Plastic Surgeon Dr. Mahabir in Scottsdale, Arizona

Name: Raman Mahabir, MD
Last name: Mahabir
Gender: male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 2006
Years experience: 17
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Business: Tucson Plastic Surgery
Address: 5780 N Swan Rd.
Address suite: Ste. 180
Phone: +1 520-448-9490
City: Tuscon
State: Arizona
Zip Code: 85718
Country: US
Statement: Dr. Mahabir is from Canada, completed an accredited Plastic Surgery Residency and is an ASPS Member Plastic Surgeon board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Mahabir is dedicated to working with you to achieve your goals. He now lives and plays in the desert.

Consulting Fees: -1$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Clinical Privileges: 
  • Honor Health (Shea, Piper, Osbourne, Thompson Peak), North Scottsdale Outpatient Surgery Center
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: BSc, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, 1996
  • Medical: MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2000
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • Plastic Surgery, FRCSC, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2005
  • Plastic Surgery, Chief Resident, FRCSC, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2006
  • Fellowships:
  • Clinical Research, Okanagan Plastic Surgery Center, Kelowna, BC, Canada, 2001
  • Aesthetic and Breast Surgery, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, 2007
  • Hand and Microsurgery, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, 2007

GPS coordinates on map: 32.3109095,-110.8922012

Raman Mahabir, MD

Primary location: 
Location name: Scottsdale
State: AZ
Country: US
Map point: 33.582,-111.9000015
Treatments: 
  • AlloDerm
  • Areola Reduction Surgery
  • Arm Lift
  • Aveli
  • Back Lift
  • Belly Button Surgery
  • Biocorneum
  • Body Lift
  • Botox
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Fat Transfer
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Lift with Implants
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Breast Reconstruction Revision
  • Breast Reconstruction with DIEP Flap
  • Breast Reconstruction with Fat Transfer
  • Breast Reconstruction with Latissimus Flap
  • Breast Reconstruction with TRAM Flap
  • Breast Reduction
  • Brow Lift
  • Buccal Fat Removal
  • Butt Augmentation
  • Butt Implant Removal
  • Butt Lift
  • Cheek Augmentation
  • Cheek Lift
  • Chin Filler
  • Chin Implant
  • Chin Liposuction
  • CO2 Laser
  • Deep Plane Facelift
  • Dermal Fillers
  • DiamondGlow
  • Diastasis Recti Repair
  • Double Eyelid Surgery
  • Drainless Tummy Tuck
  • Dysport
  • Ear Surgery
  • Earlobe Repair
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facelift Revision
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • GalaFLEX
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Hand Rejuvenation
  • Ideal Implant
  • Inverted Nipple Surgery
  • Juvederm
  • Kybella
  • Labia Puffing
  • Labiaplasty
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Latisse
  • Lip Fillers
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Liquid Facelift
  • Lower Facelift
  • Male Tummy Tuck
  • Mentor Breast Implants
  • Mini Facelift
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Natrelle Breast Implants
  • Neck Lift
  • Nipple Reduction
  • Nipple Surgery
  • Nonsurgical Facelift
  • Nonsurgical Nose Job
  • Panniculectomy
  • PRP Injections
  • Ptosis Surgery
  • Restylane
  • Restylane Defyne
  • Restylane Lyft
  • Restylane Refyne
  • Restylane Silk
  • Scar Removal
  • Sculptra
  • Sientra Breast Implants
  • Silagen
  • Silhouette InstaLift
  • Skin Rejuvenation
  • Skin Tightening
  • Skinbetter Science
  • SkinCeuticals
  • SkinMedica
  • SMAS Facelift
  • Strattice
  • Thigh Lift
  • Tummy Tuck
  • Tummy Tuck Revision
  • Vaginal Rejuvenation
  • Volbella
  • Vollure
  • Voluma

RealSelf Info

Awards: 
  • Rising Star, Texas Monthly
  • Patient’s Choice Award
  • Best Staff Publication, Department of Surgery Research Day
  • Best of State, ASPS Best Paper Competition
  • Peter C Grothaus Teaching Award
  • Wigley Award, Best Research Proposal
  • Gaspar Anastasi Award, Best Resident Paper

