Leveraging the Hardness of Products in Cosmetic Injectable Fillers How hard an injectable product is can be a very good thing or a not so good thing. In any case, I try to use products based on its hardness factors for differing effects on the face. One of the softest...
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Exploring The Recovery Period After Plastic Surgery: The Concept of Personal Time
Exploring the Recovery Period after Plastic Surgery: The Concept of Personal Time Many times during a recovery following plastic surgery we imbue that time with heavily negative connotations. We reflect on everything that we could otherwise be doing. We think about...
Robert Downey, Jr.: A Double Standard for Attractiveness
Robert Downey, Jr.: A Double Standard for Attractiveness I am always looking to understand what makes someone attractive. I find Robert Downey Jr. better looking now in his 40s than when he was in his twenties. Same thing goes for George Clooney. The gray hair and...
Depression After Plastic Surgery
Depression After Plastic Surgery The goal of these blog articles is to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with regard to facial cosmetic surgery. Depression is an ugly word but it is important to mention it to understand when someone experiences it after plastic...
Suzanne Somer’s Facial Injections: Oh My God!
Suzanne Somer's Facial Injections: Oh My God! Recently, I performed a fat transfer on a lady from Houston who showed me a photograph of Suzanne Somer's during our preoperative visit the day before the procedure. She had already sent me an email terribly worried...
Fat Processing for Fat Grafting: Does It Matter?
Fat Processing for Fat Grafting: Does It Matter? One of the most common questions that I get on the forum is “How do you process your fat?” This question pertains to how fat, once harvested from the body, is treated before injection into the face and/or hands. I know...
Madonna’s Cheek Implants
Madonna’s Cheek Implants Madonna has had some amazing work done and also some very bad work done as well. The one thing that gained my attention was her cheek augmentation she had a couple of years ago. I believe she underwent cheek implants to make her look younger...
Fat Grafting Master’s Seminar in Las Vegas 2011
I gave this Master's Seminar on Fat Grafting in Las Vegas on June 22, 2011, at the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery 2011 conference.
Understanding The Aging Process Using Fat Grafting: A Glass Of Water Emptying
Understanding the Aging Process Using Fat Grafting: A Glass of Water Emptying The face undergoes significantly less gravitational descent than was once thought. Although everyone oftentimes takes two fingers to lift up what appears to be sagging, this maneuver does...
Understanding The Anterior Chin: The Upside Down U
Understanding The Anterior Chin: The Upside Down U Aging of the chin area is one of the most confusing areas because people I believe focus on the wrong thing. Most oftentimes the concern is about a jowl or about a sagging puppet line. Alternatively, it is about the...