Plastic Surgeon Dr Donn Hickman, MD

Name: Donn M. Hickman, MD
Last name: Hickman
Gender: male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 1984
Years experience: 39
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Business: Aesthetically You Plastic Surgery Center
Address: 4401 Atlantic Ave.
Address suite: Ste. 415 4th Fl.
Phone: +1 562-988-0365
City: Long Beach
State: California
Zip Code: 90807
Country: US
Statement: We have been serving southern california and the Long Beach areas for over 35 years. Specializing in circular scar breast lift and reduction, smile and lip lifts, and the array of Chemical peels for pigmentation and wrinkles. In addition liposuction of the calves and ankles, amidst many other plastic surgery procedures.
Consulting Fees: -1$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Clinical Privileges: 
  • St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA Community Hospital of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Memorial Outpatient Surgery Center, Long Beach, CA Center of Surgical Excellence Long Beach, CA
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
  • Medical: University of Miami School of Medicine, 1976
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residencies:
  • General Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, 1982
  • Plastic Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1984
Board Certification: 
Donn Michael Hickman (ABMSUID -08161)

Viewed: 8/26/2008
Day of birth: 11/3/1951

Status: Alive
Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery – General

Status: Certified Active Lifetime Initial Certification 11/14/1985 –
American Board of Surgery
Surgery – General

Status: Not Certified
Expired Time-Limited Initial Certification:
2/17/1983 – 7/1/1993
Education: 1976 MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Location: I D M Building4401 Atlantic Ave Ste 101Long Beach, CA 90807-2260 (United States)

GPS coordinates on map: 33.8369089,-118.1854956

Donn Hickman, MD

Primary location: 
Location name: Los Angeles
State: CA
Country: US
Map point: 34.0522,-118.2429962
Treatments: 
  • Abdominal Etching
  • Accutane
  • African American Rhinoplasty
  • AlloDerm
  • Asian Rhinoplasty
  • Belly Button Surgery
  • Belotero
  • Body Lift
  • Botox
  • Brazilian Butt Lift
  • Brazilian Butt Lift Revision
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Lift with Implants
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Breast Reduction
  • Brow Lift
  • Butt Augmentation
  • Butt Implants
  • Butt Lift
  • Calf Implant
  • Cheek Augmentation
  • Cheek Lift
  • Chemical Peel
  • Chin Implant
  • Chin Liposuction
  • Cleft Lip And Palate Repair
  • CO2 Laser
  • Contour Thread Lift
  • Ear Surgery
  • Earlobe Repair
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facelift Revision
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • Facial Reconstructive Surgery
  • Feminizing Top Surgery
  • Fractional Laser
  • Fraxel Laser
  • Fraxel Repair
  • Genioplasty
  • Glycolic Peel
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Jessner Peel
  • Juvederm
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Latisse
  • Lip Fillers
  • Lip Lift
  • Lip Reduction
  • Lip Repositioning
  • Lip Surgery
  • Lipoma Removal
  • Liposculpture
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Liquid Facelift
  • Lower Facelift
  • Lumpectomy
  • Male Tummy Tuck
  • Mentor Breast Implants
  • Micro Botox
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Mini Facelift
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mole Removal
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Neck Lift
  • Nipple Reduction
  • Nipple Surgery
  • Nonsurgical Facelift
  • Nonsurgical Nose Job
  • Panniculectomy
  • Phenol Peel
  • QuickLift
  • Radiesse
  • Retin-A
  • Revanesse
  • Revision Rhinoplasty
  • Revision Skincare
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Salicylic Peel
  • Scar Removal
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Septoplasty
  • Sientra Breast Implants
  • Silicone Injection Removal
  • Skin Rejuvenation
  • SMAS Facelift
  • TCA Peel
  • Thigh Lift
  • Thread Lift
  • Transgender Body Contouring
  • Tumescent Liposuction
  • Tummy Tuck
  • Tummy Tuck Revision
  • Umbilical Hernia Repair
  • VI Peel
  • Volbella
  • Voluma
  • Xeomin

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 9917
Answer count: 215
Review count: 2
Star rating: 2.0473720558371
Anonymous votes: 50
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Nov 18, 2007
Profile modified: Oct 16, 2023
Profile photo modified: Oct 16, 2023
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Free-Claimed
Linked url: https://www.cosmetic-center.com
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Jan 17, 2017
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Long Beach, CA, US. GPS coordinates: 33.7899,-118.1520004
  • Los Angeles, CA, US. GPS coordinates: 34.0522,-118.2429962

