One of the biggest concerns that I have from prospective patients is that they not look weird, the...
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Plastic Surgery General Thoughts
Plastic Surgery Stories: Improving One’s Blink Effect
I love stories because in a story I am able to convey a lot and make it memorable for a person. I...
Survival of the Prettiest Part 2: Do Blondes Have More Fun?
As a follow-up to the blog on how we relate to babies, Nancy Etcoff in her book, Survival of the...
Survival of the Prettiest Part 2: Do Blondes Have More Fun?
Survival of the Prettiest Part 2: Â Do Blondes Have More Fun? As a follow-up to the blog on how we...
Knowing Yourself and Your Plastic Surgeon: Clasping Your Hands and Determining If You Are Right-Brained or Left-Brained
Knowing Yourself and Your Plastic Surgeon:Â Clasping Your Hands and Determining If You Are...
Getting Past Revision Plastic Surgery
Getting Past Revision Plastic Surgery One of the toughest things that I have to deal with is a...
Juvederm is My Preferred Choice for Facial Cosmetic Blending
In my effort to find the best filler experience for an individual, I am constantly evolving my...
Cosmetic Facial Enhancement:Â A Mechanic vs. an Artist
Cosmetic Facial Enhancement:Â A Mechanic vs. an Artist I had a lady come to my office a few months...
The Plastic Surgery Trifecta:Â Education, Experience, and Results
The Plastic Surgery Trifecta:Â Education, Experience, and Results Many times my patients say that...
The Happiness Hypothesis and Plastic Surgery
The Happiness Hypothesis and Plastic Surgery A great book that I read last year was Jonathan...
Mastery Is An Asymptote:Â My Plastic Surgery Journey
Mastery Is An Asymptote:Â My Plastic Surgery Journey I am constantly refining my work so that you...
Understanding the Role of Artistry in Cosmetic Surgery and Enhancement
Understanding the Role of Artistry in Cosmetic Surgery and Enhancement One of the greatest...
The Road to Mastery in Plastic Surgery is an Asymptote
The Road to Mastery in Plastic Surgery is an Asymptote The author Malcolm Gladwell argues that you...
Forgiveness in Cosmetic Surgery
Forgiveness in Cosmetic Surgery Many times I have individuals who come to me who are very...
Globalization of Beauty:Â Trends and Concepts
Globalization of Beauty: Trends and Concepts The traditional view on beauty has focused on the...
Flow and Passion in Facial Plastic Surgery
Flow and Passion in Facial Plastic Surgery The Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi came...
When to Say No:Â Understanding Limits of Plastic Surgery
When to Say No: Understanding Limits of Plastic Surgery I had a longstanding patient in whom I had...
Trusting My Expertise in Facial Plastic Surgery
Trusting My Expertise in Facial Plastic Surgery I was giving a lecture a few years ago in Hilton...
Avoiding Bad Eyelid Surgery: Preserve the Canthus At All Costs
Avoiding Bad Eyelid Surgery: Preserve the Canthus At All Costs I oftentimes hear a patient come to...
How I use Permanent Facial Fillers:Â Fat, Silicone, Bellafill(Artefill)
How I use Permanent Facial Fillers: Fat Transfer, Silicone, Bellafill(Artefill) In my clinical...
A Boutique Surgical Plastic Surgery Experience
A Boutique Surgical Plastic Surgery Experience in Dallas, Texas To me, your facial plastic surgery...
Exploring The Recovery Period After Plastic Surgery:Â The Concept of Personal Time
Exploring the Recovery Period after Plastic Surgery: The Concept of Personal Time Many times...
Depression: The Dirty Word After Plastic Surgery
Depression: The Dirty Word After Plastic Surgery The first week following a plastic surgery...
Why People Fly in for Botox Almost Every Day
Why People Fly in for Botox Almost Every Day This may sound boastful, but I have people fly in...
Depression After Plastic Surgery
Depression After Plastic Surgery The goal of these blog articles is to discuss the good, the bad,...
Design, Artistry, Technique, Purpose, Passion of my Plastic Surgery Practice
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Sam Lam, discusses his ideas on artistry and design in...
Differentiating Type 1 from Type 2 Eyes When Considering Fat Transfer to the Upper Eyelid/Brow Complex
Differentiating Type 1 from Type 2 Eyes When Considering Fat Transfer to the Upper Eyelid/Brow...
Use of Microcannulas:Â A Revolution in My Practice Using Fillers
Use of Microcannulas: A Revolution in My Practice Using FillersMany of my patients who have been...
Saving A Friend:Â When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery
Saving A Friend:Â When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery I had a patient of...
Why I don’t use Sculptra
Why I don’t use Sculptra First, let me say that I truly do not believe Sculptra is a bad product....
The Outer Face:Â Converting Double Concavities into Convexities
The Outer Face:Â Converting Double Concavities into Convexities The one thing that I cannot stand...


