Face Lift via Thread Lifts — R.I.P.

admin @ June 2, 2009 # 3 Comments

Plastic surgery is full of devices, techniques and gizmos that just did not catch on.
But rarely is the official death warrant signed by plastic surgeons themselves.
That’s the case with Thread Lifts which hit the market back in 2005 when cosmetic plastic surgery was in its heydays. And, hey! Thread Lifts were FDA cleared. What more [...]

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Mickey Rourke’s Plastic Surgery

admin @ April 7, 2009 # 2 Comments

In one of the most unusual and popular films of the season, Mickey Rourke  plays a beat-up wrestler aiming for his last and most glorious ring appearance in The Wrestler which won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar.
Nonetheless, many people who have admired Rourke’s acting over the years, want to know what [...]

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Next Generation Face Lift

admin @ March 27, 2009 # 2 Comments

Not too many years ago, plastic surgeons were taught to perform a face lift by pulling the facial skin tighter, trimming the excess and stitching the two edges together where the scar did not show, like next to the ears or in the scalp.
Back then, there were many movie stars who complained about shaving behind [...]

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Face Lift: Can Acupuncture Do the Job?

admin @ March 24, 2009 # 2 Comments

If the knife sounds too threatening, what about the needles? As in acupuncture needles?
Plastic surgeon/blogger Tony Youn, M.D. read something about face lift via acupuncture and was amazed.
Apparently, the article claimed that acupuncture in the face was as good as Botox.
Dr. Youn’s response was, and we quote: “Hahahahahahahahaha!”
Dr. Youn also mentioned, even though he is [...]

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Plastic Surgery: the Stuff of High Culture!

admin @ March 23, 2009 # One Comment

Who would ever think that the subject of light opera on the London stage could  be:

Face lifts
Breast augmentation
Liposuction

The musical comedy, “Skin Deep” (not to be confused with the 1989 movie of the same name starring John Ritter , or the U.S. Magazine, Skin Deep) opened in London, with a Philipino version opening in Quezon City.
Basically, [...]

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