Doctor Richard Silverman, MD Plastic Surgeon in Newton, Massachusetts 02458-2

Name: Richard Silverman, MD
Last name: Silverman
Began aesthetic medicine in: 1992
Years experience: 31
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Website: https://www.ricksilverman.com/
Business: Richard Silverman, MD
Address: 29 Crafts St.
Address suite: Ste. 370
Phone: (617) 500-1427
International phone number: +16175001427
City: Newton
State: Massachusetts
Zip Code: 02458-2
Country: US
Statement: Dr. Silverman’s practice covers the broad range of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with some focus on diseases of the breast in both men and women as well as body contouring.
Consulting Fees: 100$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Clinical Privileges: 
  • St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, U Mass Memorial
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
  • Medical: MD, Pennsylvania State University
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • General Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Maine Medical Center
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Member of: 
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

GPS coordinates on map: 42.3548179,-71.1998756

Primary location: 
Location name: Newton
State: MA
Country: US
Map point: 42.3308,-71.20700073

Richard Silverman, MD

Treatments: 
  • Areola Reduction Surgery
  • Blue Peel
  • Body Lift
  • Botox
  • Botox for Hyperhidrosis
  • Brazilian Butt Lift
  • Brazilian Butt Lift Revision
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Fat Transfer
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Lift with Implants
  • Breast Reduction
  • Calf Implant
  • Dysport
  • Earlobe Repair
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Hyaluronidase
  • Juvederm
  • Liposuction
  • Mentor Breast Implants
  • Mini Facelift
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Pec Implants
  • Radiesse
  • Renuva
  • Restylane
  • Retin-A
  • Rhinoplasty
  • SculpSure
  • Sculptra
  • Subcision
  • Teeth Whitening
  • Thigh Lift
  • Tumescent Liposuction
  • Tummy Tuck

RealSelf Info

Rating: 4.2
Profile views: 14346
Answer count: 51
Review count: 20
1 star count: 4
5 star count: 7
Total star count: 11
Star rating: 2.6552947524282
Lead count last three months: 7
Anonymous votes: 0
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Apr 8, 2010
Profile modified: Jun 10, 2022
Profile promotion: Yes
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Performance
Tier: Pro
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: Yes
Doctor Designation Start Time: Jan 21, 2019
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Newton, MA, US. GPS coordinates: 42.3308,-71.20700073

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Jul 2014) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Jun 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Feb 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Injectable Fillers (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Implant Revision (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mole Removal (Apr 2011) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (May 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Mar 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Apr 2022) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Gynecomastia Surgery (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Reduction (Nov 2012) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Implants (Aug 2004) – Overall rating: 1/5 (Wait times: 1/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 1/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 1/5, Payment process: 1/5, Time spent with patient: 1/5, After care follow-up: 1/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 1/5, Answered questions: 1/5)

Latest Prices

Gynecomastia Surgery Prices

  • $6500 – Jul 13, 2014 – Brighton, MA
  • $8000 – Jun 1, 2017
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2018 – Newton, MA
  • $6500 – Jul 13, 2014 – Brighton, MA
  • $8000 – Jun 1, 2017
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2019
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2019
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2018
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2019
  • $7300 – Dec 9, 2018
  • $7300 – Dec 9, 2018
  • $7300 – Dec 9, 2018
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2018
  • $7300 – Dec 17, 2018
  • $8000 – Jun 1, 2017
  • $6500 – Jul 13, 2014 – Brighton, MA
  • $6500 – Jul 13, 2014 – Brighton, MA

Mole Removal Prices

  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – Newton, MA
  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – Newton, MA
  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – Newton, MA
  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – Newton, MA
  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – office

Breast Reduction Prices

  • $8000 – Jun 1, 2017
  • $300 – Nov 8, 2012 – Brighton, MA
  • $300 – Nov 8, 2012 – Brighton, MA

Breast Implants Prices

  • $5000 – Aug 28, 2004 – Newton MA
  • $5000 – Aug 28, 2004 – Newton MA
  • $5000 – Aug 28, 2004 – Newton MA
  • $5000 – Aug 28, 2004 – Newton MA

