By now, virtually everybody interested in cosmetic plastic surgeryknows the importance of cell phone selfies: people take pictures of themselves, email the pictures around or post them in very public places like Facebook. But in many cases, the person suffers the slings and arrows of snide remarks about a non-attractive appearance. A cosmetic surgery consultation then follows to… Read More »
If you are interested in a common facial cosmetic surgery like: Rhinoplasty Face & Neck lift Eyelid Lift Surgery Neck Sculpture You may be searching the mirror more than usual looking for how you would like a super-specialist cosmetic surgeon help those features. So, while you’re searching the mirror: * Do double duty and look for common facial symptoms that… Read More »
Dermal fillers like the ever popular: Restylane® Restylane® Lyft Juvéderm® are made from a substance known as Hyaluronic acid which is also found naturally in the skin. Hyaluronic acid (HA) does its work – plumping out your facial skin and thereby removing wrinkles – because it restores moisture. Unfortunately, your natural amounts of hyaluronic acid… Read More »
Just about all cosmetic surgery procedures are up, but faceliftrequests seem to be especially strong right now, according to reports from the major plastic surgery organizations. For instance, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reports that facelifts are up four percent over this time last year (2016) when 131,106 facelifts were performed in the United States. One thing that many people don’t realize is that… Read More »
While cosmetic surgery and ears rarely occupy the same thought or sentence, more people are asking their cosmetic or plastic surgeon to do for ears some of the same work that rejuvenation surgeons have been doing for years for: Lips Cheeks Plump them up! You’ve already seen how cosmetic plastic surgeons are closing more quarter-sized holes – known as “flesh tunnels” — in… Read More »
This time of year, the offices of many cosmetic plastic surgeryproviders are treating recent high school and college graduates with various plastic surgery procedures, courtesy of parents and grandparents. A graduation gift of cosmetic plastic surgery is not for vanity’s sake, but to help a high school grad fit in better starting college or for a college grad to have… Read More »
We’ve often written and advised about the perils of having cosmetic plastic surgery overseas – say, Thailand – where the cost of: Airfare Lodging Plastic surgery may be less that the cost of the same surgery in the United States. Or, for Southern Californians, several hours drive takes you to Mexico and far less expense for what… Read More »
We have always been a student and practitioner of making patients’ skin look great. Before BOTOX® and Dysport became all the rage, some cosmetic surgeons used chemical skin peel to remove facial wrinkles. It seems like yesterday, but 25 years ago we wrote a medical text book, Chemical Rejuvenation of the Face. It was an unusual undertaking because the book was about a single,… Read More »
We have always urged people wanting a nose job to choose among cosmetic surgeons who have performed nose surgery for at least a decade and continue doing it weekly. (Learn what to look for in top cosmetic surgeons.) In the profession, we refer to a condition known as a “dropped tip.” In some recovery periods after nose job surgery, the tip of the… Read More »
Medicine, including cosmetic plastic surgery, is filled with happy, chance discoveries known as serendipitous findings. The discovery of penicillin, the anesthetic Nitrous Oxide (“laughing gas,”) the blood thinner Warfarin and the alcoholic treatment drug Antabuse were all accidental discoveries. (Nonetheless, Louie Pasteur once wrote “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Yet another example is the discovery of BOTOX® – (and later, Dysport)for… Read More »
