Complimentary Expert Facial Analysis, Michael Persky, MD

The three comments that I often hear both in the office and socially are:

“Dr. Persky,can you tell when someone has had some plastic surgery done?”

 “Doc, why does everyone who has plastic surgery look the same?”  

“I want to look better, but I don’t want those big apple cheeks and hugh lips!”

We all can tell when someone has had obvious plastic surgery.  If our treatments result in a obvious “done” result, then we have failed as plastic surgeons.  These obvious  cases of poorly performed aesthetic treatments without a sense of artistic vision may “all look the same.”  They have the same big lips, big cheeks, and paralyzed facial expressions.

Conversely, when plastic surgery or aesthetic treatments  are performed properly resulting in a natural appearance, then most of us, including myself and other expert plastic surgeons cannot tell that anything has been done.

The way to achieve your goal of looking better, a better more rested youthful version of yourself, is to make sure that your aesthetic physician is well trained, skilled, knowledgable, and most importantly posesses a natural sense of artistic vision.

Beauty is perceived and appreciated in a blink of the eye, in a millisecond.  Our brains are programmed to see natural proportions, symmetry, light, shadows, and highlights and immediately tell us if someone (Jennifer Lopez) or something (say a Ferrari) is beautiful and proportioned.  On the other hand, if a face is disproportionate, our subconscious primordial brain immediately tells us that the appearance is unhealthy, infertile, and someone with whom we should not exchange DNA with for the sake of our species ultimate survival; they look like freaky aliens.   All the while, our cognitive or verbal response is often, “She/he looks ‘funny’.  What did they have done?”

At your initial consultation as well as at each of your subsequent visits, Dr. Persky uses his expert sense of artistic vision to analyze your face.  This analysis allows Dr. Persky to give you your blueprint for natural rejuvenation.  The analysis includes your forehead, eyebrows, eyes,  nose, mouth, neck, as well as your skin tone, texture, and color.  Your overall facial shape and natural Ogee curves are considered as well.

The face can be divided into thirds horizontally (the forehead, the mid-face, and the mouth) and vertical fifths, each the width of the distance between the inner corners of the eyes (the only measurement on the face that does not change with aging).   Leonardo da Vinci described the “Devine Golden Ratio” or “Phi” over 500 years ago and it is as relevant today as it was when the Mona Lisa was painted (did you know that da Vinci never signed his works as he believed that a work of art was never complete!)  Dr. Persky uses a Phi caliper to measure the distance between your eyes, and uses that and his built-in artistic sense of proportions as a guide to restoring your face to it’s natural appearance before the aging process of volume loss of bone and fat began (unfortunately it begins in all of us from about age 25 on).

Dr. Persky loves to discuss beauty and natural proportions with his patients.  Please call and schedule your complimentary facial analysis with Dr. Persky.  Be well!

At a 6 week post rhinoplasty (nose job) office visit, the patient’s mother was concerned about a slight bump on the top of her daughter’s nose (where a much larger hump had recently been removed.) Our patient was extremely happy and pleased with her “new” nose, no longer bothered by the large hump and plunging, bulbous tip. “It looks great in selfies!!!”

The patient’s mom asked, “Why is there a little bump coming back, why is it that it takes the nose so long to heal, other areas of the body heal within weeks, why do they say that it takes 12 months or longer to see the final result of a nose job?” It’s because a nose job is a sculpted piece of art, sculpted from the most precious of all materials in history, human flesh, bone, and cartilage.

The goal of rhinoplasty is to create a beautiful nose that is in harmony with the face. The nose should be pleasant to the eye of both patient and to others. Our philosophy is to sculpt the nose to fit the patient, as Michaelango said, “I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” With rhinoplasty it is essential to use our artistic vision to create a visually pleasing nose, a piece of art!” Happy healthy New Year!

Add: Speaking of art, “The Goldfinch” by Donna Taart is an excellent novel about a piece of art with great quotes about beauty. I recently commented on our Facebook page about the beauty and art of the novel. The “snow finch” that perched on my ski helmet during our recent trip to Britsh Columbia (in the above photo) must be following us on Facebook, or was it just “Tweeting” back to me?

Dr. Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California 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, La Canada, Pasadena, and more. Please subscribe to our blog by clicking the link above, right, and “Like” us on Facebook. Thank you!