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Monday, April 5th, 2010Dangers Lurk When Surgery Is Performed in an Inappropriate Location
Recently, the news about some cosmetic treatments has not been good. Non-physicians injecting non-medical grade silicone – the equivalent of WD40 – into women’s buttocks. What is going on here?
The common denominator in some of these stories of outlandish and non-professional conduct is that procedures, which [...]
Sinus Infections and Septoplasty
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Sinus Infections And Septoplasty
Unfortunately, the sinuses are the much maligned and much blamed subjects of advertisements for decongestant and allergic nose sprays, pills and an assortment of over-the-counter medications. The reality is that the sinuses are dependent on the nose function. They need to be filled with air that flows into them from the nose. [...]
Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery Fees
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Three Wise and Practical Reasons For Cosmetic SurgeonsTo Reduce Fees in a Tough Economy
A very savvy business friend of mine said to me several months ago: “I don’t know of anybody who has not been adversely affected by the very difficult economic times now facing the United States.”
Certainly, when the economy is tight, people have [...]
Beverly Hills Nose Job Problems
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 “My Friends All Have Trouble Breathing After Their Nose Jobs”
– patient consulting for nasal cosmetic plastic surgery
This is a very important statement. If a prospective patient believes that the majority of patients who have cosmetic nasal surgery are likely to wind up with breathing problems, then our specialty has a problem.
Difficulty breathing after rhinoplasty [...]
Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery, Not Like Dropping-In For a Haircut
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Having Cosmetic Surgery is Not Like Dropping-In For a Haircut
Today our patient correspondent and consultant, mentioned a conversation with a patient from Europe. The patient was coming to us to have nose surgery done and seemed a bit put off when told that it was necessary to make all the arrangements ahead of time. Ideally, the [...]
Taxing Plastic Surgery In Beverly Hills
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Taxing American-Based Cosmetic Surgery
Here’s why the proposed 5% surtax on cosmetic plastic surgery is an insult to any thinking American.
Consider a cosmetic plastic surgery practice a business – which it is.
Each doctor’s practice/business starts from zero. To build a practice, we doctors first invest in ourselves by pursuing long and arduous training and education. Up [...]
Dr. Oz and Dr. Linder Deliver a Great TV Segment To A National Audience
Friday, November 6th, 2009Dr. Oz and Dr. Linder Deliver a Great TV Segment To A National Audience
Mehmet Oz, MD, has created an excellent television program that focuses exclusively on medical consumerism. Dr. Oz who is a heart surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical School in New York, has been a long-time favorite of Oprah. He [...]
Care Package After Cosmetic Surgery in Beverly Hills
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Care Package After Cosmetic Surgery in Beverly Hills
“Care Package” is a term very familiar to many Americans regardless of interest in cosmetic surgery. The original Care Packages were donations of food and supplies to the poor of war-ravaged Europe, beginning in 1945. Americans, the most generous people in the world, not only helped prop [...]
Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty Surgeon’s Correction of the Pinched Nose Deformity
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty Surgeon’s Correction of the Pinched Nose Deformity
There are two means of correcting the pinched nose deformity. Noses looked pinched or overdone because two much cartilage was taken out of the tip at the original surgery. And, there are a few people who are born with this deformity. In the case of the [...]
How This Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty Surgeon Corrects Asymmetric Nostrils
Thursday, October 1st, 2009How This Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty Surgeon Corrects Asymmetric Nostrils
Asymmetrical nostrils may present themselves before surgery. That is why it is very important for the surgeon to conduct a very thorough evaluation and examine for asymmetries. More often than not, nostril assymetry is caused by a deviated nasal septum. The septum, which attaches between the two [...]