Category: Plastic Surgery in the News

Solange Magnano, 38, a model who won the Miss Argentina title in 1994, died Sunday from complications caused by surgery to reshape her buttocks. The London-based Times Online reported that the doctor who operated on her at a cosmetic surgery center in Buenos Aires might not have been “a real professional,” according to a former […]

The current Health Care Bill lead authored by Sen. Henry Reed ( D,Nev) that is before the Senate for approval has added a 5% tax on “elective cosmetic surgical procedures” which includes Botox and fillers. A $350 Botox treatment will be $367.50, that $10,000 facelift will be $10,500. Hopefully plastic surgery spokeswoman Ms. Joan Rivers […]

U.S servicemen and women who suffer facial injuries in combat may be eligible for free reconstructive medical care through a national group of plastic surgeons that includes Michael A. Persky, MD, FACS. Dr. Persky is among about 170 doctors with the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery who is participating in the new […]

Just returned from San Diego American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) Fall 2009 meeting. Here is what is new: Sculptra (Sanofi-Aventis) will be the volume facial filler of the future as Danny Vlleggar, MD (Geneva), Todd Matthews, MD (Houston), and Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD (Los Angeles) wowed the audience of core cosmetic surgeons […]

Wednesday October 7, 2009 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm PST, Michael A. Persky, MD will be available live to answer your questions about facial plastic surgery. The program can be joined by simply going to drpersky.psstage.com/ and clicking on the "Livestream" icon in the upper right corner of the page. You can Twitter your questions to […]

Don’t bat your long, thick eye lashes, but The Associated Press today reported on Forbes.com that the Food and Drug Administration has warned Allergan Inc. that the Web site for its eyelash thickener Latisse is misleading because it avoids or downplays risks associated with the product. In a letter dated Sept. 10 and posted to […]

Every time that I think that “now I have seen everything that could be disturbing in plastic surgery!”-Wham! Along comes something else. Tonight I watched my first episode of Oxygen Channel’s ADDICTED TO BEAUTY. I need not say anymore as the show speaks for itself, but if you are a youngish 40 year old woman […]

Mitch McCabe’s HBO film documentary, “Youth Knows No Pain” explores the obsession with anti – aging procedures and the pursuit of eternal youth. Mitch McCabe is the daughter of late Michigan plastic surgeon W. Peter McCabe, M.D. She has long been intrigued by the extreme measures that people take to maintain the appearance of youth. […]

Football Hall of Fame (to be) quarterback Brett Favre has been in the news with his second “un-retirement” with the Minnesota Vikings. One of the big questions about the 39 year old Favre is whether he is too old (by football standards) to withstand the rigors of the NFL season. The media footage of Favre […]

Christine Nyholm in Examiner.com writes, “HBO presents Youth Knows No Pain- exploring America’s obsession with eternal youth in a documentary that debuts on August 31, 2009, exclusively on HBO. Youth Knows No Pain explores the obsession with anti – aging procedures and the pursuit of eternal youth, creating a $60 billion a year enterprise.” “The […]

Zerona is a new laser device that sounds too good to be true. Using external painless laser light while the patient lays still for 20 minutes of basting on each side: inches are lost from the abdomen, waist, hips, and thighs. As if that weren’t enough to cause a stampede of lazy, overweight, indulgent Americans […]

When performing rhinoplasty and other surgical procedures at The Encino Outpatient Surgery Center, our anesthesiologists inject Diprivan (Propofol) into the IV line to “put the patient to sleep” for the surgery. When monitored by an anesthetist in an operating room, Diprivan is a very safe and effective medication to let patients be asleep, not feel […]