Some people are drawn to what they do by a special sense of purpose. In the case of Joseph Capella, M.D., his interest in plastic surgery was heightened by the work done by his father, Dr. Rafael Capella, one of the world's foremost bariatric surgeons.

"Growing up, I saw the work my father was pioneering and it inspired me to want to help his patients once they got past the surgery to help correct the damage done by their massive weight gain," he says. "It seemed like a natural extension of the process each bariatric patient has to go through, to help them get back to looking like the person they once were, from a visual perspective."

In the process, the doctors have established a combined practice that offers patients an all-in-one solution for massive weight loss and the plastic surgery needs they experience afterwards.

In addition, Dr. Capella does extensive work in other areas of plastic surgery, including the combination of procedures that many patients request or require (such as a body lift, which is the combination of an abdominoplasty, a buttock lift and a thigh lift).

To complement his work, Dr. Capella has engaged the services of an in-house esthetician, Erisha Dubinsky, who helps patients gain additional benefits after their plastic surgery by performing a wide variety of services normally offered in a skin care salon, or spa.

The end result of all of this work is the fulfillment of Dr. Capella's commitment to helping each patient look their absolute best by providing advice, consultation, surgical enhancement and post-surgical services that leaves patients happy, satisfied and eager to begin life anew.

 

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