Posted July 21, 2009
Award winning Emmy writer/director/producer and professional baseball announcer, Ken Levine, wrote a beautiful piece about the late Walter Cronkite. Here is what Ken said: “He told us that President Kennedy had died. He told us that we had landed a man on the moon. He walked us through national conventions. No one was elected President […]
Read MorePosted July 20, 2009
Allergan Inc said on Thursday that its popular Botox wrinkle-smoother “worked as a treatment for adults suffering from chronic migraines”, according to late-stage clinical data. Allergan said, “data from its phase III clinical trials showed a significantly greater decrease in headache days among patients receiving Botox, compared with those receiving a placebo. The treatment was […]
Read MorePosted July 18, 2009
Zerona is a new laser device that sounds too good to be true. Using external painless laser light while the patient lays still for 20 minutes of basting on each side: inches are lost from the abdomen, waist, hips, and thighs. As if that weren’t enough to cause a stampede of lazy, overweight, indulgent Americans […]
Read MorePosted July 18, 2009
As many of us age, we develop an unhappy appearance because of the “scowling” vertical lines between our eyebrows caused by years of using those muscles (hear you mother saying, “Don’t make that face, it will stay like that!”). Combined with volume loss in around the corners of a down turned mouth, otherwise very “happy” […]
Read MorePosted July 16, 2009
Bioform, the manufacturer of the popular facial and hand filler Radiesse has received FDA approval for mixing local anesthetic Lidocaine into its product. In clinical trials, the technique of mixing the dermal filler Radiesse with lidocaine showed an improvement in patient comfort and an increase in patient satisfaction, the company said in a statement. Radiesse […]
Read MorePosted July 15, 2009
You must be very truthful and not tell any lies like our friend Pinocchio. It is important to know that the great majority of your growth has been completed before having a rhinoplasty. There are bone studies that can be carried out to assess the growth maturity of a teen. If a patient has passed […]
Read MorePosted July 15, 2009
Yesterday on the plastic surgery patient chat site RealSelf.com, Carol from La Jolla asked is Fraxel an option instead of facelift “If I don’t want to do a Facelift; is the Fraxel laser a good option?” The question stirred many answers (18), so many that after participating in a 12 hour marathon charity golf tournament, […]
Read MorePosted July 12, 2009
The Internet has become a source of information for both patients and physicians. Colin Stewart of the Orange County Register online stays current with his articles about plastic surgery at feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com. Michigan plastic surgeon Anthony Youn, MD airs his opinions and perception about celebrity plastic surgery at www.celebritycosmeticsurgery.blogspot.com/ New York City former patient coordinator for […]
Read MorePosted July 12, 2009
For those of you who have ever contemplated buying 100% Silicone online and self injecting, just click on the link below and look at the photographs of this “patient’s” results. She had recently paid $2300 to a physician for medical silicone injections (some physicians do use medical grade silicone “off label” for cosmetic injections in […]
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