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Print: The Wall Center among SB Magazine's Best of the ArkLaTex
posted: Jan 14, 2008
For more than three decades, The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery has been the premier center for cosmetic surgery in the Ark-La-Tex. In 2008, The Wall Center will be getting its own Extreme Makeover. Soon, The Wall Center will be breaking ground on a state-of-the-art facility that anyone outside of Los Angeles or New York would be surprised to see- and the best part is that it will be right here in Shreveport- Bossier City. The Wall Center will be conveniently located on Fern Avenue, just across the street from its current location on Bert Kouns.
Coming in for a new patient consultation can be an anxiety-provoking encounter, so the new Wall Center will feature a discreet cosmetic surgery clinic with private consultation rooms, purposefully designed for patient comfort and relaxation. Dr. Holly Wall, one of three board-certified Plastic Surgeons at The Wall Center adds, “It’s important to make people feel comfortable. Our new consultation rooms are designed to be more like a cozy sitting room than a typical exam room.” In addition to the relaxed atmosphere of the new office, it will be easier than ever to view several examples of actual patients’ before & after pictures with interactive video displays in the consultation rooms. Dr. Simeon Wall, Jr, adds, “We like people to have a good idea of what to expect from surgery. The next best thing to seeing how a procedure will change your appearance is to see how it looks on someone who has similar anatomy. Looking at actual patients’ before & after pictures is probably the best way to ensure that someone has realistic expectations about cosmetic surgery.”
The two new surgical suites will be State and Medicare-certified, providing the highest level of accreditation for ambulatory surgical facilities. In addition to the new clinic and surgical suites, The Wall Center will expand upon its full-service Medispa. Dr. Simeon Wall, Sr, The Wall Center’s founding parter, adds, “In the last five years, we have seen the demand for non-invasive procedures increase tremendously, and we want to stay at the forefront of providing these services. Since we offer everything from injectables to lasers to surgery, our patients can trust us to offer them exactly what they need, and only offer what works.”
Known for bringing the best and newest technology to Louisiana, The Wall Center was the first to offer the Fraxel laser for skin resurfacing, which has been all the rage among patients for its ability to deliver great results with very short down-time. The Wall Center also provides a high-speed hair removal laser, as well as lasers for the removal of spider veins and skin discolorations. Twylla Seaman, RN, The Wall Center’s aesthetic nurse, adds, “We have been very pleased with the results from the tattoo removal laser we are using now. What used to take ten to 15 treatments to remove a tattoo now takes closer to five.”
Although the medispa is busy with laser treatments, Seaman states that the majority of her patients come in for wrinkle-filling injectables and Botox. “One of our newer injectables for deeper lines is Perlane, and we are the first in the state to offer Artefill for long-term correction of deep wrinkles.”
The medispa also offers prescription skin care products and multiple levels of chemical peels to let beautiful skin shine and look its best.
One of the most exciting prospects for The Wall Center’s new Fern Avenue complex is the plan for a bed & breakfast inn, which should be an added source of comfort and privacy for both in- and out-of-town guests. Many patients travel from across the country to have surgery here in Shreveport-Bossier City. Why? Because of the results.
The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery is a family of cosmetic surgeons who treat their patients like family. All of their physicians are Board-Certified Plastic Surgeons and active members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Simeon Sr, Holly, and Simeon Jr have all been named “Top Plastic Surgeons” by the Consumers Research Council for several years running.
Despite their busy schedules in Shreveport-Bossier City, philanthropy is important to this group. “I do think it is important to use your skills helping those less fortunate, no matter what your profession. Simeon (Jr) and I just got back from Xi’an, China where we operated on 65 babies, mostly orphans, with cleft lips and palates,” Wall said. “I am certain that we gained more from that powerful experience than the babies, but also hope that it helped give them a chance at adoption and a normal life.”
They have also volunteered their services in Peru, Mexico, Haiti, and Brazil.
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posted: Oct 22, 2007“When we trained at Stanford, one of our mentors started a program, and he took me with him,” added Holly. “Simeon and I have wanted to do this together for such a long time, and we finally felt the boys were old enough.”
The Walls’ two young boys are 3 and 2, so it wasn’t an easy decision to leave them. “We were gone two and a half weeks,” said Holly. “They were really too young, but we have a good friend who set up a Web cam so that made it a bit easier. They didn’t feel abandoned. When we got back, it was like, ‘Oh, hey, Mom.’ We can’t wait for them to get old enough to go with us, to see what the rest of the world is like.”
The Walls decided to go after one of Holly’s friends from college, who runs a foster care orphanage in China, wrote to her. “There are close to 600 babies there,” said Holly. “When they have complications and they can’t get to them, they put them in a room that is literally a dying room. Palate babies have no roof to their mouths. You can’t just prop a bottle in their mouths. They die simply because there is no manpower to feed them. A lot of these children just get dropped off at the orphanage. Hopefully, we are giving some of them a chance at a normal life.”
Even though the Walls were able to help dozens of children while they were there, Holly said the conditions are still heartbreaking. “There is no one to sit with them right before surgery,” she said.
“Ninety percent of them are between 9 months old and 3 years. They also need someone to teach them how to eat again after the surgery.”
Simeon said it is hard living with a facial deformity. “Sometimes people think these children are born this way because of a sin of the parent. Some think of them as freaks or monsters. Here in the U.S., we know it is a deformity. There, it is just devastating to have something like that on the face. They have no chance at a normal life.”
It must be hard to leave so many behind, knowing the conditions they endure. Some of the children make their way to the states as the fortunate recipients of loving, adoptive homes. “As a matter of fact,” said Holly, “there was a 6-year-old girl who had her cleft palate fixed on this last trip. One of the surgeons on the trip is going to adopt her. He and his wife just fell in love with her.”
Simeon said they’ve learned valuable lessons on these mission trips. “We’ve learned to stick with the pros that are putting on group trips,” he said. “They’ve made all the mistakes. They’ve done it all. We’ve also seen that so much is needed – [operating room] nurses, scrub techs, photographers, reporters, sitters – we need everyone on the team, or it’s not going to fly.”
The Walls can’t wait to go on another trip. Africa is at the head of their list, but they know they need to go back to China first. “There is a lot of need in China,” said Simeon. “We made a lot of good connections. This is a huge thing for their community.”
Even so, Holly said the guilt feelings do creep in sometime. “I get so much from these trips,” she said. “We are performing a service, but it is so powerful for me. It is the shot to the soul that I needed.”
Although each doctor who travels around the world to help others must struggle with frustration over the conditions that exist, none of them chooses to point the finger at society or government. “I would say that most people just don’t understand those cultures,” said Simeon. All that really matters is the mission: get to work on one more procedure in order to save the world one person at a time.
Print: The Wall Center featured in SB Magazine
posted: Jul 20, 2007Dr. Simeon Wall, Jr., and Dr. Holly Casey Wall are featured on the February 2006 issue of SB Magazine's "Power Couples" who are helping to make the Shreveport-Bossier community stronger.
