In early February 2013, Dr. Adamson led a team of 10, including world-renowned surgeons from Johns Hopkins University, The Cleveland Clinic, and Baylor University in San Antonio, Texas to Kigali, Rwanda. More than 30 extremely complex patients with severe facial deformities were consulted and 17 had restorative operations. These included...
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Inaugural Face the Future™ mission to Ulyanovsk, Russia
On June 1 teams of surgeons left from Toronto, Ontario and Houston, Texas for Moscow and on to Ulyanovsk, Russia for the inaugural surgical mission to the Ulyanovsk Regional Paediatric Hospital. Ulyanovsk is a city of 600,000 people 900 km southeast of Moscow on the Volga River. Today it is...
Face the Future Foundation fundraising dinner another success!
On May 14, 2013, 80 friends and supporters of the Face the Future Foundation met for an evening of fine dining and friendship at the new Vita Sociale Ristorante in midtown Toronto. The restaurant, previously known as Centro and a Toronto landmark for fine dining for 25 years, had recently...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 4 of 4: My New Look
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Toronto-area everyman Brad began disliking his nose at age 16 (link to first post in series). At 30, finds his chin lacking and by summer of his thirtieth year, he begins pursuing cosmetic surgery...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 3 of 4: Selecting a Surgeon
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Brad, one of my rhinoplasty patients in Toronto, has agreed to share his experience with cosmetic surgery so others may get an insider’s view. Read Chapter 1 here, here for Chapters 2 and 3....
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Part 2 of 4: Chin Problems
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Everyone interested in rhinoplasty wants to know what will happen, how to prepare and what to expect. Thankfully Brad, one of my Toronto rhinoplasty patients, agreed to share his “an almost perfectly normal boy’s...
Brad’s Rhinoplasty Diary’s Secrets Revealed! Cosmetic Surgery Insider Info, Part 1 of 4: My Big, Crooked Nose
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Rhinoplasty is like painting or sculpting in a patient’s tissues. The last day I do one—and I will have done thousands of them— I know that it will still be a challenge, and I’ll...
THE TOP FIVE COSMETIC SURGERY MYTHS DEBUNKED: MYTH #5 – YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL
Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) The most prevalent fear among those considering cosmetic surgery is that everyone else will be able to instantly tell they have had work done. And just like we have debunked myths 1, 2, 3,...
The Top Five Cosmetic Surgery Myths Debunked: Myth #4 – PATIENTS ARE NEVER HAPPY
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Fear can hold us back, and when it comes to cosmetic surgery, it is fear of what the results might be that affects us most. But it’s just a myth that patients are never...
THE TOP FIVE COSMETIC SURGERY MYTHS DEBUNKED: MYTH #3 – ONLY FOR WOMEN
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) We now know that cosmetic surgery is not just for the rich. Nor is it just for the vain. Now the men of Toronto refute the notion that only women have cosmetic surgery. Myth:...