According to a report on the health page of the BBC news website, new research suggests that mental powers start to dwindle at age 27, after peaking at age 22. Professor Timothy Salthouse of Virginia University tested 2,000 healthy people aged 18-60. Study participants were tested with puzzles, word recall and spotting patterns in letters […]
New, in this month’s issue of the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery journal, is the 10-year update on the famous twins study, originally devised by Dr. Bernard Alpert at UCSF. In this study, 2 sets of identical twins underwent facelift procedures, by four master surgeons, all using different facelift techniques. The goal was to see which facelift technique […]
Another blow to the idea that taking vitamins helps to keep us healthy was published in the latest issue of the “Archives of Internal Medicine”. The study, called “Multivitamin Use and Risk of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease in the Women’s Health Initiative Cohorts”, looked at 161,000 post-menopausal women over an 8 year time period, to […]
Good news for those patients who are fans of Juvederm, Restylane, Evolence and Botox: the manufacturers seem to be trying to out-do each other with special offers, rebates and coupons. That means savings for you. Here’s some of the current special offers: Botox cosmetic – Schedule your initial botox treatment before February 28, 2009 and […]
Latisse, the eyelash enhancing formula made by Allergan, has recently received its FDA approval and is now available. We discussed this breakthrough product in one of my earlier blog chapters – I expect it to be very popular. We’ll be carrying it at our office – and let me tell you, the ladies on my […]
Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in the idea of using a person’s own fatty tissue to enhance the breast. It seems like the ideal combination: “take a little off there, and put a little bit more up here”. The truth is: it’s still a work-in-progress. Until recently, fat grafting to the breast […]
With a practice that is about 50% breast surgery, we are well-versed on the current trends in breast augmentation. Here are some of the patterns that we’ve noted. 1. Return of silicone gel: Three years ago, 90% of the implants we used were saline-filled. With the FDA re-approval of silicone gel breast implants, we’ve been offering our […]
Here’s a hot topic: can you melt fat by injecting certain active substances into it, and is this safe to do? Those are the key questions to be determined when in comes to injection lipolysis, also known as Lipodissolve, Flab-jab, and a number of other proprietary names. Currently, the two most commonly used drugs, the […]
Here’s a bit of fun: according to a recent survey conducted by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), Gregory House (from the FOX-TV series “House”) is simultaneously America’s most loved and most hated TV doctor, and the medical professional most people would want as their own doctor. Go figure! Apparently, Americans respect and want […]
Recently, I got a e-mail from a former employee, an attractive young nurse who had moved out to the West Coast. In it, she comically mentioned “not wanting to look like some Hollywood-style bad plastic surgery victim”, and asked me for some recommendations about who to see out there. But it got me thinking… I […]
