Be a Blessing Onto Others

Posted February 20, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized

Be a Blessing Onto Others

Enough said.  Be well. Dr Michael Persky is located in Encino, California but services all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and more

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Women in the Know in Plastic Aesthetic Surgery…Catherine Maley,Tracy Drumm, Wendy Lewis, and Terri Ross

Posted February 17, 2011 in Beauty, Blog, Uncategorized

Women in the Know in Plastic Aesthetic Surgery…Catherine Maley,Tracy Drumm, Wendy Lewis, and Terri Ross

In the rapidly evolving field of plastic aesthetic surgery, it is most difficult to keep up with new technologies, surgical techniques, patient management, and treatments.  I spend time away from my family and practice to attend at least 3 to 4 carefully selected quality national and international facial plastic surgical conferences per year.  It is important to […]

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Divinity of the Eyes

Posted February 16, 2011 in Blog, Philosophy 101, Uncategorized

Divinity of the Eyes

“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?”    Groucho Marx While minding my own business this morning in a stationary bicycling  (spinning) class, the woman in front of me removed her sweatshirt revealing a beautifully done tatoo on her mid, lower back.  The tattoo was an artful rendition of a religious icon, […]

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Lady Gaga at the Grammys, Suzanne Somers New Face, and Cher in Burlesque…What’s New in Celebrity Plastic Surgery? Volume, Volume, and More Volume!

Posted February 15, 2011 in Blog, Celebrity Plastic Surgery, Uncategorized

Lady Gaga at the Grammys, Suzanne Somers New Face, and Cher in Burlesque…What’s New in Celebrity Plastic Surgery? Volume, Volume, and More Volume!

Around my office this week, the talk among my patients has been about Suzanne Somers face, and that talk has been “What did Suzanne Somers do?”  From the looks of it, it appears that she has had a great deal of volume placed into her face (perhaps it is still very swollen).  The most likely procedure […]

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Audrey Hepburn’s Favorite Beauty Tips II

Posted February 09, 2011 in Blog, Celebrity Plastic Surgery, Uncategorized

Audrey Hepburn’s Favorite Beauty Tips II

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. […]

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The Best Personal Description of CoolSculpting by Zeltiq Experience

Posted February 04, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized, Zeltiq

The Best Personal Description of CoolSculpting by Zeltiq Experience

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 […]

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Cost of First U.S. Face Transplant

Posted February 01, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized

Cost of First U.S. Face Transplant

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 […]

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Yelp…HELP!…Online Physician Review Sites Vitals.com, RateAMD, MakeMeHeal…Dr. Persky’s Thoughts

Posted January 30, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized

Yelp…HELP!…Online Physician Review Sites Vitals.com, RateAMD, MakeMeHeal…Dr. Persky’s Thoughts

“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 […]

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