Russians and Silicone Injections – Yet Another Example of My People Taking Things Too Far

August 5, 2010

http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=70103

Just published definitive study on Glucosamine in JAMA – it doesn’t work.

August 5, 2010

Glucosamine and the Ongoing Enigma of Chronic Low Back Pain
Andrew L. Avins, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2010;304(1):93-94.
Nonspecific chronic low back pain (LBP) remains one the most prevalent, expensive, and poorly treated conditions seen by primary care clinicians.1 The etiology of most chronic LBP is unknown; therefore, treatment approaches are often empiric and usually [...]

Cosmetic Procedures for Men

July 28, 2010

Relaxing the face
Use of the nerve-freezing Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox and Dysport) increased by 14.5%. Men are
clamoring for it, because it makes the upper part of the face appear more youthful within a few days of a visit.
“Softening wrinkles with Botox goes a long way in helping project an image of strength and vitality,” [...]

How does a person decide which plastic surgeon to go to for restylane injection to fill the tear troughs with a natural looking result?

July 5, 2010

Restylane lump in the undereye area – can last for 4 years, but is easily dissolveable with hyaluronidase in 24 hours

I’ve read about people that are very happy with restylane to fill the tear troughs and I’ve read about people who have permanent lumps or asymetry from fillers.
the most important qualification for this procedure is [...]

A recent internet inquiry

June 21, 2010

Hi Doctor Rivkin, my name’s xxx, im 17 teens years old asian girl and i’d like to get plastic surgery next year in ur clinic.(sorry,my english isnt well cuz here i speak french)It’s true that on ur website u said that the problems to be beautiful can make people decide to commit suicide.I’ve some questions [...]

I am honored to have been selected for the cover of this month’s MedEsthetics magazine!

May 18, 2010

First of all, it just goes to show that my mommy was right – I am special!
Actually, it is great to see the continued attention that non surgical facial sculpting is receiving.These procedures have been adoopted faster than I even expected back in the day (6 years ago) when it was all getting started.
Fillers and [...]

Here is a recent forum post that I found interesting, with my reply

May 17, 2010

i just wanted to warn all against this procedure. I had it done last year by the surgeon who ‘pioneered’ this procedure, won’t mention name. I had some assyemmetry in my bridge that i wanted fixed. It was painful and very uncomfortable, and yes, there was a lot of swelling, even as much as a [...]

The definition of “ridonculous”…..

May 6, 2010

…..is Heidi Montag deciding to get bigger boobs.
http://inyourface.freedomblogging.com/2010/05/05/heidi-montag-plans-more-surgery-stop-her/17227/
I hate to waste even more ink on this poor girl, but I am hoping that she will serve a purpose. The public is actually seeing something relatively unique – we get to watch the mind of a body dysmorphic disorder patient working in real time. And anyone [...]

Nice article in the New Yorker…

May 5, 2010

….about the relationship between the fantastic, amazing, superfragiliastic-expealadocious claims of the skin cream industry and the truth.
Hint: its not a close relationship
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/03/29/100329fa_fact_thurman – this is the abstract – i couldn’t find a way to view the full article without being a subscriber.

Nice Heidi Montag article

April 21, 2010

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/04/20/2010-04-20_heidi_montag_faces_health_risks_after_multiple_plastic_surgeryprocedures_doctor.html

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