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 1565
Answer count: 72
Review count: 5
5 star count: 2
Total star count: 2
Star rating: 2.697376606878
Anonymous votes: 0
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Aug 9, 2018
Profile modified: Feb 27, 2023
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Free-Unclaimed
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Dec 14, 2018
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Scottsdale, AZ, US. GPS coordinates: 33.582,-111.9000015

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Breast Implant Removal (Oct 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jun 2020) – 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 Removal (Jul 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jun 2020) – 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 (Dec 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Dec 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Oct 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Oct 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Aug 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jun 2020) – 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 Removal (Jun 2020) – 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 Removal (Jun 2020) – 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 (Jan 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jul 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implant Removal (Jul 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mastectomy (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mastectomy (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mastectomy (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Mastectomy (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5

Latest Prices

Breast Implant Removal Prices

  • $20000 – Oct 4, 2021
  • $20000 – Oct 4, 2021
  • $20000 – Oct 4, 2021

Mastectomy Prices

  • $4500 – Dec 11, 2018
  • $4500 – Dec 11, 2018
  • $4500 – Dec 11, 2018
  • $4500 – Dec 11, 2018

Doctor’s answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Hardness in surgical area. What can I do?
Hardness after surgery
Feb 14, 2019
So glad to hear that you are doing well after your procedure. Your result already looks quite good from the pictures. Belly buttons tend to heal very slowly and yours looks like it is healing as expected after a tummy tuck. As for the hardness, there are a couple reasons that can happen after surgery. At two months out, you can still have some swelling as the incisions and the insides heal. Also, after a tummy tuck, a little bit of fat necrosis can happen (some…
I need to fix my low implants and hide my scars. Will switching to 650cc implants for a better fold w
Larger implants after bottoming out
Feb 14, 2019
Sorry to hear that despite two surgeries, you still don’t have a result that you are happy with. That sounds disappointing. There are several reasons that implants can bottom out (from your pictures, I believe that is what has happened). Implant size can certainly play a factor. In my opinion, switching to a larger implant is only going to exacerbate the issues are you dealing with. If anything, you may benefit from a slightly smaller implant and some added soft…
Why do I have loose skin in the areas where I had liposuction?
Extra skin
Nov 5, 2018
Hello Christine38323,
Thank you for the question an I am sorry that the liposuction left you with loose skin. In my hands, the only way to fix the extra skin of your abdomen and thighs that did not tighten is to surgically excise it: an abdominoplasty or tummy tuck and a thigh lift. Those are the only procedures with enough power to really address that amount of extra skin. I would encourage you to see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to get an in person consultation and…
Have had a revision every 3 years because of capsular contracture. Interested in ADM. What is your op
ADM for capsular contracture
Nov 5, 2018
Hello Wildcat123456,
Thank you for your question and the photos and I am sorry that are having repeated episodes of capsular contracture. It can be a difficult and frustrating situation. I recently sat on a panel at our national meeting and all three experts were of the opinion that ADM may have some benefit. Your Plastic Surgeon is correct in that it is an expensive option. That said, in the setting of repeated episodes of capsular contracture, I use it as a last…
Do I need a breast lift with implants or implants alone. Also thinking about thigh lift?
implants alone
Nov 5, 2018
Hello Bjoy8908,
Thank you for your question and providing the images. The good news is that when I look at your pictures, I see that you nipple sits well above the inframammary fold (the fold underneath your breast). In that situation, you are often a candidate for an implant alone. Unfortunately, I don’t believe liposuction alone will take care extra skin. Liposuction could actually make it worse. By removing the fat with liposuction, the extra skin can hang…
Concerned about laugh lines, I’m 39 years old. What is the best procedure?
Laugh lines
Nov 5, 2018
Hello mi_phil,
Thank you for your question and the images. The lines that I can see in the picture are the nasolabial lines or folds (the line that runs from beside your nose down to the corner of your mouth). The best options are either fillers or surgery (facelift). Given what I can see in the pictures, you most likely do not need a facelift and fillers should work very well if done by a board certified plastic surgeon. Of note, there are lots of different options…
