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Dr. John LeRoy Hosts Social Media Charity Contest

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As a double board-certified plastic surgeon, I spend most of my time addressing my patients’ need to feel confident in their appearance. As heartwarming as it is to see my patients enjoy their results, I also know that there are plenty of people in our community with other needs as well. To lend a hand and give back to the metro area that I’m proud to be a part of, I host several charity contests every year. During the contests, I ask for your help to identify Georgia organizations that are helping those in need in our local area. After your nominations and votes have determined a winner, I award the winning charity a $1,000 donation. This week, I’m excited to kick off my first charity contest of 2018.

Dr. John LeRoy Hosts Social Media Charity Contest

Winter 2018 Category: Kids and Teens

In order to spread the donations among many types of organizations, we choose a category for each contest. This season’s category is Kids and Teens. You can nominate any charity that serves kids and/or teenagers in some way, whether it’s a children’s home, a benefit for ailing kids, a charity that prepares kids for a more successful future, etc. Nominations just need to fit the criteria listed in the details below, and past winners (such as The Tree House Inc. and Calvary Children’s Home) are not eligible for future contests.

Charity Contest Details

My charity contests are conducted through my social media – primarily my Facebook page. Here’s what you can do:

  1. Between January 18th and February 2nd, 2018, visit the John LeRoy Facebook Page and look for the post that invites you to submit a nomination – it will be the top post on my timeline. Comment on this post to tell us what charity you want to nominate. Your nomination must meet the following criteria:
    • The organization must belong to the designated category — “charities that serve kids and/or teens.” Organizations in other categories will not be eligible to win.
    • The charity must hold a 501(c)(3) non-profit distinction or be a valid and charitable crowdfunding page.
    • The charity must be in Georgia.
    • Each nominator may only nominate one charity.
    • The charity must contribute to a greater good, identifiable through a published mission statement.
    • The charity may not be a previous charity contest winner (recent winners include TJ and Friends Foundation, Genesis JOY House Homeless Shelter, The Tree House Inc., and Remembering Ruthie Rescue).
  2. When all the nominations are in, we’ll review them and choose up to four finalists. The finalists will be posted on February 5th, 2018.
  3. Between February 5th and February 16th, 2018, return to my Facebook page and look for the post inviting you to vote for a final winter.
  4. After tallying all the votes, we’ll announce the winning charity (and give them their $1,000 donation) on February 19th, 2018.

As a plastic surgeon, my favorite part of the job is seeing my patients enjoy their cosmetic surgery results and embrace their new self-confidence. But my seasonal charity contest gives me an opportunity to go beyond my own patients and help people with a variety of other needs as well. I consider it a privilege to be able to serve the Atlanta area in both capacities, and I’m grateful for your help in finding the best ways to contribute to the community.

Happy New Year from the Office of Dr. John LeRoy

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The holiday season always makes us reflect on the year we’ve had. As any year does, 2017 has had its ups and downs, but one of the many blessings we’ve enjoyed is our fantastic, supportive group of patients. Working with you all has been a true joy. If you’re new to our family or you’re in the mood for a walk down memory lane, here are a few of the other happy highlights from 2017.

Happy-Holidays-from-John-L-LeRoy-MDTop Doctors Award

Every year, Atlanta Magazine publishes a list of the local doctors who have earned distinction from Castle Connolly, a group that evaluates doctors across the country. Nominated by their fellow physicians, these doctors need to make medical contributions, earn the respect of their patients and peers, and more before Castle Connolly names them among the best in their field. I am honored to have received this special distinction once again.

20 Years of the Band Aid Mini Facelift

The Band Aid Mini Facelift is a signature procedure I developed in 1997 to offer patients a lighter, natural-looking facelift with dramatically less recovery time and cost. Performed in-office with gentle numbing, my Band Aid Mini Facelift uses specialized techniques to provide a comprehensively younger look with less scarring, swelling, and bruising and about half the recovery time a typical facelift requires. This year, I celebrated twenty years of using the innovation to help my patients look and feel their best, and I look forward to many more years of the same.