Latest ratings of treatments

  • TCA Peel (Jun 2017) – 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
  • TCA Peel (Jun 2017) – 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)
  • TCA Peel (Jun 2017) – 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)
  • TCA Peel (Jun 2017) – 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)
  • TCA Peel (Jun 2017) – 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 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jan 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5

Practice Locations

Name & Website
PlastiCare Surgery Center LLC – Long Beach, https://www.plasticare.com/
Address
920 E. Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, California, US, 90807 (GPS coordinates: 33.8187395,-118.180994)
Phone
(562) 427-8944
Working Hours
Created / Modified
Feb 20, 2018 / Aug 11, 2022

Doctor’s answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Rhinoplasty scar tissue: does it “soften” over time?
Rhinoplasty Revision Timing After 10 Years
Oct 11, 2019
Practically speaking, most plastic surgeons have a primary patient wait about a year to perform a general revision such as further shaping and remodeling. For asymmetries and issues such as irregular nasal bone reshaping this may be done slightly sooner or  within that period.  At 10 years, while most scar tissue has softened to the max, it is the location of the scarring that still makes the performance of surgery a skill set that relies on experience and judgment.  Good equipment, lig…
Do I need a full mastopexy, modified or just implants?
mastopexy, modified, or implants
Mar 3, 2019
Thank you for the time you are taking to ponder your options which is compounded by a variety of recommendations by well qualified and experienced surgeons.  For a 32DD cup breast size, and what I can see from the photos, you are a good candidate for a periareolar mastopexy without implants. While ideally many surgeons limit periareolar lifting to 2 cm of nipple elevation, I believe your nipple position can be elevated to 5 cm without difficulty. I have been performing this procedure on c…
Does it seem as if I have enough breast tissue to do above muscle?
Enough breast tissue for over muscle augmentation
Dec 14, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  While we work with patients on this issue when they desire over muscle augmentation, it is those patients who return with good long term results from over the muscle saline and silicone, that we can accommodate again.  But—— we do know that it is best to have some muscle cover for all implants long term. Saline implants can reveal rippling over time particularly if you become a fitness enthusiast reduce body fat even further.  I think the size se…
What is the largest amount of fat that I can have safely removed through lipo?
Maximum Fat Removal During Liposuction.
May 31, 2018
In the properly prepared and evaluated patient with a body mass index at or under 35, one can consider safe removal of less than 5 liters of fat for an outpatient procedure. This parameter can vary from one state to another and from one ambulatory center accreditation body to another. Surgical judgment can change this value to a range of 2-5 liters for outpatient considerations. Staging the liposuction is often done for large volumes being removed under local anesthesia. While large volumes …
I had a tummy tuck last year, now my scar has a faded green color along my scar line. What is that? (P
Tummy tuck scar greenish discoloration
May 31, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  You have a very nice vertical scar element which is quite thin and almost imperceptible, but I do see some faded green as you mention. I would first ask your surgeon what he or she thinks.  Some of us do use a heavy permanent braided suture called Ethibond for the muscle repair at the deep level, and to some extent in the deep superficial soft tissue layer. This suture is green in color.  While rarely a single suture may pop up under the skin as evid…
6 Week P/O BA, Mod/Silicone 400cc (under the muscle). Uneven, will aggressive massage help lower my ri
one breast lower after silicone breast augmentation at 6 weeks
May 15, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  The photography was done very nicely, but if you look carefully, from my vantage point, there is a slight tilt downward on your left shoulder both before and after in the pictures. The left breast, furthermore takes off slightly to the left and downward compared to the right breast in the natural state. As the breasts increase in size, this angle of difference might be increased. I think it is a good result thus far at 6 weeks, but yet there will be fu…
I was told I needed to get an abdominal ultrasound for abdominal distention. Do I call my PCP and requ
ultrasound for abdominal distension
May 15, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  It is not clear whether you are discussing postoperative abdominal distension or concerns before you undertake mommy makeover tummy surgery. Patients with a history of bloating for a number of benign reasons may experience this after tummy surgery as the body adjusts to repair and recovery including all the medication that might be consumed  Patients with bloating before surgery, complaining about that, should also consider preoperative abdominal u…
