Posted February 10, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized
Most physicians decided to go into medicine to be able to save lives and t0 make their patients lives better. In March of 2010, AT&T launched to educate consumers about the dangers of testing while driving. The brave individuals in the video, “Your Last Text”” documentary, shared their stories because of how deeply they felt about texting […]
Read MorePosted February 09, 2011 in Blog, Celebrity Plastic Surgery, Uncategorized
A few years ago I listed Audrey Hepburn’s list of beauty tips. It was actually one of her favorite essays to quote in public, and whenever she did, she always carefully gave credit to it’s author, humorist Sam Levenson. Sam Levenson also said that “Insanity is hereditary–you can get it from your children!” Here is Ms. […]
Read MorePosted February 04, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized, Zeltiq
After much due diligence (I spent over one year of research and investigation as well as personal communications with the experts in the field, traveling around the country getting personal reports from patients), I began offering my patients Coolsculpting by Zeltiq in November 2010. My criteria for incorporating any new treatment or technology into my […]
Read MorePosted February 01, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
An online article from “The Chart” on CNN Health begins: “Face transplant: $349,959 A year’s supply of immune-suppressing drugs: $14,000 – $20,000 Being able to breathe, to eat and to feel better about appearing in public: priceless” After celebrating the initial success of the first face transplant in the United States, the doctors who performed the […]
Read MorePosted January 30, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me” means that people cannot hurt you with bad things they say or write about you. The childhood idiom that we have used as comfort against cruel words seems to have met it’s match on today’s Internet. At the recent Rejuvenation of the Face […]
Read MorePosted January 28, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
The current issue of ENT Journal reports only the second known case of a nostril being glued shut by “Super Glue”. A nine year old boy suffered the deliberate application of cyanoacrylate during a fight. When he rubbed his nose, his nostrils stuck together. The full article by James Sira, MBChB, Sandeep Uppal, FRCS (ORL-HNS), and […]
Read MorePosted January 26, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
Just back from the latest in facial plastic surgery after five great days of lecture, dissection labs, demonstrations, shared knowledge between world experts, hands on with the latest tools, wonderful accommodations at the fabulous 100 year old U. S. Grant Hotel (Ulysses S. slept here!), good food, and even a little touch of social life. I look […]
Read MorePosted January 16, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized
Many plastic surgical procedures (as well as non-plastic surgery treatments) require one to two weeks of recovery. Often times, as with aggressive fractional laser skin rejuvenation procedures, patients are asked to remain at home for up to one week. Face lift recovery may take 10 to 14 days, while rhinoplasty up to one week. Recovery […]
Read MorePosted January 13, 2011 in Blog, Botox and Facial Fillers, Plastic Surgery in the News, Sculptra, Uncategorized