Charity Contests

I’m so fortunate to be able to do what I love every day for my cosmetic surgery patients, and I believe it’s important to share your blessings. That’s why I hold several social media charity contests every year, enlisting my supporters’ helping in finding local charities that do great work for the community. Through nominations and votes, my patients and followers helping me donate thousands of dollars this year to three wonderful organizations: The Tree House, Genesis JOY House Homeless Shelter, and TJ & Friends Foundation.

Our entire staff at the office of Dr. John LeRoy would like to offer all of you, our valued patients, a special thank you. You have made 2017 brighter and more rewarding for all of us, and we are truly honored that you chose us to help you become your most confident and beautiful self. To catch up on the blogs and other news you may have missed this year, explore our plastic surgery blog and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.

Announcing the Spring 2017 Social Media Charity Contest

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As a double board-certified plastic surgeon, I have the privilege of spending every day helping my patients gain newfound confidence in their appearance. There’s just nothing like seeing a patient look in the mirror (which used to be a stressful experience for them) and smile. But to truly fulfill my passion for giving back to my community, I want to help people who are beyond the reach of my plastic surgery services, too. That’s why, for several years, I’ve been holding social media charity contests so that my patients and supporters can help to find deserving local organizations who can do great work with my donations. And this week, my latest contest has just begun.

Spring 2017 Charity ContestHow it Works

My charity contest includes a few stages:

  1. Until Friday, April 28th, 2017, anyone who “likes” and follows the John L. LeRoy, MD Facebook page can comment on the post at the top of the page to nominate their charity of choice. Our theme for the current contest is “children’s charities,” so nominated organizations should serve children in some capacity.
  2. Between April 28th and May 1st, I will review the nominees and select up to four finalists.
  3. From May 1st, 2017 through May 12th, 2017, anyone can vote on a winning children’s charity using the poll that will be on my Facebook page. Each person will only be able to vote once.
  4. On May 15th, 2017, I will announce the winning organization on my Facebook page, and they will receive a donation of $1,000 to continue their valuable service to the community.

How to Get Involved

The nominations have already begun, so be sure to head to my Facebook page and enter yours! Just make sure your nomination meets these criteria:

  • The organization must belong to the designated category—the Spring 2017 category is “children’s charities” (any charity that benefits children). Organizations in other categories will not be eligible to win.
  • The charity must hold a 501(c)(3) non-profit distinction or be a valid and charitable crowdfunding page.
  • The charity must be in Georgia.
  • The nominator must be at least 16 years of age.
  • Each nominator may only nominate one children’s charity.
  • The charity must contribute to a greater good, identifiable through a published mission statement.
  • The charity may not be a previous charity contest winner (recent winners include Remembering Ruthie Rescue, Calvary Children’s Home, Little Nuggets Rescue, The Mastocytosis Society, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital).

Giving back to those in need is such a moving experience, but there are just so many organizations in Georgia who are doing exceptional and necessary work. To everyone who has participated in my current charity contest or in any of my past ones, and to all of my valued plastic surgery patients who have enabled me to pursue opportunities like this, thank you for helping me find and support the fantastic organizations right in our own backyard.

Get to Know Dr. John L. LeRoy

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When you’re trying to choose a plastic surgeon, it’s important to start with their qualifications and their experience. Be sure to look for a board-certified plastic surgeon, as a “cosmetic surgeon” does not need to be tested and qualified by a nationally-recognized board of leading surgeons (and if they’re double board-certified like Dr. LeRoy, that’s even better). But once you’ve narrowed your search to a few highly qualified surgeons, you should also be sure to take personality and other factors into consideration. The more you and your surgeon share a similar aesthetic vision and the more comfortable you are communicating with them, the more likely you are to work as a team to achieve a successful and beautiful result. To help you get to know Dr. LeRoy a little better before your consultation, we sat down with him for a fun Q & A session.

Atlanta plastic surgeonWhat is your favorite procedure to perform and why?

While I specialize in all aspects of the face and body, particularly in facial rejuvenation, my #1 favorite surgery to perform is the Band Aid Mini Facelift for a number of reasons. First, because it’s a procedure that I actually developed, it’s particularly rewarding to see how happy it makes my patients. And second, the procedure is actually performed using gentle numbing, so the patients are awake, and I love the opportunity to interact with them throughout the surgery. It makes it a much more personal experience.

