Posted February 15, 2012
Recently the Orange County Register listed 12 trends for plastic surgery in 2012, and yours truly will add one more. My addition is that recent surveys have shown that a growing number of Americans are getting advice and information about facial plastic surgery from social networking sites rather than friends. Many of you now reading this […]
Read MorePosted February 07, 2012
CoolSculpting by Zeltiq just released a commercial promoting their new ad campaign “Let’s Get Naked”. Affectionately referred to as “The Fat Machine” by the gals and guys at the poker game, CoolSculpting is safe and effective at reducing unwanted bulges of fat by 20-25% per treatment. “Love handles”, “muffin tops”, and “man boobs” respond well […]
Read MorePosted January 25, 2012
“I Don’t Shine if You Don’t Shine” Lyrics from “Read My Mind” by The Killers The current issue of VOGUE Magazine (Feb 2012) features an article by Maura Egan about her speckled and freckled forty-ish sun damaged skin. After consulting with NYC dermatologists she underwent Fraxel Dual treatment (1550 nanometer and 1927 nanometer wavelength laser) on her […]
Read MorePosted January 17, 2012
At Persky Sunder Plastic Surgery we want our patients to look good… even with the lights on, not just when they are dim or candle lit! Ultherapy (Ulthera; Scottsdale, Arizona), the use of micro-focused ultrasound energy to lift and tighten the skin and muscles of the neck, face, and eye brows has proven to be […]
Read MorePosted January 09, 2012
Good Morning America featured a segment this morning on the increasing trend of men having Botox treatments, entitled “Bro-Tox“. Botox is the most popular aesthetic treatment in the world. In 2011, 300,000 U.S. men recieved Botox for facial wrinkles. According to the website, crapplasticsurgery.com, “It seems that Botox is a popular treatment among the male […]
Read MorePosted December 15, 2011
RealSelf.com has asked me to comment on what I, as a facial plastic surgeon, would do if Santa Claus were to show up at our office for a consultation. I have been so honored because “…Your sense of humor shines in some of your RealSelf.com answers so we thought you’d be a great commentator for this.” First […]
Read MorePosted December 07, 2011
About 25 years ago during a family dinner, my wife’s entrepreneurial grandfather slipped a note to me on a napkin, and in a “The Graduate” like “plastics!” moment whispered to me, here is the secret to advertising and getting people’s attention. Scribbled inside the folded white paper napkin was four words, “IMPROVE YOUR SEX LIFE”. I didn’t realize at the […]
Read MorePosted December 07, 2011
Many celebrity web sites have postulated whether the incredibly talented Lady Gaga has had a rhinoplasty or not (see photos below). That is not where I am going with this short vignette. A few weeks ago at the end of a rhinoplasty I realized that the patient had a “Lady Gaga Rhinoplasty”. Pre-operatively the patient’s […]
Read MorePosted November 30, 2011
Dr. Persky is honored to have the privilege of presenting a lecture entitled, “Ultherapy: A Consistent Treatment and New Category Offering for the Aesthetic Practice” at the prestigious Cosmetic Surgery Forum in Las Vegas at the Palazzo this week. He will be joined by world famous dermatological aesthetic physician Hema Sundarum, MD. Dr. Sundarum is […]
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