How can I get aesthetically pleasant reduction of wrinkles! at 47?
Forehead wrinkles
Nov 5, 2018
Hello MichelleDB2,
Thank you for the question and the series of pictures. You look like you would be a great candidate for Botox treatment of those lines. Your lines appear to be mostly dynamic meaning that when you are not flexing the muscles under the skin, the skin is smooth and even. When you animate or flex those muscles is when you are seeing the lines. By doing Botox now, you can minimize the risk that you develop static wrinkles (essentially wrinkles that are…
Low nipples after breast augmentation 2 years ago and odd shape. Are they capsular contracture? (phot
Capsular contracture
Nov 1, 2018
Hello Katsarahg,
Without an examination, it is difficult to say for sure. What you are describing and what I see in the pictures certainly looks and sounds like you may have developed a capsular contracture. If you have not already, it would be a great idea to see your Plastic Surgeon as there are some non-surgical options that can sometimes help with this. There is some evidence that taking Singulair may help and there is an ultrasound machine (Aspen) that also has some…
Do you use Accuvein for forehead dermal filler injections?
Vein illumination for fillers
Oct 18, 2018
Hello Gregemathe,
Great question. There are certainly devices that are available to injectors now that help to make superficial veins more easily visible and hence easier to avoid. I have used the Accuvein and really quite liked it. However, it cannot be overstated that nothing will prevent complications. The benefit of these devices is that they can help to minimize the risks associated with injections and they work best of fair skinned individuals. Even the…
Will I loose any muscle strength after breast augmentation under the muscle?
Implants under the muscle and strength
Oct 18, 2018
Hello Winnie0608,
Thank you for a great question. In fact, many surgeons were interested in this exact question, so much so that a group has done a scientific study to answer it. It was published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. To summarize their results briefly for you; yes. They were able to show that in women that had a submuscular (under the muscle) breast augmentation, there was a significant decrease in muscle strength even 12 months later. That said, there…
5 months post op, does this look like capsular contraction? PS advised me to massage vigorously. (pho
Capsular contracture
Oct 17, 2018
Hello JustWantBoobies,
Thank you for the question and accompanying image. It would appear that you do have a capsular contracture. If you are also having pain, then you would be classified as a Grade IV capsular contracture. Typically, this can only be fixed with surgery. It is a difficult problem with a risk of recurrence, so the surgery needs to be planned and executed with as much planning as possible to minimize that risk. I was recently on a national panel…
What is the recovery like for a Tummy tuck scar revision?
Tummy Tuck scar revision
Oct 15, 2018
Hi Loracm37,
Interesting questions, thank you. Without images, it is a little hard to say how extensive the revision is. Most of the time, a tummy tuck scar revision is much less extensive than the original procedure. The key is to minimize the tension on the scar as tension is bad for scar healing. I would still typically have my patients minimize the amount of stress they put on the incision for 6 weeks after surgery to try and optimize the scar. That said,…
Can breast implant removal and fat transfer be done at the same time?
Implant removal and fat grafting
Oct 15, 2018
Hello Smqueen090,
Your question is a good one, thank you. Yes, fat grafting can often be done at the same time as implant removal. However, there is a limit to how much fat can be transferred in one setting. It depends on the thickness of your own breast tissue, your extra fat (donor sites or places we can take fat from), and your overall health. In my opinion, it would be uncommon to be able to replace all of the volume you will lose by removing your implants (420…
Can insurance cover removal of ruptured 35 year old silicone breast implants?
Implant removal
Oct 15, 2018
Hello Cybrcat49,
Thank you for your question. It is less and less common for insurance to cover the removal of implants that were placed for cosmetic reasons. Even with an implant rupture, it can be difficult to get it covered. If your concerns over the ruptured implant is preventing you from getting your normal screening mammogram, then I would encourage you to pursue having them removed. It can safely be done as an outpatient and you will be back to yourself in a couple…
What size should I get? I’m between 320 lower profile or 400 medium profile, Mentor silicone. I’m 5’8
Breast implant sizing
Oct 10, 2018
HI Jammiesummers1,
Thank you for the question and images. I suspect that both of those implants would fit your body quite well but will give moderately different results. The implants have a similar width (base diameter) . The difference is in projection. The 400 will give you almost an extra cm (1/2 inch) of projection (how much they stick out from the chest and 25% more volume (or roughly half a cup size more). In my practice, most women would chose the medium over…

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