Posted February 04, 2010
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 […]
Read MorePosted February 02, 2010
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 […]
Read MorePosted February 01, 2010
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 […]
Read MorePosted January 28, 2010
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 […]
Read MorePosted January 28, 2010
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 […]
Read MorePosted January 18, 2010
British comedian and 2010 Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais was entertaining and funny at the awards show last night. He even commented on plastic surgery in his opening monolog: “Seriously folks, as I look at all of the faces and stars in the room tonight I am reminded of the great body of work that […]
Read MorePosted January 14, 2010
It is surprising that there aren’t more fractured noses given the number of times our noses are traumatized, especially our active children. The most common question and cause for concern after nasal trauma is, “Doc, is the nose broken?” Here are 10 tips on broken or fractured noses : 1. Don’t panic. All bleeding eventually […]
Read MorePosted January 14, 2010
Dr. Persky was honored this month to be included in the January 2010 issue of Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Southern California “Super Doctors” in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery. Key Professional Media asked 31,000 medical professional to nominate one or more doctors, other than themselves, from specified medical specialties based on the one […]
Read MorePosted January 11, 2010
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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