Michelle Sieffert, MD, MBA - Donaldson Plastic Surgery

05/28/2026

What makes my practice different is how I manage pain around surgery. While everyone’s body experiences pain differently, everyone benefits from starting a pain regimen in PreOp (see my first video), using long acting numbing medicine in surgery, and combing different types of medications postop to get them back to their lives faster and have a better overall experience.

12/09/2025

12/03/2025

It seems like there might be misinformation out there about fillers somehow being damaging to your tissues and making surgical rejuvenation dangerous….

It’s not the fillers themselves, it’s how/where/how much. If used to do the work of surgery, you end up overfilled and the volume stretches the skin and creates contour irregularities.

Remove a large volume of filler? It creates an irregularity and deflates the area where the filler was. Then you need volume rehab….

What troubles me more are the energy devices (face tite, renuvion, etc)…

11/20/2025

If you need a diastasis repair, but don’t want a tummy tuck.

You can still have it repaired, but the approach defines who does it and whether or not you have incisions. A plastic surgeon can do a DR repair without the cosmetic enhancements, but will still use a TT style incision. A general surgeon can approach it internally, but this isn’t a common service offered by general surgeons (right now, maybe with time it will become more available).

Also, insurance won’t cover a DR repair…

11/17/2025

My take on why breast fat grafting as a standalone procedure isn’t as popular as implants, or widely offered by all surgeons…

Post your questions in the comments!

11/05/2025

Having a consultation for a breast augmentation? You’ll have to make two major decisions about your implant: size and profile.

In general the profile dictates the “look” of the result. More natural results come from lower profiles, and more drastic and augmented looks come from higher profiles.

Of course there are many nuances to implant selection, but the best tool for decision making is an implant try on! And of course a conversation with a board certified plastic surgeon…

Call to schedule a consultation and find out if a breast augmentation is right for you!