Ever wonder how you might look with a Juvederm treatment? Now you can, with a web-based photo manipulation tool from Allergan, the makers of Juvederm. You can even upload your own photo! While the simulation is not 100% perfectly realistic, it’s certainly fun to move the sliders around on the screen, and watch wrinkles come […]
We all think of Vitamin D as “the sunshine vitamin”, something that’s good for your bones and as a supplement in milk. It turns out that this humble vitamin may have a whole lot more going for it. A number of scientific studies have been looking at the links between Vitamin D deficiency and various […]
Here’s a story from CBS News – it belongs in the “You’ve got to be kidding me ” file. These women had buttock injections from a bogus MD in a hotel room. With bathroom-type silicone caulking. In large volumes. This story did not end well. Astute (no pun intended) readers of this blog should recognize […]
Nice summary of 2009 plastic surgery trends in the Wall Street Journal, showing the effect of hard economic times on elective plastic surgery volume. I’ve reproduced it, below. I’ve added some editorial comments in parentheses. In addition, you can see the latest ASAPS statistics on plastic surgery, by clicking the link here. *************** By ANJALI ATHAVALEY, […]
Dysport, as most readers of the Plastic Surgery Blog know, is the new competitor to Botox. Like David taking on Goliath, they have announced an exciting new marketing promotion, called the “Dysport Challenge”. It just started March 1, and runs until April 30, 2010. It’s actually quite a deal, especially if you are someone who […]
Findings from a study published in the November/December issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) suggest that gender-specific differences in the perioral skin (skin surrounding the mouth) account for more and deeper skin wrinkling in women than in men. “The aim of this study is to obtain new insight into the perception that women wrinkle earlier […]
Now that the Vancouver Olympics are over, it’s time for me to get back to blogging! Here’s an interesting story from ABC News about a new genetic test that may help people decide which sort of weight loss approach best fits their individual needs. While the testing is exciting, these results are still very preliminary, […]
I’d like to recognize the humanitarian efforts of one of my longtime friends, Dr. Paul Vanek. Paul, who is a double-boarded plastic surgeon and general surgeon, and I trained together in Plastic Surgery, at the University of Michigan, more than a few years ago. When the earthquake struck Haiti, Paul knew what he had to […]
When patients come in with stretch marks, we’ve traditionally had little to offer them. Retin-A cream helps somewhat. IPL and vascular lasers can be used if the stretch marks are red or purple in color. But that was about it, unless the stretch marks were on the lower portion of the abdomen – and the […]
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine gives further evidence to the linkage between exercise and good health. The study, entitled “Physical Activity at Midlife in Relation to Successful Survival in Women at Age 70 Years or Older”looked at 13,500 women, who were part of the Nurses’ Health Study who had survived to age 70 […]
