Shirin Towfigh, M.D.

09/24/2025

✨ Big News! ✨

Starting this Friday, we’re officially seeing patients at our brand-new Mountain View, CA location! I am beyond thrilled to bring our care to the heart of Silicon Valley—right across the street from the award-winning El Camino Health hospital. 🏥🌿

While our flagship Beverly Hills office Beverly Hills Hernia Center remains our primary home, this expansion makes it so much easier for our Northern California patients to see us closer to where you live and work.

📅 Appointments in Mountain View are limited—so don’t wait! Call our office today (🔗in Bio) to reserve your spot. I can’t wait to welcome you to our new space! 💙

09/15/2025

HerniaTalk LIVE is a weekly Q&A hosted by Dr Shirin Towfigh, hernia surgeon expert at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center, with invited special Guests to answer your hernia-related questions.

Topic: Hernia Surgery Meeting Update

Join us this Tuesday 09/16/2025, at 4:30 pm Pacific time (GMT -7) as a Facebook Live (Beverly Hills Hernia Center). You can also register to join via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gITysCiJSnmmzw2A5Pgsdw

You can watch archived episodes of HerniaTalk LIVE on www.YouTube.com/ or listen as a Podcast https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/podcast/

09/13/2025

📣 BIG NEWS! 📣

I’m beyond thrilled to announce the opening of our Northern California branch of the Beverly Hills Hernia Center! 💫

Starting this month, I’ll be seeing patients in person at our new Mountain View office in the heart of Silicon Valley. 🌁✨

For years, so many of my patients have flown down from Northern California to see me in Beverly Hills. Now, I’m bringing world-class, specialized hernia care closer to you—because access to expert hernia care should be centered around you, the patient.

I can’t wait to welcome you to our Mountain View office and continue serving patients across our beautiful state. 💙

📍 Book your consult today & experience specialist care without the travel here: https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/contact-us/

Many thanks for the collaboration and efforts of Dr. Shyamali Singhal, MD, PhD, FACS and El Camino Health for making this dream come true.

09/08/2025

HerniaTalk LIVE is a weekly Q&A hosted by Dr Shirin Towfigh, hernia surgeon expert at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center, with invited special Guests to answer your hernia-related questions.

Topic: Your Outie

Join us this Tuesday 09/09/2025, at 4:30 pm Pacific time (GMT -7) as a Facebook Live (). You can also register to join via Zoom here: HerniaTalk **LIVE** Q&A: Your OutieUSCw

You can watch archived episodes of HerniaTalk LIVE on www.YouTube.com/ or listen as a Podcast https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/podcast/

09/08/2025

Congratulations, Carlos Alcaraz on your fantastic win at the US Open Tennis Championships this year. 🎾

Now I’m fixated on your belly button, which seems to be a small outie.

Outie umbilicus is almost always due to an umbilical hernia.

Less often, the umbilicus is not a true outie but rather a thickened skin stalk based on how the umbilical cord healed.

Now I’m obsessed to know if indeed this is a hernia. Of course, if the hernia is asymptomatic, there is no need to repair it. But I still wanna know. All it takes is a simpler examination. 🧐

09/02/2025

HerniaTalk LIVE is a weekly Q&A hosted by Dr Shirin Towfigh, hernia surgeon expert at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center, with invited special Guests to answer your hernia-related questions.

Topic: Hernias on Social Media

Join us this Tuesday 09/02/2025, at 4:30 pm Pacific time (GMT -7) as a Facebook Live (.Towfigh). You can also register to join via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lRw5m5v0TP2HRROLOV3MQQ

You can watch archived episodes of HerniaTalk LIVE on www.YouTube.com/ or listen as a Podcast https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/podcast/

08/24/2025

So, I just learned about , based on a article that explained the controversy about their squats.

Hyrox is an international competition where you must run 8km and perform at 8 workout stations, Station 8 being the most controversial: 100 . For a Wall Ball to count, squatting must be beyond parallel, or greater than 90 degrees. Otherwise it doesn’t count.

First of all, that sounds like form that is bad for your knees. But, as a , it freaks me out 😨😱😨😱seeing so many squats being done.

Studies show that squatting significantly increases your abdominal and pelvic pressures (unlikely most other exercises, including weightlifting and sit-ups). Yes, really! 🤓

And we believe that activities that increase abdominal pressure (eg, squats, chronic cough, straining due to constipation) can contribute to hernias. 🤨

So are all these competitors exposing themselves to hernias? 🤔

Comment below if you know anything about Hyrox

Here’s the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/style/hyrox-wall-ball-squat-criticism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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08/21/2025

We support love 💕 and acts of kindness in everything we do. That’s why when you come to our office, you will be greeted with these Love Buttons. Beyond a charitable global movement, they are a symbol of our values at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center, where we, support the needs of our patient’s’ physical and emotional health by addressing their hernias and hernia related chronic pain without gaslighting them that it’s all in their head.

If you aren’t getting the time and attention you need for your abdominal wall and hernia related ailments, reach out to us to see how we can help. Call ☎️ or email 📧. Links are in Bio.

08/21/2025

"Dr Shirin Towfigh is an amazing skilled surgeon specialist in Hernia Repairs. The staff at Bevery Hills Hernia Center were very accommodating and professional." says Pedro on Google

★★★★★ Dr Shirin Towfigh is an amazing skilled surgeon specialist in Hernia Repairs. The staff at Bevery Hills Hernia Center were very accommodating and professional.

08/07/2025

What a great demonstration by on how to be pregnant 🤰 while helping prevent permanent injuries from your pregnancy.

I am a big fan of the pregnancy belt. There are all sorts you can buy. The main goal is to help support the growing belly starting around month 5-6 of pregnancy. This is because, as the uterus enlarges, it:

😟 pushes on the bladder, causing frequent urination
😟 pushes on the pelvic lymph nodes and veins, causing leg swelling
😟 strains the pelvic floor muscles, contributing to uterine and bladder organ prolapse in your later years, and stress urinary incontinence
😟 starts to stretch out the abdominal wall, causing re**us diastasis and umbilical hernias
😟 adds extra strain on your lower back, causing back pain

Wearing a pregnancy belt towards your final trimester will help lift the uterus off your pelvic floor and also provide some back support, helping to reduce or even prevent many of the symptoms listed above. 

As a hernia surgeon, I advocate for the liberal use of the pregnancy belt, especially for twins/triplets and for females who are on their feet and working through their third trimester. Trust me, you’ll thank me years later! 🙏

I see so many women who wished they knew to wear the belt, and now they have permanent injuries postpartum resulting in hernias, re**us diastasis, stress urinary incontinence, and chronic back pain.

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