I just finished doing a peer review on a clinical study about breast implants, and I always find this activity enlightening. Clinical research requires this sort of independent double-check (the reviewers’ and the author’s identity are blinded to each other to eliminate bias). So many issues need good clinical trials now, from best practices to… Read More »
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Before & After Gallery Archives
It’s been said that the eyes are mirrors of the soul, but nowadays they are even more important in reflecting how we are perceived and how we express ourselves. When many of us spend much of our lives masked and socially distant, it’s no wonder that people are paying more attention to their eyes. Eyelid… Read More »
What is the best anti-aging diet? I’ve been studying anti-aging science for a while now, and it seems like there is a new anti-aging diet being touted every month. There is no lack of research on dietary strategies for longevity, health and beauty, but with so many books and websites about anti-aging diets, it’s a… Read More »
During the downtime of our office closure I read several books I had been meaning to get to, including Math and the Mona Lisa, about a concept in aesthetics called the “Golden Ratio.” Also called the golden mean or phi (ɸ), the Golden Ratio is a proportion that exists throughout nature and has used by artists for millennia. It can be… Read More »
I’m finding a few positives about working in my accredited private surgery facility, but it was hard to envision when the order to cease elective surgeries first hit us here in the Seattle area. After 9 long weeks, we were able to re-open, and 2 months in we are still adapting to a completely different… Read More »
We have started to fill up the schedule and resume doing surgeries and injectables, and it’s been rewarding to reconnect with established patients and to meet new ones. As I’ve been listening to my patient’s concerns, it has been helping me to understand that everyone’s path to the new normal will be different. Several are… Read More »
How do we show a human touch without touching? How can we help our patients feel comfortable without actual contact? These may sound like Zen kĹŤans or updated lyrics from an old folk song, but we are giving these questions a lot of thought lately. There’s one answer we discovered that we hadn’t expected: We… Read More »
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra What will the post-COVID plastic surgery world look like? About the only thing we can safely predict is that it will be different. COVID-19 is going to be with us for a while, despite social distancing. So with that in mind, I brought… Read More »
With everyone so focused on COVID-19, and labs preoccupied with research on developing tests and treatments, it would be easy to overlook other important research that has been published lately. I had been wondering how I could pivot away from COVID-19 topics and toward the anti-aging subjects that I really enjoy writing about. Then I… Read More »
I have it on good authority that when the bra comes off, it’s a sign that you are staying in, and with everyone sheltering in place right now, bras don’t even leave the drawer some days. I generally advocate for the benefits of wearing bras, but there are those who disagree. If you have been… Read More »
