About Dr. Steve Byrd

Dr. Steve Byrd has been practicing as a plastic surgeon in Dallas, Texas since completing his residency in 1978. He is board certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He entered private practice at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and was appointed vice-chairman to the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center following his residency. Since those appointments, he has been distinguished as a full professor at the above mentioned University and has served as Chief of Service at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. In addition, he is the Director of Plastic Surgery at Children's Medical Center, is past president of the Dallas County Society of Plastic Surgery, is a founding member and past president of the Rhinoplasty Society, and a former member of the board of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation. In a recent poll, "Best Doctors in America", Dr. Byrd was elected by his peers as one of the top plastic surgeons in the United States. He accredits this acknowledgment to his uncompromising commitment to the highest standard of patient care, to the development of innovative and state of the art surgical techniques, and to the betterment of his specialty through the educational and governmental process.

Dr. Byrd's practice emphasis is aesthetic surgery. He is internationally known for his techniques in endoscopic facelift and rhinoplasty techniques. He has been invited to multiple countries where he has demonstrated these techniques.

Though Dr. Byrd's practice is characterized by a higher than average number of facelift and rhinoplasty patients, the aesthetic balance is found by a high number of aesthetic breast, liposuction, body contouring patients. He is familiar with and utilizes a cross-section of saline implant styles, and commonly employs the endoscopic approach to breast enlargement. Similarly, he employs the latest techniques of liposuction and liposculpture including the use of syringe aspiration, tumescent infiltration, and fat grafting. Dr. Byrd's operating facility, Dallas Day Surgery Center, is a fully acredited facility with a nationally quoted safety record for outpatient plastic surgery procedures. Of special note is "The Cloister", a six room hotel adjacent to the operating facility and designed for overnight patient stay. Nurses oversee the facility and food services are provided. In short, the practice is designed to accommodate local and out of town patients with a minimum of inconvenience and a maximum of attention and care.

Honors Awards and Credentials

Curriculum Vitae
Henry Stephenson Byrd, M.D.

EDUCATION

North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, 1964-68; B.A. with Honors, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1968-72; M.D. with Honors (AOA)

GRADUATE TRAINING

Straight Surgical Internship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1972-73
Residency in General Surgery - University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973-77
Residency in Plastic Surgery - University of Texas Southwestern, Medical Center at Dallas, 1977-79

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 1979-current

Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery Section, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 1979-current

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Attending Staff, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas
Director Plastic Surgery Service, and Member of Cleft Lip-Craniofacial Team, Children's Medical Center, Dallas
Attending Staff, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
Attending Staff, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, Dallas

LICENSURE

State of Texas & State of Utah

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Surgery, July, 1978
American Board of Plastic Surgery, May, 1980

HONORS AND AWARDS

Blue Key Honor Society, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1984 Winner, James Barrett Brown Award of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Cleft Palate Association
Texas Medical Association
Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
Board Certified Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeons of Dallas
Dallas County Medical Society

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Board Member, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1993-1995

Member, Education Commission, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Chairman of the Board Pediatric Surgical Alliance

Secretary Preferred Surgical Specialist of Texas

Secretary-Treasurer and Board Member, Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, 1980-

Chairman, In-Service Exam Committee, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1989-91

Member, Long Range Planning Task Force, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1991

Member, Marketing Committee, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1991

Member, Scientific Program Committee, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1991

Faculty member, Baker-Gordon-Stuzin 29th Annual Symposium on Cosmetic Surgery, February 1995; demonstrated live surgical technique of rhinoplasty, endoscopic brow lift, and upper facelift

Sole presenter, Surgical Rejuvenation of the Upper Face and Cheek: The Anatomy and Technique of the Deep Temporal Facelift, 11th Annual Teleplast of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, Fall 1995; recorded surgery transmitted via satellite throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico

Member, Board of Directors, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1996-98

Member, Select Committee on Forward Planning, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 1996

Member, International Services Committee, Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, 1997-1999

President, Board Certified Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeons of Dallas, 1999-2000

President, Rhinoplasty Society 1999-2001

Member, Electronic Communications Committee, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc., 1998-2001

Member, Practice Relations Committee American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc., 1998-2001

Chief of Service, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, 1996-2001

Breast Augmentation Surgery

Breast augmentation is more than just putting a breast implant under the skin. I’ve watched the changes in Dallas as less experienced surgeons have promoted a “one size fits all” philosophy using one single implant and one single incision site for all patients. Having a beautiful, natural looking breast is not that simple.

My Approach

There are four basic surgical approaches to breast augmentation:

• Endoscopic – (armpit)
• Periareolar (around the outside edge of the nipple)
• Inframammary fold (below the breast, where chest and breast connect)
• Transumbilical (belly button)

The many secondary implant removal and replacements that I’ve done are evidence that the “one size fits all” theory doesn’t work. The attitude that the female breast can be stretched to any desired size is a decidedly abused idea. Working with an informed patient who directs the desired outcome, the surgeon can select the best implant and technique needed.

Saline and silicone implants come in several types:

• Smooth
• Textured
• High Profile
• Anatomical

Recent studies have determined that there is no relationship between silicone implants and breast cancer or autoimmune disease. The FDA is currently reintroducing silicone implants back into the market. Patients who are eligible for silicone implants are:

• Those who currently have silicone implants
• Patients who are undergoing breast reconstruction due to cancer
• Mastopexy (breast lift) patients

The current silicone gel implants are improved versions of earlier models. They have a thicker shell, which is filled with a “cohesive” gel material that is less subject to leakage. The current shells can be punctured without spilling their cohesive silicone gel.

The approved alternative available to augmentation patients is the saline implant. Saline, the standard IV fluid is absolutely harmless if a leak should occur. The occurrence of capsular contracture (hardened implants) has decreased to 3-5% with the use of saline implants.

The main objection to saline implants centers around the “feel” of the implant along the lower portion of the breast as well as visible rippling in very thin patients in the upper portion of the breast. as well as ripples visible in very thin patients. Placing the implant below the pectoral muscle eliminates both of these concerns, but does add to the recovery process.

Are You a Candidate?

Candidates for breast augmentation should be informed, healthy and have a reasonable expectation of improvement, not perfection, from the breast augmentation surgery. Childbirth, weight loss and breast surgeries are common causes of changes in breast shape that can be addressed by breast augmentation. Augmentation is not a magic pill that will dramatically change you or the way people treat you.