Of the many fine aesthetic physicians in this world, a few chose to spend 3 days in the name of their patients beauty at the first annual Summit in Aesthetic Medicine. The beauty and aesthetic conference was all that it promised to be: FACTS, PERSPECTIVES, AND CONTROVERSY. Meeting directors Christopher B. Zachary, FRCP and Lawrence Bass, MD, FACS […]
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Like Don Quixote, in his devoted travails in the honor of the beautiful Lady Dulcinea del Toboso, Dr. Persky will leave the comfort of his family, home, and practice in his never-ending journey in the name of your beauty (but without his trusty Sancho). The Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2011 in Dana Point, California brings together […]
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Anthony Youn, MD, FACS board certified Detroit, Michigan plastic surgeon has just released his memoir of medical school, internship, and residency training. I highly recommend “In Stitches”. For those of you who enjoy hearing about what a plastic surgeon goes through from first inspiration to current practice, Dr. Youn’s book will be a page turner with a […]
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We are frequently asked, “What percentage of your patients are male?” Over the years, male patients have made up about 15% of our practice. A recent report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that more men are having aesthetic procedures. Overall cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in men were up 2 percent in […]
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We are often asked, “So how is the plastic surgery business?”. Stephanie Gleason, in her statistically packed April 5, 2011 Wall Street Journal article gave her answer to the question. She begins, “More than 1.6 million Americans underwent the knife for beauty in 2010.” Plastic surgery procedures were up 9% from 2009. Not surprisingly, the […]
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An online article from “The Chart” on CNN Health begins: “Face transplant: $349,959 A year’s supply of immune-suppressing drugs: $14,000 – $20,000 Being able to breathe, to eat and to feel better about appearing in public: priceless” After celebrating the initial success of the first face transplant in the United States, the doctors who performed the […]
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“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me” means that people cannot hurt you with bad things they say or write about you. The childhood idiom that we have used as comfort against cruel words seems to have met it’s match on today’s Internet. At the recent Rejuvenation of the Face […]
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The current issue of ENT Journal reports only the second known case of a nostril being glued shut by “Super Glue”. A nine year old boy suffered the deliberate application of cyanoacrylate during a fight. When he rubbed his nose, his nostrils stuck together. The full article by James Sira, MBChB, Sandeep Uppal, FRCS (ORL-HNS), and […]
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Just back from the latest in facial plastic surgery after five great days of lecture, dissection labs, demonstrations, shared knowledge between world experts, hands on with the latest tools, wonderful accommodations at the fabulous 100 year old U. S. Grant Hotel (Ulysses S. slept here!), good food, and even a little touch of social life. I look […]
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In a recent British study by Superbug, 3000 woman between the ages of 40 and 65 were polled about plastic surgery. The “perfect age” to have plastic surgery in the study was 52 years, 41 weeks, and four days…I am surprised that they didn’t break it down by minutes and seconds. One in three women over […]
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Once again, Ms. Grace Gold has written an excellent article in Aol’s StyleList, this time on “The Five Tell-Tale Signs of Poor Plastic Surgery”. Dr. Persky was quoted along with plastic surgeons Sam Hamra, MD and Robert Freund, MD. The five signs include the “Nike Swish” of the lateral cheeks, the “Pixie Ear”, and the “Country […]
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