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Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery Consultation
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Why I Like an Interactive Consultation
I enjoy a consultation where there is a lot of give and take between myself and the patient. I like the patient to have prepared for the consultation, ideally by having visited our website and other high-quality, educational websites. If the patient has really done their homework well, they will [...]
Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgery Follow-Up
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010The Pleasures of Follow Up With a Happy Patient!
I refer you to page 108 in my book, SECRETS OF A BEVERLY HILLS COSMETIC SURGEON, The Expert’s Guide to Safe, Successful Surgery. On that page in the section on correction of protruding ears, known medically as Otoplasty, is a photo Matthew Crosby before surgery and then [...]
Hazards of Over-the-Counter Medications
Monday, December 21st, 2009Alexa Joel, Daughter of Billy Joel, And the Hazards of Over-the-Counter Medications
We are pleased to hear that Alexa Joel recovered from the overdose of over-the-counter mediations that she took. These episodes should act as a wakeup call to patients who are considering cosmetic surgery. The point is that one must understand that even over-the-counter medications [...]
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 [...]
“Intelligent Liposuction”, You Get What You Pay For In Beverly Hills
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Recently a 49-year-old lady came in to see me for consultation. She had gone to a clinic that advertises extensively here in Beverly Hills. They performed some type of “intelligent liposuction” for her sagging neck. She wasn’t happy with the results and I don’t blame her. However, the lady made a very poor consumer choice. [...]
Revision Rhinoplasties – Why Are There So Many?
Monday, March 30th, 2009Last Thursday I performed four nasal surgeries. Two of the four patients each had three previous rhinoplasty surgeries!
So why are we seeing so many redos? My sense and that of other experienced nasal surgeons is that the rate of revision rhinoplasty is too high. There is a small percentage of patients, who in the best [...]
What We Learned From Focus Groups
Friday, March 6th, 2009In the past several months, we invited a cross section of Los Angeles ladies who spent some time with us in a focus group.
As I indicated in my best-selling book, SECRETS OF A BEVERLY HILLS COSMETIC SURGEON, we cosmetic surgeons need to understand the patients’ desires and need to study what they feel is important [...]
Tameka Raymond (Usher’s Wife) Suffers Cosmetic Surgery Cardiac Arrest
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Recently the newspapers were filled with whatever sketchy details were available. What we know is that Tameka Raymond went to Brazil to have liposuction two months after giving birth. Prior to the beginning of the actual surgery, Ms. Raymond suffered a cardiac arrest. She was placed in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital in which [...]