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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…
Read MoreBotox – 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…
Read MoreBotox 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?…
Read MoreCreating Beautiful Earlobes
Believe it or not, cosmetic surgery for earlobes; that’s right, earlobe procedures, are always among the most commonly performed plastic surgery…
Read MoreSo 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!…
Read MoreMy ‘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…
Read MoreWhy 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…
Read MoreAfter 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MorePreparing For The Oscars?
Hollywood… Plastic Surgery… the Academy Awards… perfect together! But just how do those actors get ready for all the action…
Read MoreWho 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreHyperpigmentation 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…
Read MoreAchieving Brilliant, Radiant, Brighter Skin
As our facial skin ages, it loses more and more of its ability to reflect light. Subtle (and sometimes not…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreThe Dangers Of Commodity Medicine
There are a couple of very troubling “styles” of medical care which have crept into our society over the past…
Read MoreWill 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,…
Read MoreUnderstanding Melanin And Hyperpigmentation
Melanin is a natural pigment compound produced by very special cells in the skin called “melanocytes”. The melanocytes “inject” packages…
Read MoreMelasma – 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…
Read MoreMaking 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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