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We wish all of our patients who will be walking the Red Carpet the best of luck at the 82’nd Academy Awards and Oscars on March 8, 2010. For those of you wishing to look your best while giving your Oscar acceptance speech, there is still time to get that Intraceuticals Oxygen Infusion facial to […]

I recently ran across this article published a few years ago in the Long Beach Hillel. “A 24-year-old woman today was saved from death by a rocket in the most peculiar fashion. No, not by a handsome Israeli soldier-man sweeping her off her feet (although I’m sure that she, along with many other women, wouldn’t […]

Take time to enjoy the beauty of life, a wise philosophy. Over the next two weeks we have the privilege of observing the world’s greatest athlete’s compete in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. The beauty of the Olympians, their specialized trained bodies, instantaneous split second reactions, their focus on task all are worthy of […]

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 … » […]

The best compliment that a facial plastic surgeon can receive is the following : Bumping into a patient whom he had not seen or treated for many months, the facial plastic surgeon who had treated the patient with fillers and Botox many months before was very impressed with how naturally beautiful and flawlessly youthful the […]

Sculptra Aesthetic (Dermik Lab., Sanofi-Aventis) is an exciting, new facial injectable treatment. Sculptra is injectable Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA). PLLA is what absorbable suture material is made of. Sculptra has been used cosmetically outside the U.S. since 1999 and is a very popular procedure in Europe and Canada.Dr. Persky has been following the use and development […]

Fraxel laser has become the leader in fractionated non-invasive skin rejuvenation laser technologies. As predicted, “Fraxel” as become a verb in the English language as in, “I am Fraxeling my face”. What began in early 2001 as a challenge from the brilliant and forward thinking Rox Anderson, MD (Boston, MA) to Reliant Inc. has evolved […]

Somnoplasty of the inferior nasal turbinates is a non-surgical treatment for the improvement of air flow and breathing through the nose. Prior to Somnoplasty availability, patients with nasal breathing obstruction had only one choice, surgical correction. Deviated nasal septum’s and enlarged nasal turbinates cause nasal obstruction, recurrent sinusitis, and snoring. Patients with nasal obstruction had […]

The Fraxel Dual Laser is the latest and most effective improvement in laser therapy for the treatment of bothersome brown spots. Certainly, Fraxel Dual is not as exciting, romantic, or dangerous as the “duals” created by Alexandre Dumas in his classics, “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo”, but when treating brown spots […]

British comedian and 2010 Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais was entertaining and funny at the awards show last night. He even commented on plastic surgery in his opening monolog: “Seriously folks, as I look at all of the faces and stars in the room tonight I am reminded of the great body of work that […]

It is surprising that there aren’t more fractured noses given the number of times our noses are traumatized, especially our active children. The most common question and cause for concern after nasal trauma is, “Doc, is the nose broken?” Here are 10 tips on broken or fractured noses : 1. Don’t panic. All bleeding eventually […]

Dr. Persky was honored this month to be included in the January 2010 issue of Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Southern California “Super Doctors” in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery. Key Professional Media asked 31,000 medical professional to nominate one or more doctors, other than themselves, from specified medical specialties based on the one […]