Dr. Bryant A. Toth is an internationally renowned and respected cosmetic surgeon who resides and practices in San Francisco. In this interview Dr. Toth talks about his experiences with the STILLE instruments that he uses as part of his practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n What do you appreciate the most about the STILLE Instrument?<\/strong> What do you characterize being so specific with our scissors?<\/strong> Any clinical advantages to the patient?<\/strong> Is there a difference when you are doing cosmetic procedure or when you are working at Children\u2019s Hospital?<\/strong> Talking instruments and plastic surgery procedures with Dr. Bryant A. Toth, one of the most distinguished plastic surgeons in the world, as well as a true STILLE Ambassador. Dr. Bryant A. Toth is an internationally renowned and respected cosmetic surgeon who resides and practices in San Francisco. In this interview Dr. Toth talks about his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32673,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":[],"Area":[72],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe quality, they\u2019re simply the best scissors I\u2019ve ever used. And I tell all the fellows and residents that train with me that you can supplement the rest of your instrumentation with less expensive things but never cut short the money you spend on scissors. There is simply not another set of scissors like the STILLE scissors. The Germans can\u2019t duplicate what the Swedes and STILLE do.<\/p>\n
\nThe SuperCuts work incredibly well. When they need sharpening I always send them back to STILLE. There was a time when I had them sharpened in San Francisco but I always think it\u2019s better to go back to the mother ship. A good surgeon needs to work with good instrumentation. Many surgeons have the opportunity to buy their own instruments so why settle for second best? There is nothing worse than having a scissor that doesn\u2019t perform the way you want it to, the outcome isn\u2019t as good. I even buy the STILLE straights just to cut sutras because I\u2019m tired of having the sutra gummed by a dull instrument. When you\u2019re operating the surgery nurse will typically give you Mayo scissors, doing a delicate procedure and I get this big ugly mayo scissor handed to me to clip that stitch, I instead use the straight Metzenbaum that\u2019s just to cut and I make sure that I have it on all of my sets.<\/p>\n
\nSurgeon comfort is always advantageous to the patient. It is akin to operating in a hot room where your gloves are too tight. Those outcomes are different, a real surgeon spends most of his time in the operating room and if the tissue falls away nicely it makes an incredible difference.<\/p>\n
\nI run the Craniofacial department at Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland and the procedures are exactly the same. Say I am operating on a 4 month old child to repair a cleft lip. I use both the 5 \u00bd inch Stevens scissors and a tiny little iris scissor and together they work extremely well. In my opinion the best cosmetic surgeon is one that still does reconstructive surgery because those can be the very challenging cases, not that the aesthetic issue isn\u2019t challenging but that technically keeps you on your toes.I can do a great face lift because I\u2019ve done enough mid face advancements on children, and I know all the implications of what happens to the soft tissue when the bone gets changed. This allows me to avoid complications in aesthetic surgery because of my experience in reconstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"