If you have blue eyes, you can thank your ancestors on both sides of your family. About 8 – 10% of the population are lucky enough to have this impressive eye color. Blue eyes, in fact, are quite impressive for sure and they look great on their own, without any makeup. But natural eye makeup… [Read More]
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New Treatment for Malar Festoons and Big Eyelid Bags
Festoons are still the bane of the existence of plastic surgeons. They are the bags that fall on the cheeks, below the lower eyelids, that make you look like you haven’t slept for weeks. They are bags seen in familial form but are most commonly the result of either thyroid problems, rosacea, sleep apnea, or… [Read More]
Should You Ever Consider Blepharoplasty Without a Brow Lift?
4 Minute Read: We are really privileged to have many patients referred to us from ophthalmologists and optometrists in consideration of a ptosis repair (a lift of droopy upper lids) or blepharoplasty (the removal of skin excess and fat volumes from heavy upper eyelids). My background is ophthalmology, and many of these referrals are from… [Read More]
The BOTOX® Brow Lift Revisited
3 Minute Read: The understanding of how BOTOX® Cosmetic and other neurotoxins selectively weaken some muscles while allowing other muscles to function more strongly is something that I lectured about extensively back at the turn of this century. I called it differential pull.1,2 This concept, where a weakened portion of the muscle strengthens other portions… [Read More]
Branded Lifts….Explained
5 Minute Read: Many patients come into the office for a consultation knowing exactly what they want, as they have prepared themselves by extensive online research. Their knowledge is reinforced by watching channels on YouTube and by reading Instagram posts of some of the best reputed surgeons in the country, and certainly those with large… [Read More]
What’s New in Facial Liposculpture? The Unprecedented Rise of Facial Fat Transfer
5 Minutes Read: In the more than 25 years I have been in practice, I have watched fat grafting (liposculpture) go from being something that everyone said didn’t work to being almost a staple in aesthetic surgery. In my practice, 99 percent of patients that undergo surgery such as lower blepharoplasty, upper blepharoplasty, brow lift… [Read More]
Your Ultimate Post-Op Recovery Guide
9 Minute Read: Recently, I wrote about vitamins and nutraceuticals that contribute to a speedier recovery. Some of these are so necessary that, without them, normal healing simply cannot occur. But, are there other ways or shortcutting your healing experience? Many of our patients try to squeeze an aesthetic procedure before a hard deadline—a wedding,… [Read More]
10 Signs of Bad Cosmetic Surgery
7 Minute Read: How to spot bad cosmetic surgery? How we go about correction? You’ve all seen it—a random stranger in a restaurant that you look at, no you stare at, thinking that something is not quite right. Yesterday evening I got a text message from one of my patients who is about to undergo… [Read More]
Will Vitamins Help Your Plastic Surgery Recovery?
2 Minute Read: In this month’s (August, 2020) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, there are evidence-based recommendations for what nutraceuticals and nutritional supplements you should take around the time of your plastic surgery. Studies have shown that not taking these may result in poor healing, and/or that taking them can speed healing. Many of these… [Read More]
ARE THERE IMMUNE HACKS THAT MIGHT PROTECT AGAINST THE VIRUS?
These are the recommendations I am giving to my family and friends. Some of this is common knowledge—and common sense. Some of it is controversial, particularly my neutraceutical recommendations. Follow CDC guidelines.1. Obviously. Meticulous handwashing (soap is better than hand sanitizer!). Viruses hate soap! Don’t touch your face, and avoid crowds and maintain social distancing… [Read More]
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