Ask anybody heading into nose surgery why they are having a nose job and you’ll get some pretty standard answers like: “My nose is crooked. too long. wide has a hump in the middle. blocks my my breathing. was once broken Thus, the average rhinoplasty patient fully expects to be anywhere from somewhat to a… Read More »
Facial wounds are a real chore for emergency room surgeons and others like dermatologic surgeons who may continue seeing an accident patient long after the first E.R. visit. For one, traumatic facial wounds can end up in disfiguring scars. Narrow needles and sutures are needed so “needle tracks” and suture marks are not left on… Read More »
The discovery of BOTOX® shares something with the discoveries of electricity and the Internet: as time goes on, more and more uses are found for all three. In this case, a small test on 11 receding chin patients treated with BOTOX® was done at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in… Read More »
Unfortunately, many people – up to 75 percent — don’t know when their nose is working against them, given a breathing-blocking condition known as deviated septum. The septum, a thin piece of cartilage, divides your nose into the two nostrils and breathing channels. It’s also easily injured and often bent into a S-shape that blocks air… Read More »
As you probably know, newscaster Megyn Kelly in a matter of some months has gone from the host of The Kelly File to a Fox News anchor gig and now to NBC’s 9 a.m. Megyn Kelly Today. She’s also widely known for facing off and grilling President Trump during the Republican presidential candidate race. Now,… Read More »
Social marketing and media have become a very big thing on the Internet. Observed one advertising pro: “Social marketing is your relative’s doctor recommendation, writ one thousand times larger.” But consider: social media speaks so loudly because it’s an industry run by professionals who want people to buy lots of things. However, in cosmetic plastic… Read More »
We are sure that Mother Nature invented ear lobes for a reason. But if you look around at young and older celebs while including ordinary women, along with a few men, you could conclude that ear lobes are there to support: Heavy, dangling jewelry & heavy metal hoops Expensive ear rings Ear Studs Large… Read More »
According to a frequently repeated old saw, you should be careful what you wish for – you just might get it. Such was the case for 45-year-old Croatian stylist Neven Ciganovic who wished so fervently for fame, he had about a dozen cosmetic plastic surgeries – including three nose jobs — in his quest for… Read More »
Ever since the first release of the tremendously popular, injectable wrinkle remover, BOTOX®, the offerings of facial smoothers have continued to grow. In addition to BOTOX®, cosmetic surgeons now have: Myobloc Dysport Xeomin® Now, the co-discoverer of BOTOX®, Jean Carruthers, M.D. a clinical professor in the department of ophthalmology at the University of British Columbia… Read More »
For reasons unknown, some fads in cosmetic plastic surgery tend to come, go out of favor and then return some years later. For instance, we recently told you of a fad for surgically-created facial dimples that seemed to hit about 10 years ago, and was now becoming popular again. (Read the dimples blog post.) Yet another… Read More »
