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Tips for Finding the Right Plastic Surgeon – 3 Important Steps

1. You want a plastic surgeon – not a doctor professing to be one – but a real one. You…

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Botox – Headache and Migraine “Cure”?

Botox®, cleared for medical use by the FDA in December 1989, just celebrated its 25 year anniversary! That’s 25 years…

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Botox Treatments Improve Mood And Symptoms of Clinical Depression!

Did you know that your facial expressions alone can alter things like your heart rate, or even your skin temperature?…

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Creating Beautiful Earlobes

Believe it or not, cosmetic surgery for earlobes; that’s right, earlobe procedures, are always among the most commonly performed plastic surgery…

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So What Ever Happened To The “Browlift?”

Plastic Surgery has been around for a long time. Its history and family tree are rooted in surgery – hence its name!…

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My ‘Plastic Surgery Of The Future’ Predictions – From 2005!

In 2005, I wrote an article containing my predictions for the future of Plastic Surgery and what we might see…

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Why Is Smoking Before Surgery So Dangerous?

You know that there is absolutely nothing except a wide variety of some very nasty “bad things” that will inevitably…

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After Your Procedure: Tips For Better Healing And A Smoother Recovery

Discontinue any medications/supplements which can tend to increase swelling and bruising for 2 weeks before and for 2 weeks after…

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The Diagnosis, Causes And Treatment Of “Gynecomastia” In Men

Gynecomastia is the development of female-like breast tissue and enlargement of the chest/breasts of a male. Both men and women…

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Preparing For The Oscars?

Hollywood… Plastic Surgery… the Academy Awards… perfect together! But just how do those actors get ready for all the action…

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Who Is Responsible For More Narcotic Overdoses – Your Doctor Or The Neighborhood Drug Dealer?

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), poor prescribing habits by physicians are to blame for most of the…

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A Copper Penny – Is It Really Good Luck After All?

You know those “cure-all” copper bracelets you’ve seen people wearing around for years? Like there often is for many an…

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Hyperpigmentation of the Skin – Treatment Strategies

Hyperpigmentation simply described is a focal area or patch of darker pigmentation on any area of the skin.  Special cells…

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Achieving Brilliant, Radiant, Brighter Skin

As our facial skin ages, it loses more and more of its ability to reflect light. Subtle (and sometimes not…

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How One Book Influenced My Decision To Become A Plastic Surgeon

There were no doctors in my family. We had businessmen, lawyers, accountants, teachers – no doctors. I had not ever…

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The Dangers Of Commodity Medicine

There are a couple of very troubling “styles” of medical care which have crept into our society over the past…

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Will You Still Feed Me When I’m 64?

Are you a proud and longstanding member of the “Baby Boomer” generation? If you were born between 1946 and 1964,…

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Understanding Melanin And Hyperpigmentation

Melanin is a natural pigment compound produced by very special cells in the skin called “melanocytes”. The melanocytes “inject” packages…

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Melasma – The “Mask Of Pregnancy” – Diagnosis And Treatment

Up to 75% of pregnant women have some form of hyper-pigmentation (an increased dark pigmentation of any area of the…

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Making Sense Of Acne Medications

A recent Google™ search for “acne medications” came up with about 1,000,000 “hits”. This article attempts to make some organized…

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