Category: Rhinoplasty

Just in case you are on the television game show “Family Feud“, and you are asked to name the 5 top reasons that patients give for having a rhinoplasty (nose job), here they are, hopefully your family and you will be the big winners: 1. Take the “bump” down from the profile (nasal dorsum). 2. […]

Pinocchio: Oh, look! My nose! What`s happened? The Blue Fairy: Perhaps you haven`t been telling the truth, Pinocchio. Jiminy Cricket: Perhaps? The Blue Fairy: A lie keeps growing and growing until it`s as plain as the nose on your face. Since early childhood we knew that when Pinocchio told a lie his nose would grow […]

Many celebrity web sites have postulated whether the incredibly talented Lady Gaga has had a rhinoplasty or not (see photos below).   That is not where I am going with this short vignette. A few weeks ago at the end of a rhinoplasty I realized that the patient had a “Lady Gaga Rhinoplasty”.   Pre-operatively the patient’s […]

A VISITOR to Picasso’s studio found the artist gazing disconsolately at a painting on the easel. “It’s a masterpiece,” said the visitor, hoping to cheer him up. “No, the nose is all wrong,” Picasso said. “It throws the whole picture out of perspective.” “Then why not alter the nose?” “Impossible,” replied Picasso. “I can’t find […]

“…he carries his nose above a punchinello ruff, a nose that…Ah, gentlemen, what a nose!  Those who see it pass by can’t help exclaiming, “No, it can’t be true!”  Then they smile and say, “He’ll soon take it off.”  But Monsieur de Bergerac never takes it off….He keeps it on—and runs his sword through anyone […]

A new research study published in the November/December issue of The Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery by Umang Mehta, M.D., of Atherton Plastic Surgery Center suggests that computer imaging prior to rhinoplasty has moderate accuracy — and that the more accurate it is, the more satisfied patients tend to be with their results. Dr. Persky […]

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 […]

A patient recently asked about her nose 6 days after her rhinoplasty by another surgeon, “Why is my post-op profile identical to my pre-op profile?” Here is my answer: Don’t fret! Be patient and you should see your profile improve week by week over the year. If your nose had the perfect desired profile curve […]

Art Linkletter’s classic 50’s television show “Home Party” always ended with Art interviewing young children in the segment “Kids Say the Darndest Things”. Having participated in answering facial plastic surgery questions on line for the past few years, I must say that some of our patients ask the “darndest things”! I have decided to share […]

Hi friends. It has been a while since I last wrote; hope that your summer is going along well. We traveled to Italy, visiting the Vatican and Michaelango’s Sistine Chapel, Bernini’s sculptures, and Da Vinci’s masterpieces. Michelangelo’s David (1504) in the Uffizi Museum, wow! Wonder what these great masters would be doing if they were […]

Rhinoplasty is a permanent surgical procedure, so the results should last your lifetime. The most important aspect of your rhinoplasty is choosing an experienced and skilled rhinoplasty specialist whom you can trust with your nose. Rhinoplasty is considered the most difficult of all facial plastic surgical procedures. Continue reading “Rhinoplasty, What to Expect … » […]

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 […]