Category: Botox and Facial Fillers

The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety reported that cheaper, unbranded, unapproved and counterfeit cosmetic injectables are a threat to your looks and your health warns . There have been 210 investigations with 68 arrests and 29 convictions of health care professionals (I use that term very loosely in this case), and over 1000 unknowing patients […]

Dr. Persky braved the I-5 traffic this morning to appear on KDOC-TV’s live Orange County morning show DayBreak OC. Fraxel re:pair was the topic of discussion with co-anchors Pete Weitzner and the most lovely Shally Zomorodi (neither of whom will require any of the good doctor’s services in the near future thanks to their natural […]

Colin Stewart, cosmetic medicine columnist of the Orange County Register asked me to comment on whether my patients still request facial features “like Angelina Jolie’s” — or have other celebrities edged her out? The most common request from my patients regarding a feature of Angelina Jolie’s that they would like on them is Brad Pitt! […]

At the recent American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery meetings in Chicago, Amy S. Anstead, MD; Steven H. Dayan, MD. presented their research, “Botulinum Toxin A Can Positively Impact First Impression”. Their research showed that first impressions of a person are influenced by facial appearance and improved by Botox treatment. Photos were taken […]

Here’s the catch, a national TV show (“The Secret Lives of Women ” on WE network) is doing a show on “Trophy Wives”, and are requesting a volunteer trophy wife (don’t ask me for the exact definition, but you know who you are, or who your friends are) to be treated with fillers (Restylane, Juviderm, […]

To those of us that would rather not have needles and shots, there may be some good news on the horizon. PSP eReports tells us that researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Nanomanufacturing Center have developed a skin cream based in part on botulinium toxin, which, according to the patent application recently submitted to […]

Innovative British journalist Ms. Kate Spicer traveled to the U.S. this summer to investigate the latest facial cosmetic non-invasive treatments. She began in New York City, where she received Botox and Sculptra injections by doctors including Madonna’s cosmetic injection physician Fredric Brandt, MD. She then traveled to Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Encino. Having consulted […]

I am one of a limited number of U. S. physicians trained and certified to inject Evolence, the brand new collagen product brought to us by Johnson and Johnson. From my experience with Evolence the strengths are that it is FDA approved to fill nasolabial folds (laugh lines), it stimulates platelet aggregation which helps to […]

CLINTON AND COSMETIC MEDICINE As Hillary Clinton, 60, basks in the spotlight at this week’s Democratic National Convention, doctors say she appears to have used some of the tools of cosmetic medicine to fight against the signs of aging. But Clinton would still benefit from more skin-rejuvenation treatments to further the process, they say. Minimally […]

The PSP eReport reports that 55,000 bottles of Botox A was confiscated by Chinese police. This is an excerpt from the PSP eReport: The Chinese State Postal Authority is warning Wednesday that terrorists may use mail services to deliver lethal biochemicals. “Beijing police have detained 11 suspects involved in the illegal sales and mailing of […]

Has it really been 38 years since Cybill Shepherd won our hearts in “The Last Picture Show”? Cybill is still a most beautiful woman. In an interview with Patricia Sheridan of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, she was asked: Many women of a certain age are having things done to help maintain a youthful appearance. Have you […]

The results thus far with Fraxel repair treatments have been excellent. Patient satisfaction has been extremely high in 100% of my patients. The tightening in the eyelid area, jaw line, and jowl/neck areas has been impressive. This is an incredible technology that can be adjusted and customized to individual patient needs. It is truly a […]