Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author
Books by Dr. Dennis Schimpf
Dr. Dennis Schimpf, MD, MBA, FACS, is a board-certified plastic surgeon in Charleston, SC, and the author of three books that explain plastic surgery honestly: what it can do, what it can't, and what patients deserve to know before they decide.
Loose Skin: The GLP-1 Epidemic No One Warned You About
By Dr. Dennis Schimpf · Coming January 27, 2027
Twenty years ago a young woman who had lost 175 pounds sat across from Dr. Schimpf and said, 'Nobody told me this is what it would be like.' Millions of people losing weight today deserve that warning now. Loose Skin is an honest account of what massive weight loss leaves behind, written by a surgeon who has been in the room for every stage of it: the bariatric era, the GLP-1 era, and whatever comes next.
What the book covers
- Why GLP-1 weight loss is creating a structural problem the drugs were never designed to touch.
- Why loose skin has never been part of the weight-loss conversation, from bariatric surgery consent forms to GLP-1 prescriptions today.
- Why no cream, workout, or discipline tightens skin that has lost its structure, and why the shame patients carry is misplaced.
- Why far more people will need help than the surgical workforce can absorb.
- How to tell an honest surgeon from a salesperson.
"Weight loss changes size. Surgery changes structure."
Finding the New You: Think, See and Feel Beautiful
By Dr. Dennis Schimpf · ForbesBooks, 2022
A new you on the outside starts on the inside. Dr. Schimpf's updated guide to plastic surgery covers the procedures available to patients, how to spot the myths and misconceptions, how culture shapes plastic surgery decisions, and the role plastic surgery plays in medicine. Written for patients and their families, it carries forward the message of his first book: no matter the procedure, beauty starts with who you are on the inside.
Finding Beauty: Think, See and Feel Beautiful
By Dr. Dennis Schimpf · 2018
Dr. Schimpf's first book helps people understand everything they need to know about plastic surgery: the procedures available, how to spot myths and misconceptions, and the role plastic surgery plays in medicine. Plastic surgery is an art and a process, and the more people understand about it, the better prepared they are for its expectations and limitations.
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