Here’s a fun little calculator that estimates your expected life span, based on your BMI, driving record, exercise and smoking habits, and so forth. It’s from Northwestern Mutual, the life insurance people. (I have no business association with them.) Click here for link I don’t have detailed information on the calculations used, but the initial page […]
It’s well-known that smoking tobacco ages the skin in an accelerated way. But now, a clever researcher has figured out how to make genetically-altered tobacco plants do something really cool – make collagen, which is the main protein in our skin. And that certainly gets my attention for potential cosmetic uses, even though this technology is […]
Nearly all cosmetic surgeons now have glitzy, professionally-produced websites. They typically feature images of beautiful women, showing off toned tummies, sleek silhouettes or fabulous faces. It’s the sizzle that sells the steak. We have this on our website too…but there’s an important difference. All the ladies you see on our website are our actual patients. They’ve […]
Once in a while, people get together and do something pretty special. Here’s a good example: a team of physicians, nurses and community-minded volunteers have joined together, and after years of planning, have opened a new medical facility in downtown Orlando, to serve low income (up to 200% of the federal poverty level) or uninsured […]
Dysport”Love it or leave it” challenge Good news for patients who like Botox and Dysport: Medicis, the makers of Dysport, is extending their “Love it or leave it” challenge, which we detailed here, until the end of September 2010. You can save up to $150 with the promotion, if you qualify for it.According to the company, […]
Recently, one of our favorite anesthesiologists brought in a tabloid magazine for our amusement. It features 3 buxom young females on its cover, with the breathless headline “Top 5 Hollywood Plastic Surgeons Tell All”. (It certainly looks like all 3 ladies have had a little help from their local plastic surgeon.) I wasn’t particularly interested […]
More bad news for fans of tanning beds…. Another study shows a significantly increased risk of melanoma – the worst kind of skin cancer – in users of tanning beds. Click here for CNN story. (link) What will be interesting is whether or not the FDA will put restrictions on the use of tanning beds, particularly […]
A new study, published Friday in the British Medical Journal, suggests that the widely-used cholesterol lowering medications known as statins may cause side effects such as a higher risk of liver, kidney, muscle and cataract problems, and patients who take these medicines should be monitored for side-effects. The study analyzed data on more than two million […]
Performing liposuction on an area that has been previously treated with liposuction is hard. The area often has a significant amount of scar tissue mixed with the remaining fat, and it’s hard to get the cannula to pass smoothly. Getting the fat out is much more difficult the second time, and the recovery may be more sore […]
It’s 50 years old (as of Sunday, May 16, 2010) – and still just as cool as ever. The first laser was fired up 50 years ago, by a clever researcher named Theodore Maiman, at the Hughes research labs (now Raytheon) in California. Despite getting a laser working first, Maiman didn’t get his name on […]
