What’s New in Facial Plastic Surgery? The State of the Art in Facial Aesthetics 2012…Dr. Persky’s Thoughts

Posted April 01, 2012 in Beauty, Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized

“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.  If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.  Your life will be impoverished.  But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”    Frank Lloyd Wright

I was honored and humbled to be included among many of the world’s experts in facial plastic surgery this past week at the 20’th Annual State of the Art in Facial Aesthetics 2012 multi-speciality course.  Phil Langston, MD (Memphis, TN) chaired an excellent meeting that covered all of facial plastics.  I presented, “Effective Clinical Use of Micro-Focused Ultrasound (Ulthera/Ultherapy) to Lift and Tighten the Skin”, “Effective Clinical Use of Cryolipolysis (CoolSculpting)”, “The Treatment of Stretch Marks with Non-Ablative Fractionated Laser“, and participated in panel discussions on skin care, injectables, and non-ablative lasers.

Highlights of the meeting included rhinoplasty, facelift, blepharoplasty, injectable, and non-invasive aesthetic procedures.  Ronald Gruber, MD (Oakland, CA) and Richard Zeph, MD (Carmel, IN)  wowed attendees with their artistic rhinoplasty results.  Course director Phil Langston, MD, and world renowned Gaylon McCollough, MD shared their invaluable rhinoplasty experience and wisdom.

Sam Lam, MD led a day long hair transplant seminar in addition to sharing pearls from his successful practice throughout the week.  Catherine Maley led lectures in improving aesthetic patient experiences.

So what’s new in facial aesthetics?  Surgery remains the gold standard for lifting and tightening the face.  Non-invasive technologies remain in demand.  Fillers such as Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse, and Sculptraplus neuromodulators (Botox and Dysport) are as popular as ever.  Ulthera is the currently best non-invasive method to lift and tighten skin.  CoolSculptingis easy, safe, and effective in treating unwanted fat bulges that have been resistent to diet and exercise.  Dr. Gruber shared new and innovative techniques that will better my rhinoplasty results.

All in all, it was great to be back in Buckhead!  For those of you not familiar with Atlanta, Buckhead is a suburb where I spent my medical school days while at Emory University Medical School…many years ago.  Springtime in Atlanta is a most wonderful time bringing back many fond memories while attending the conference with old colleagues and friends, meeting new ones, and sharing our facial aesthetics knowledge to promote better aesthetic outcomes for our patients.  Be well y’all!

Dr Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California (The Lasky Clinic) but service all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and more. Please subscribe to our blog by clicking the link above, right.  Thank you!