want to become ”patients for life.” Saratoga Today, Saratoga Springs’s weekly premier newspaper, recently named Dr. Yarinsky’s practice, Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, P.C., the “Best Of” in the category of plastic surgery office for the area, providing evidence that the practice is succeeding in its mission of meeting and exceeding patient expectations. Dr. Yarinsky was also named “Best Of” in the category of plastic surgeon.

Saratoga Today selects the “Best Of” winners by polling its readership each year in the form of online voting. The “Best Of” awards are a type of reader’s choice award, which is why Dr. Yarinsky is particularly honored to receive it. As a surgeon who places each patient first – whether providing nonsurgical treatments or surgical procedures such as breast augmentation – every patient’s opinion of the practice and Dr. Yarinsky’s surgical results are very important to him.

“The selection means that our local population chose me as their plastic surgeon and Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, P.C. as their plastic surgery office of choice over many other Saratoga County plastic surgery offices in the running,” says Dr. Yarinsky.

Dr. Yarinsky takes this recognition as confirmation that he and his staff are doing their job to provide an exceptional level of quality service and care to the Saratoga Springs community for cosmetic surgery and cosmetic medicine. According to Dr. Yarinsky, news of businesses that receive positive feedback from the people of Saratoga Springs is contagious: “My staff and I will strive to continue to improve the quality of care we provide to maintain our ‘Best Of’ status in the future, while the people in the community will continue to bolster the practice’s reputation by word-of-mouth recommendations.”

For prospective and new patients of Dr. Yarinsky’s Saratoga Springs plastic surgery practice, he hopes the “Best Of” status will instill confidence in their choice of plastic surgeon as they consider the variety of procedures the practice offers, ranging from BOTOX^® Injections to liposuction. Dr. Yarinsky knows his patients have many choices when planning their cosmetic treatments and he hopes this new award will assure patients they will achieve the personalized treatments and results they are looking for at Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, P.C.

About Steven Yarinsky, MD

Dr. Steven Yarinsky is a board-certified plastic surgeon and earned his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical Center before completing a five-year general surgery residency at Ohio State University Hospital and at Marshall University Medical School. Dr. Yarinsky completed his cosmetic and reconstructive surgery training at Medical College of Ohio before opening Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, P.C. – the only Joint Commission Accredited office-based cosmetic surgery center in the Capital District and Upstate New York. Dr. Yarinsky is available for interview upon request.

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Dr. Steven Yarinsky, a Saratoga Springs plastic surgeon, was awarded the 2012 Compassionate Doctor certification for his bedside manner and overall quality of patient care.

Saratoga Springs, NY — Dr. Steven Yarinsky, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Saratoga Springs, NY, recently received a Compassionate Doctor certification for 2012. Awarded by Patients’ Choice based on patient feedback, the prestigious nomination honors physicians from across the country who demonstrated an exemplary degree of kindness to their patients. In regard to his recognition, Dr. Yarinsky says: “This is quite an honor for me and for my staff, for without their help I could not provide our exceptional level of quality service and care. I am very pleased to have been selected and grateful to my patients who went out of their way to rate me and give me a positive review.”

According to the Patients’ Choice website, more than 200,000 patients nationwide provide feedback about dentists and physicians every month. In addition to written reviews, visitors to sites like Vitals, UCompareHealthCare, and Patients’ Choice are able to rate their physicians in a variety of categories including ease of appointment, accurate diagnosis, bedside manner, and follow up care, among others. Furthermore, patients are often prompted to give their physicians an overall rating, taking into account every aspect of care they received. Based solely on exceptional overall and bedside manner ratings, Patients’ Choice selected only 3% of 870,000 active doctors to receive the 2012 Compassionate Doctor certification.

A two-time recipient of the Compassionate Doctor certification, Dr. Yarinsky offers a comprehensive variety of procedures ranging from facial cosmetic surgery and breast augmentation, to body contouring and BOTOX^® injections. He performs every cosmetic procedure right in his office facility and allows patients to recover in the comforts of their own homes whenever possible. For all procedures, the Saratoga Springs plastic surgeon says he strives to ensure every patient visiting his practice is comfortable and relaxed from consultation to recovery. Ultimately, he notes that he will use his recent award as motivation to continually provide the most compassionate and effective care possible for his Saratoga Springs plastic surgery patients.

About Steven Yarinsky, MD

After graduating from medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, Dr. Steven Yarinsky completed a five year general surgery residency at Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus and at Marshall University Medical School. He then went on to complete two years of training in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery at Medical College of Ohio. His private practice – Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery – is the only Joint Commission Accredited office-based cosmetic surgery center in the Capital District and Upstate New York. Dr. Yarinsky is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and has three times been selected as one of the “Top Plastic Surgeons” by Consumers’ Research Council of America. He is available for interview upon request.

Dr. Yarinsky is still the only certified registered “Expert Injector” in the Capital District and personally performs all the facial injection treatments at Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Steven Yarinsky’s center for plastic surgery in Saratoga Springs has been awarded accreditation from the Joint Commission.

Saratoga Springs, NY – Dr. Steven Yarinsky, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Saratoga Springs, is head of Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery, a private practice located in Saratoga Springs, New York. He and his staff focus on cosmetic plastic surgery, offering both surgical and non-surgical treatments ranging from breast augmentation and face lift procedures, to laser hair removal and BOTOX^® Cosmetic. Recently, the practice earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™, the “Gold Standard for Quality in Healthcare,” for the fourth time since 2003.

On June 27, 2012, Dr. Yarinsky’s practice underwent a rigorous on-site evaluation by a Joint Commission expert surveyor. The surveyor assessed the Saratoga Springs Plastic Surgery practice’s compliance with national standards of medical care specific to the needs of plastic surgery patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership, and medication management.

The Joint Commission is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1951 with the mission of continuously improving health care for the public. The organization has evaluated and accredited more than 10,300 hospitals and home care organizations, as well as more than 6,500 other health care organizations in the United States.

Since 2001, the Joint Commission has issued office-based surgery standards as a way to evaluate medical practices performing invasive procedures. New York State has required accreditation for office-based surgery since 2009. According to the Joint Commission’s website, surgical practices must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for accreditation under the office-based surgery standards:

• The organization or practice is composed of four or fewer licensed independent practitioners performing operative or invasive procedures.
• The organization or practice must be physician owned or operated.
• Invasive surgery services are provided to patients.
• Local anesthesia, minimal sedation, moderate sedation or general anesthesia is administered.

Dr. Yarinsky considers Joint Commission accreditation the gold standard for providing safe, state-of-the-art patient care. According to the Saratoga Springs plastic surgeon, “Obtaining the accreditation is a team effort in which our entire staff participates.” He believes the Joint Commission accreditation instills confidence in his plastic surgery patients and provides goals including safety, patient comfort, and environment of care for his practice to strive to reach in order to provide his patients with the best possible experience and results. Dr. Yarinsky’s cosmetic surgery practice is the only plastic surgery office in the Capital District and upstate New York to achieve Joint Commission accreditation.

To learn more about accreditation from the Joint Commission, visit the Joint Commission’s website at www.jointcommission.org/.

About Steven Yarinsky, MD, FACS

Dr. Steven Yarinsky is a graduate of Dartmouth College, earned his medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse and is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He was selected as one of the “Top Plastic Surgeons” by Consumers’ Research Council of America in 2010 and 2011, and by Plastic Surgery Practice Magazine as one of the “Best of 2012 Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeons.” Dr. Yarinsky is available for interview upon request.