Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog. Surgery is a big deal, especially facial plastic surgery. It’s one thing to go under the knife because you have a serious illness and no other options. It’s another to voluntarily submit to a...
Getting Older (and That’s the Good News!)
Recently I read a very interesting book review in The Economist, November 16, 2013 edition. The book is titled Out of Time, The Pleasures and Perils of Ageing and was written by Lynne Segal. Each of us passes through the various stages of life, sharing some growth and development events...
Self Image: Perceptions of the “Real You”
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog.) Did you begin the New Year with resolutions to be more physically fit, eat better, and generally care more for your appearance? In today’s age, this often includes considerations regarding cosmetic surgery. DISSATISFACTION WITH...
Another use for Botox® Cosmetic?
A study by Dr. Anil Shah in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Chicago showed that injections of botulinum toxin into the skin appeared to decrease sebum production, which resulted in decreased pore size. The treatments appeared to decrease acne activity as well. Areas treated included the forehead,...
The Often-overlooked Secret to Rejuvenation: Great Skin Care
Everyone who has looked into the mirror and felt they were getting older (and didn’t like it!) realizes that much of our aging comes from sagging tissues (think upper eyelids and neck) and loss of tissue volume (think eye and cheek hollows and thin lips). The lifting procedures, like eyelid...
What’s Up? (Your Nose!) Simple Remedy to Unclogging Your Nose in Winter
Even though it is not allergy season, many people find their nasal breathing gets more difficult and they have much more crusting in their nose during the winter months. There are actually good reasons why this occurs, and some simple remedies. First, a word about how your nose works for...
Changing the Face of the Future
There are hundreds of thousands of children around the world, many in under-developed countries or in under-privileged social situations, who suffer from facial deformities. These may be congenital, such as the common cleft lip and palate (about one in 500 births), or more uncommon such as microtia (absent ears) or...
Big Ears, Big Problems: Children and Otoplasty
The condition of protruding ears is one that has attracted many epithets – bat, elephant, donkey, dumbo, butterfly, lop, flop and jug ears to name but a few. There was a day when these terms may have been used somewhat humorously, or considered only as a teasing term. Today we...
Facial Fillers in New & Different Places
Over the last decade I have been using an increasing amount of facial fillers to rejuvenate aging. There are many reasons for this, including an aging demographic that is in a competitive work environment and retiring later, the recognition by doctors of the importance of replacing tissue loss to aging,...
Did You Know This About BOTOX COSMETIC®?
Almost everyone knows about the use of BOTOX COSMETIC® injections, and other neuromodulators such as DYSPORT® and XEOMIN®, for the treatment of the “11” lines in the central forehead, crow’s feet, forehead wrinkles and saggy eyebrows. But there are numerous other ways this drug can be used and interesting bits...