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 »
Virtually all cosmetic plastic surgeons insist their patients stop smoking two weeks before and two weeks after surgery. Why? Smokers have more after surgery complications and infections and may make the task of anesthesiologists more difficult during surgery. But why stop for only a month? Medical science knows that cigarette smoking is the top cause… Read More »
Don’t be surprised, if after cosmetic plastic surgery, your surgeon tells you to keep your smart phone charged and ready when you go home. Why? A recent study asking 57 after surgery patients to use their smart phones at home for follow-up care shows the concept could spread. Plastic Surgeon James E. Zins, M.D., chairman… 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 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 »
Allergan, the international pharmaceutical company and maker of BOTOX®, recently took an international poll of 7700 women’s motivations for cosmetic facial treatments in 16 nations including most European countries, the U.S., Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Thailand and others. The women ranged in age from 18 to 65, making the average age 40. Asked about their motivation to… Read More »
Once many of our patients have finally had a long-desired cosmetic plastic surgery procedure — after putting it off for a long while — I can almost bet dollars to doughnuts on what phrase they will utter when sufficient healing has taken place to see the results. The phrase? “Why did I wait so long?” Our practice… Read More »
