Posted March 01, 2010 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
We wish all of our patients who will be walking the Red Carpet the best of luck at the 82’nd Academy Awards and Oscars on March 8, 2010. For those of you wishing to look your best while giving your Oscar acceptance speech, there is still time to get that Intraceuticals Oxygen Infusion facial to […]
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Posted February 23, 2010 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
I recently ran across this article published a few years ago in the Long Beach Hillel. “A 24-year-old woman today was saved from death by a rocket in the most peculiar fashion. No, not by a handsome Israeli soldier-man sweeping her off her feet (although I’m sure that she, along with many other women, wouldn’t […]
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Posted February 13, 2010 in Beauty, Blog, Uncategorized
Take time to enjoy the beauty of life, a wise philosophy. Over the next two weeks we have the privilege of observing the world’s greatest athlete’s compete in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. The beauty of the Olympians, their specialized trained bodies, instantaneous split second reactions, their focus on task all are worthy of […]
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Posted February 06, 2010 in Blog, Rhinoplasty, Uncategorized
Rhinoplasty is a permanent surgical procedure, so the results should last your lifetime. The most important aspect of your rhinoplasty is choosing an experienced and skilled rhinoplasty specialist whom you can trust with your nose. Rhinoplasty is considered the most difficult of all facial plastic surgical procedures. Continue reading “Rhinoplasty, What to Expect … » […]
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Posted February 04, 2010 in Blog, Botox and Facial Fillers, Philosophy 101, Uncategorized
The best compliment that a facial plastic surgeon can receive is the following : Bumping into a patient whom he had not seen or treated for many months, the facial plastic surgeon who had treated the patient with fillers and Botox many months before was very impressed with how naturally beautiful and flawlessly youthful the […]
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Posted February 02, 2010 in Blog, Sculptra, Uncategorized
Sculptra Aesthetic (Dermik Lab., Sanofi-Aventis) is an exciting, new facial injectable treatment. Sculptra is injectable Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA). PLLA is what absorbable suture material is made of. Sculptra has been used cosmetically outside the U.S. since 1999 and is a very popular procedure in Europe and Canada. Dr. Persky has been following the use […]
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Posted February 01, 2010 in Blog, Fraxel Laser Treatment, Uncategorized
Fraxel laser has become the leader in fractionated non-invasive skin rejuvenation laser technologies. As predicted, “Fraxel” as become a verb in the English language as in, “I am Fraxeling my face”. What began in early 2001 as a challenge from the brilliant and forward thinking Rox Anderson, MD (Boston, MA) to Reliant Inc. has evolved […]
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Posted January 28, 2010 in Blog, Somnoplasty, Uncategorized
Somnoplasty of the inferior nasal turbinates is a non-surgical treatment for the improvement of air flow and breathing through the nose. Prior to Somnoplasty availability, patients with nasal breathing obstruction had only one choice, surgical correction. Deviated nasal septum’s and enlarged nasal turbinates cause nasal obstruction, recurrent sinusitis, and snoring. Patients with nasal obstruction had […]
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Posted January 28, 2010 in Blog, Fraxel Laser Treatment, Uncategorized
The Fraxel Dual Laser is the latest and most effective improvement in laser therapy for the treatment of bothersome brown spots. Certainly, Fraxel Dual is not as exciting, romantic, or dangerous as the “duals” created by Alexandre Dumas in his classics, “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo”, but when treating brown spots […]
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