When did you realize you wanted to be a plastic surgeon? What attracted you to it?

I knew for a long time that I wanted to be a doctor, but when I first entered medical school, all I knew was that I wanted to be a surgeon—I wasn’t sure which specialty I wanted to focus on. During medical school, we did a number of “rotations”: spending time in different specialty areas to experience them and have a well-rounded education. One of my last rotations was plastic surgery, and I just fell in love with the energy of it. Because patients were there by choice and were looking forward to their results, they had a very positive air about them, and I knew I wanted to spend my career in this type of atmosphere.

What hobbies or activities do you enjoy doing in your free time?

I do a lot of reading when I have free time, but I also love spending time outdoors, like boating when the weather is warm. One of my big projects, though, is working on the land my family owns in South Carolina. My siblings all live in different cities, and we each enjoy spending some time there throughout the year operating the pine farm and just enjoying the land and the nature with different projects and activities.

Early in your career, you had a very prestigious fellowship at the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH) in New York City. What would you say is the most valuable lesson or experience you took away from that fellowship?

The surgeons I worked under at MEETH were well-known leaders in the field, and before I started, I had some apprehension—like many people do before they meet someone they idolize. But the surgeons definitely did not disappoint. They were outstanding in both their facial rejuvenation technical skills and in making me feel welcome and helping me to learn in a great environment, so it was a powerful experience in my training. Overall, I’d say there are two lessons I took away as a surgeon:

  1. Even though I was already very proficient before my fellowship, you can always learn more and you can always stay humble.
  2. If you’re a new doctor, accumulate as much training, experience, and education as you can before you start practicing. When you have great credentials already, you can go into your practice with confidence and without feeling like you need to prove yourself because you have already shown your expertise.

If you could go back and give your 20-year-old self one piece of advice, what would it be?

To be honest, I don’t think I would tell him anything other than perhaps to relax a little more. One of my professors taught me about The Law of Unintended Consequences, and because I’m really happy with the way my life is now, I wouldn’t want to change any part of the journey that led here. I’ve often heard the saying, “Success is a poor teacher,” because you can learn more from your mistakes, but I don’t think that necessarily has to be the case—you just need to continue to make a conscious effort to grow, regardless of how much success you’ve already achieved.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this opportunity to connect with Dr. LeRoy and get to know him a little better. But remember, you shouldn’t underestimate the importance of an in-person consultation, which is your time to not only meet your surgeon and get to know them but also to explain and thoroughly discuss your goals for the surgery, see more before and after photos, and discuss the unique recommendations Dr. LeRoy would offer for you. If you’re ready to get started, give us a call to schedule your consultation today. Or, for more fun facts, plastic surgery tips, and special offers, follow Dr. John L. LeRoy on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

How Long is the Recovery after a Facelift vs. a Band Aid Mini Facelift?

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For many plastic surgery patients, one of the first questions or concerns they bring up in their cosmetic surgery consultation is about the recovery time. How long will I be off work? When will I feel well enough to socialize? How difficult will it be? The short answer is that your recovery will be proportionate to your surgery. In other words, when it comes to face lifts, every facial rejuvenation patient is at a different level of aging and needs a different degree of skin and tissue adjustment to receive the results they want, and the more extensive your procedure is, the longer it will take your body to heal.

Your plastic surgery recovery will depend not only on the surgery itself, but also on other factors, like your body’s natural healing process, how well you follow your post-surgical instructions, how healthy you were before the procedure, and more. Because of this, it’s impossible to tell a patient the exact number of days they will need to heal before they return to work or other day-to-day activities. But if you want some general guidelines, my video below discusses the recovery time for a traditional facelift compared with the Band Aid Mini Facelift I developed, and explains the reasons for this sizeable difference.

Remember, plastic surgery is a true medical procedure which should be tailored to your specific aesthetic goals, signs of aging, medical needs, and other priorities. The goals may be cosmetic, but the risks involve your health, so be sure to only trust your procedure to an experienced board-certified plastic surgeon. If you’re ready to start discussing your options, schedule a consultation with me today. Or, for more cosmetic surgery tips, special offers, and health news, follow me, Dr. John L. LeRoy on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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