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Facial Contouring

Lately, I am noticing a lot of attention in the media given to facial contouring. Instagram, magazines articles, and especially YouTube all have endless tutorials showing women how to use various nude colors to enhance the cheekbones and slim your face in a believable way. I...

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Plastic Surgery 2015

Happy New Year!   Once again it is a new year full of new possibilities, opportunities and resolutions.   Many people make resolutions about their bodies, health, diet and exercise. While it is imperative for all of us to take care of our bodies on the inside with diet...

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What is Microneedling?

One of the hottest Hollywood treatments around, Micro Needling is also known as Natural Collagen Induction Therapy or Transdermal Delivery.   Micro Needling has been around for a long time but has become increasingly popular over the past couple of years in Beverly Hills. Founded on the...

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Senior Selfies and Surgery

The world communicates so much on the Internet these days that laptops, iPads and Smart phones are now part of our daily interactions with other people.   We communicate with our friends and loved ones across the globe easily from our living rooms to anywhere in the...

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Why I Hate Review Sites

Having worked in Beverly Hills for many years with some of the best Plastic Surgeons in the world, I have been able to get to know them, and also hear about things that go on in their practice.   In several practices, the topic of review sites...

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Secret Tips for Recovery from Rhinoplasty

Summertime is a popular time in which younger adults on break from school have  rhinoplasty surgery. It is a perfect time to undergo surgery because there is sufficient time for healing to take place. Although initial recovery time from a rhinoplasty is about 1 to...

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What is PRP?

PRP, or Platelet –Rich-Plasma has been used in medicine for years. Having just come into the limelight in recent years because of its connections with the Vampire Facelift (Kim Kardashian) and some major athletes,(Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant)… more and more physicians are providing PRP...

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The Dangers of Mixing Medications

When you have surgery, your doctor will prescribe several different medications for you to take afterwards while you are recovering.   About once or twice a week, my patient will bring a bag of prescriptions in and not know how to take them, or even what they...

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You Had Lipo Where??

Having worked in plastic surgery for the past eighteen years, there is little that I have not seen, heard of, or done.   Liposuction is one of the most popular procedures performed, and it can be done while awake for small areas, or under anesthesia for larger...

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