Not able to smile with my teeth 2 weeks post rhinoplasty and have brown stains under my eyes making me
eyes and smile after rhinoplasty
May 15, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  These things are entirely normal after rhinoplasty and are always to be directed to the office of your surgeon.  He or she will be happy to discuss these and reassure you, and furthermore these are the issues that are touched upon when you prepared for surgery and signed the consent paperwork.  The bruising under the lids can cause deepening of pigment or green and yellow bruising by now and can be concealed with makeup as you are recovering. Just let…
Do I look like I will need a lift or just implants?
Implants with or without a lift
Apr 13, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  You have slight tubularity to the breasts which means they have a cone shape of tissue that surrounds the areolae.  Often, high profile implants with scoring or small cuts in the breast tissue can release this coning that complements the augmentation.  The other option is to perform a circular scar lift in which some skin is removed around the areolae and cone area, and when it is closed, it lifts and rounds the breast shape. The implant placed us…
Tip slightly big 1 week after rhinoplasty. Will it go down/be smaller in time?
Tip swelling after Nasal Splint Removal from Surgery
Apr 13, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  You surgical packet and postop instructions may have information related to swelling,  It is 100% normal for the tissues to expand a bit once the nasal tip is free from the compressive effects of the splint. Open rhinoplasties may have a bit more swelling for a longer period of time which is natural.  The doctor may permit you to use some steristrips to press the tip a bit while it is healing, but the adhesive can cause oiliness and breakouts.  Ask y…
Why does my left nostril have better airflow that my right after revision rhinoplasty septoplasty with
Airflow After Revision Septoplasty with Ear Graft
Apr 13, 2018
Hello Samantha and thank you for your question.  It is entirely normal for there to be differences in nasal airflow after primary or revisionary nasal surgery.  Factors such as differences in swelling, how you lie down to sleep, and degree of work that is reflected from one to the other. Remember as well, we all experience the nasal cycle without surgery on a daily basis,, where there is fluid shifting from one side and one sinus to the other  at night and during the day, that can make on…
I think I have bottomed out again! Had internal sutures 4 weeks ago. Currently have overs. Would going
AM I BOTTOMING OUT AGAIN ISSUE
Apr 13, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question and concern.  From your augmentation photos it seem you may have had high lateral-located nipples and breasts that were widely spaced, and you requested a very generous cup augmentation.The breast base distance from the collar bones is perfect, and if any higher, would look odd. To give you cleavage, fullness, and cup enhancement without having the implants ride in the armpits, I think your surgeon did a pretty darn good job of technical enhan…
Moderate plus versus moderate plus extra?
Breast Implant Moderate versus Moderate Plus Extra
Apr 5, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  All implant manufacturers offer a low, medium and high profile option and these can be in subtle degrees of projection.  They can be in smooth or textured surfaces. Currently, we recommend smooth surface round prostheses, which can provide natural augmentation particularly when placed behind the muscle. If the upper pole of the breast is flat or sunken, the higher profile implant design is selected.. When you conduct the double bra simulation test in t…
Should I get a mini TT with diastasis repair, or because of the saggy skin above belly button would a
Mini Tummy Tuck or Full Procedure for Sagging Skin After 3 Children
Apr 5, 2018
Hello and thank you for asking about tummy tightening options.  Since you have significant skin sag which is evident when it falls free with gravity, and seems to be very stretchy, I also agree that a full  tummy tuck is the best choice. The method is a high tension superficial fascial suspension or Lockwood type of procedure.  Google that name.  Inspect patient photos carefully when you interview surgeons.  Often a high short scar is offered, but you should ask about a low scar approac…
What is the best option for breast augmentation with accessory nipple/breast tissue?
Restoring breast symmetry from remarkable accessory breast tissue growth
Mar 28, 2018
Hello and thank you for your question.  Dr. Horneski shows a remarkable result for breast reduction and lift with no vertical scar.  I would offer a two-stage approach using a circular scar only approach, that can correct the location of the nipple, and internally suspend the accessory tissue on the  left chest to create an auto-augmentation. The results may take a while to realize, so that the right side may be left alone. The other option is to simultaneously place a breast expander on th…

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