Botox: Understanding Balance One of the most common things that I hear when I am working on a new patient for Botox is either “Don’t give me those Spock eyes” or “Don’t make me look too frozen.” Although Botox has become one of the most commoditized items in the...
Category Archives: Botox
Saving A Friend: When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery
Saving A Friend: When Maybe You Should Tell Someone You Had Plastic Surgery I had a patient of mine in whom I had done facial fillers and Botox treatments over a period of two years. In a word, she looked fabulous. At 47 years of age she looked like she was in her...
The Two-Finger Rule
The Two-Finger Rule Almost every day a patient comes to me holding up the sides of her face and asking, “Can you do this for me?” The answer almost invariably is no, and I would like to take this blog to have you understand why that is. I like to call this the...
Downturned Corners of the Mouth: How To Fix Them
Downturned Corners of the Mouth: How To Fix Them One of the banes of women's existence is the downturned corners of the mouth. Whether they are mildly present or severe, almost every woman regardless of age is overly focused on them to their own detriment. I often...
Dr Samuel Lam Featured In NewBeauty Magazine
Dr Samuel Lam Featured In NewBeauty Magazine National Glossy Magazine Heralded As The Ultimate Cosmetic Enhancement Guide. Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, is featured in the Winter/Spring 2012 edition of NewBeauty magazine, which is due on newsstands in January 2012. The...
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 me to say, “I don’t want to look like celebrity…” who has had too much surgery done or a friend that has been subject to similar bad work. If the surgery has to do with...
Botox Personal Trainer: Guiding You To Long-Term Success
Botox Personal Trainer: Guiding You To Long-Term Success As any of my patients can attest, I am very passionate about Botox and believe that it is one of the most important products to make the face as youthful and as bright as possible. In another blog article, I...
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 from both Coasts almost every day for my Botox injections. Why is that? The simple reason is my passion for doing all that I do the best that I can do. Many surgeons look...
Why I Prefer Botox over Dysport
Why I Prefer Botox over Dysport I have been a faithful Botox user now for a decade and recently experimented with Dysport. Although I have nothing against Dysport as a product, it has not worked well in my hands. For all the many questions that my patients ask me...
Botox: First Time is the Most Important Time
Botox: First Time is the Most Important Time Many individuals who desire to have Botox get obsessed with the quick fix of how Botox looks during the 3 months or so that it is effective. However, as many of my patients know, I try to emphasize the importance of...