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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 […]

Dr. Persky and Dr. Sunder were recently privileged to treat the editor of Instinct Magazine with Ultherapy by Ulthera.  His experience with the Ulthera treatment as well as the doctors perspective of this new technological advance in non-invasive face (and neck) lifting without undergoing the knife is documented in the August 2011 edition of Instinct. Dr. […]

“Without artistic vision there can be technical successes that are aesthetic failures”  Timothy Marten, MD, FACS We are frequently asked why there are so many people out there with “puffy, over filled faces” who look like freaks of nature.  Or why a cosmetic surgeon does a facelift that appears too pulled and plastic.  Many patients tell us that […]

A new study published in the July 2011 Lasers in Surgery and Medicine by Henry HL Chan, MD, PhD, FRCP has concluded that transcutaneous intense focused ultrasound (Ultherapy by Ulthera) appears to be safe for non-invasive facial skin tightening in Asians. The safety study confirmed that adverse events were mild and transient.  Pain control during treatment should […]

At the gym a recent morning I met a patient who said, “Oh, don’t look at this on my lip, it’s not a cold sore.  I thought it was a pimple and squeezed it, but nothing came out.  Now look how gross it looks.”  To which I, who had not noticed it because the women […]

Today’s newsletter from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has three interesting news items.  Car exhaust may effect skin health, there is hope for a new plant derived collagen injectable product, and a doc in the UK is using sheep placenta topically on the face (I’m pretty sure that there may be […]

“A man had given all other bliss, And all his worldly worth for this, To waste his whole heart in one kiss Upon her perfect lips”  Alfred, Lord Tennyson quotes (English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry, 1809–1892) The cover of Malibu Magazine (June/July 2011) features talented actress […]

Nicole Berrie wrote an excellent article recently (7/2/11) in the Wall Street Journal in which Lauren Remington Platt shares her grooming secrets.  Ms. Platt lauched Vensette, a New York City based members-only booking service that sends makeup artists straight to a client’s home, office or even her gym!  Ms. Platt’s goal is very similar to Dr. […]

Part way into Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize winning “A Visit from the Goon Squad” one of her characters defines“Structural Hatred” as… “A single woman in her forties who wears high-collared shirts to conceal the thready sinews of her neck will structurally despise the twenty-three-year-old girlfriend of a powerful male who not only employs said middle-aged […]

The latest procedure to tighten your face and lift sagging skin does not involve any knives or needles… in fact, it’s just heat! No, it’s not magic, it’s real and it’s called Ultherapy.  Ultherapy uses targeted ultrasound to create heat in the muscles and skin of the face, neck, and brow to lift and tighten, rejuvenating without […]

Dr. Persky was privileged to attend and participate in the recent Vegas Cosmetic Surgery–2011 multi-speciality meeting.  The banner above the entrance to the main lecture ballroom read “The Finest Collection of Specialists Ever Assembled for One Aesthetic Surgery Meeting”.    The course directors, Randall Waldman, MD, FACS, Ed Cortez, MD, FACS, and Renato Saltz, MD, […]

“Time flies like an arrow.  Fruit flies like a banana.” Consulting with a rhinoplasty patient today, the common question, “How long will the surgery take?’ was asked.  My answer is, “It may take anywhere from one and a half  to three hours.  I don’t know how long it will take.  Rhinoplasty is an art, a sculpting art on […]