Posted November 11, 2010 in Blog, Uncategorized
Attending the Cedars-Sinai “Advances in Multi-Specialty Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Symposium and Bernard G. Sarnat, MD Lectureship” this past weekend reminded me of our visit to Rome’s Villa Borghese this past summer.
Instead of observing in amazement the masterpieces of Bernini, Titian, and Raphael, the “masterworks” of plastic, facial plastic, ophthalmoplastic, and cosmetic dermatological surgeons were on display.
Rod Rohrich, MD, Dallas, the Editor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery shared his thoughts and techniques about facial aging, the role of volume in the face, blepharoplasty, and his pearls regarding both primary and secondary rhinoplasty. Dr. Rohrich and his associates at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have provided us with essentially the blueprints of the facial fat compartments. Restoring volume to these compartments restores youth.
The always insightful Val Lambros, MD, Laguna Beach shared some of his facial rejuvenation secrets despite admonishing the audience that he hesitated to share his innovations as he knew they would appear on one of the attendees blogs without giving him due credit, instead taking the credit themselves.
Well, not on this doc’s blog! Dr. Lambros not only has changed the paradigm about how facial plastic surgeons think about and treat the aging face, but shared his novel, safe, and effective methods of restoring temporal volume. One of his observations is, “Lip size seems to be related to breast size!” After watching one of the “Housewives” episodes, I couldn’t agree with him more.
Jay Calvert, MD, Beverly Hills, shared his mastery of using rib cartilage grafts in revision rhinoplasty with very natural, beautiful results. Tom Wang, MD, Portland shared his evolution in face lift surgery. Like many of us, Dr. Wang feels that “less is more” in terms of surgical face lifting while achieving excellent, natural results.
Los Angeles opthalmo-plastic surgeons, Robert Goldberg, MD and Guy Massry,MD presented their beautiful eyelid results. Daniel Alam, MD, Cleveland shared his unbelievable experience with successful human facial transplantation.
At the live injection sessions, Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD, Los Angeles shared not only her techniques of injection, but the science and pathophysiology behind the aging face. Dr. Fitzgerald’s, “Aging on the face is like that noise in your car. If you take care of it when you first hear it, it is much easier and less expensive to fix. If you wait too long, then it will cost a lot more money and be more difficult” couldn’t be more true!
Although the pasta and wine was quite a bit better in Rome, the “artists” and their human masterpieces showcased at the 2010 Cedars-Sinai conference would have made da Vinci and his colleague Michelangelo not only quite proud, but would have had them using some of the techniques on their future works.
Ciao bella!