Radiesse Prices

  • $1700 – Jul 7, 2014 – Newton, MA
  • $1700 – Jul 7, 2014 – Newton, MA

Liposuction Prices

  • $5500 – Jun 11, 2018
  • $5500 – Jun 11, 2018
  • $5500 – Jun 11, 2018

Other Prices

  • $2500 – Apr 12, 2011 – Newton, MA

Doctor’s answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Weird shape of nipples 2 months post op gynecomastia surgery
Weird shape of nipples
Jan 20, 2019
Looking at your photo, I have to wonder if your areolae were very protrusive and stretched out pre-operatively. In some patients, when this is the case pre-op, after the tissue is removed and the areolae shrink down, the skin doesn’t always tighten fully, and you see creases and a lax appearance to the skin. Most of the time, this improves over the first year post-operatively, but if it doesn’t, sometimes peri-areolar tightening can help to improve the appearance.
11 days post Gynecomastia surgery, Sunken areola on my left side, will it correct itself in time
11 days post Gynecomastia surgery, Sunken areola on left side
Jan 20, 2019
From your photos, it appears that you may have been over-resected on the left with a resultant crater deformity. If it’s only 11 days out, there is swelling that will dissipate such that the depression may not be as bad with time. If the appearance persists past the six to eight week mark, you might need to have a revision to address it. You should discuss this with your surgeon.
Cortisone or fat transfer post gynecomastia surgery?
Pain after gynecomastia surgery
Jan 20, 2019
I’m sorry to hear about your ongoing issues after gynecomastia resection. I use a combination of liposuction and direct excision of the tissue under the nipple, and even in very lean individuals (including professional bodybuilders), I use the liposuction to help with contouring and skin redraping. Without knowing more about your history and your procedure, I can’t comment about the technique, but it is unusual to have long-term pain. I’m not sure what your doctor was…
30yr old male. Was my tummy tuck a failure? Would I be justified in requesting my surgeon for a r
Tummy Tuck Revision
Jan 20, 2019
After massive weight loss of the sort you’ve had, it can be difficult to get an adequate amount of skin out, even when the vertical resection is done as well as removing the skin at the bottom. It’s difficult to comment on your result without having seen the pre-operative photos as well, but it appears that additional skin removal would be required to give you a better contour. You should discuss this with your surgeon.
Tummy Tuck/total body lifting: Is recovery for post-bariatric surgery patient different from othe
Tummy Tuck/total body lifting
Jan 20, 2019
Depending on the distribution of skin laxity and excess following massive weight loss, addressing the front separately from the back can be more effective and give a better outcome, whereas in some situations, doing the front and the back simultaneously may give a better result. Some patients mostly have an anterior issue, and if a total body lift is done, some compromise of the results in the front may be needed to accommodate the back procedure. In these instances, especially since…
Do I have true gynecomastia or pseudogynecomastia.
True gynecomastia vs. pseudo-gynecomastia
Nov 19, 2018
From your description of history and your appearance, I would suspect that you have true gynecomastia with a significant fatty component to it. You would see some improvement with weight loss, but typically, this only gets so far, and surgery is required to get complete resolution of the condition. Describing it as “true” versus “pseudo” is somewhat irrelevant, since even if it’s just fatty tissue, that fat typically is diet-resistant, so surgery is still often the thing that’s needed to…
I had gynecomastia treatment 3 months ago and still have seroma. How long will this continue?
Seroma 3 months post-op
Nov 19, 2018
Seromas occur on occasion, often following some bleeding post-operatively, and they are easily managed with serial aspiration. If you had 2 lbs. of tissue from each side, I’m wondering if you had skin resection with drains. If the drains were removed early or if no drains were used, the seroma may have resulted from that. By now, I’m guessing this was resolved, but if not, a drain would be useful to keep it compressed down and empty.
My chest is not flat after 7 weeks post op gynecomastia surgery. Any suggestions?
Chest isn’t flat 7 weeks post-op
Nov 19, 2018
At 7 weeks after surgery, there is still swelling that needs time to resolve, and often the remnant that’s left under the areola will swell and be more palpable in the early post-op period. It really takes months for a final result, and I advise patients that swelling is present for up to six months, though it might be very subtle. Have patience.
Can gynecomastia be caused by taking supplements? What other side effects might I be facing?
Can gynecomastia be caused by taking supplements?
Nov 19, 2018
Any “supplements” that claim to boost testosterone should be looked at carefully if one is concerned about developing gynecomastia. Quite often, the more benign of these contain substances like tribulus and yohimbe along with some vitamins, and these are not likely to contribute to gynecomastia development. The supplements that should be concerning are those that contain the various derivatives of testosterone precursors, developers of which are far more creative in 2018 than back…
One week post op, is my chest feeling rounder because of swelling or not enough gland/fat being r
Swelling after gynecomastia surgery
Nov 19, 2018
As the other surgeons have noted, at this early point, you have significant swelling. If you’re wearing compression, that swelling tends to be controlled a little better, and when you discontinue the compression, you often have the impression that the results aren’t as good as the tissue returns to its normal non-compressed state. Just a thought–You didn’t comment on that in your question.
I Lost 8 Stone over 9 Months Will my Loose Skin Slowly Tighten Naturaly?
Skin Tightening Naturally after Massive Weight Loss
May 1, 2018
Great job on your weight loss! Looking at your photo and your stats, it’s possible that you may get significant skin tightening that will give additional improvement after the fat loss, but I think it’s unlikely to completely resolve your concerns about lose skin in the lower abdomen. That said, there’s no rush to do this, and giving some additional time for the natural tightening of your skin to occur may reduce the scope of any required surgery down the line as well.
Prominent, Rock Hard Belly – Diastasis Recti? (Male)
Prominent male belly
May 1, 2018
Men carry their fat on the inside of the abdominal cavity more than on the outside, which is where women carry more fat. As a result, a man can have a big round tummy WITH VISIBLE ABS on some occasions in spite of an excess of body and abdominal fat. A tummy tuck or liposuction will not fix this problem, since the fat must be lost in order to shrink the abdomen. As a result, diet is the key to improvement rather than surgery. Once the weight is lost, it’s…
Do my tummy tuck and male breast reductions incisions look like they are healing normally? (Photo
tummy tuck and male breast reductions incisions
May 1, 2018
It looks like the wounds by the chest are okay, but the abdominal incision appears to have some breakdown, which will require local care that should be directed by your surgeon. Over time, this should heal up okay, and if it’s not acceptable, a minor scar revision should be possible.
On a 1-10 scale, how severe is my case of gynecomastia? And am I a good candidate for surgery? (P
how severe is my case of gynecomastia? And am I a good candidate for surgery
Apr 11, 2018
Thanks for your question. Your photos and description show mild gynecomastia, and at least in Massachusetts, it would not be covered by insurance. That said, it would improve your chest if you opted to have it corrected. Prices vary, but you’re probably looking at $6000 – $8000 depending on where you are located.
Will skin tighten more over time after gynecomastia surgery?
Will skin tighten more over time after gynecomastia surgery
Apr 11, 2018
Following surgery to correct gynecomastia that includes liposuction, the skin will tighten for months and months, and this process starts after the first month or so, and it continues up to a year after surgery. That’s why we often defer secondary procedures to allow for this to occur.

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Last updated on 11/26/2023