Liposuction: Then and Now

Liposuction is a very popular plastic surgery – among top 3 worldwide. Liposuction involves removing localized fat from the body , with the help of hollow metal cannula( pipe). Technique of liposuction has changed a lot since liposuction was first started 30 years ago. Liposuction was initially done for removing localized small fat deposits( like bulges on outer thigh) A hollow metal cannula was introduced close to the fatty bulge, through small incision less than a centimeter in size. Tumescent fluid was not injected into the fat prior to liposuction( dry liposuction). Cannula was attached to suction machine. Back and forth vigorous movement of sharp cannula by the surgeon broke down the fat, which was sucked out into the suction machine. Results were good but there was significant blood...

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Plastic Hollywood

Hollywood is no stranger to plastic surgery.  Throughout the years there have been many celebrities who have gone under the knife with both exemplary results and those mishaps that grace the cover of weekly tabloid magazines.  The main difference is aesthetic plastic surgery as a whole is that it has become more socially acceptable than in years past.  This "social acceptance" of sorts has become a double-edged sword for both celebrities and laypeople alike.  More and more physicians are coming across patients who don't know when to stop, who seem to be "addicted" to plastic surgery procedures, or frankly suffer...

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Skin, Sun, and One Sexy Little Slugger

My roommate Lauren is in love with David Wright, the third basemen for the New York Mets, and since I am a die-hard Yankee fan, we went to the Subway Series this past weekend! Proudly sporting my pin-striped Yankee hair bow I began chatting with a Mets fan who told me that Wright recently had suspicious moles removed and had helped found Mission Skincare, a new product line infused with SPF for athletes! Wright, 27, told Cosmopolitan magazine, “ It really wakes you and makes you realize that you need to do everything you can to protect yourself from the sun,” about his recent procedures.So as you embark on summer vacations, take mine, and...

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Happy 100th Birthday to the Bra!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy 2010 marks the 100th birthday of the bra and the Today Show on NBC has put together a tribute piece about the occasion. But I have an even better idea! Treat your twins to something they'll love more than Vickys latest secret... a breast augmentation! Enhance your chest and celebrate your sexy little self and sing Shania Twain's Man I Feel Like a Women in front of the mirror with a hair brush....

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OK! Magazine Teaser About Celebrity Plastic Surgery Secrets Revealed!

So I must confess I started subscribing to OK! Magazine because of Bethenny Frankel’s new column Bethenny Dishes, but I have been pleasantly surprised to find that the magazine has turned out very reliable and satisfying for celebrity plastic surgery gossip.Coming out tomorrow, Thursday, May 27, 2010 Kendra Wilkinson Baskett (The Girls Next Door), Kim Kardashian (Keeping Up with the Kardashians) and Audrina Patridge (The Hills) will be the magazine cover celebrities enticing their cover story about the plastic surgery secrets the stars don’t want their fans to know about! Frank Ryan, M.D., Beverly Hills, (known mostly as Heidi Montag’s surgeon)...

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Still mulling things over with the zine so I won't bring it up now, instead I think I'll dedicate a full fledged post to it.Here are some pictures from several weeks ago I had just chillin' in my camera. This is what my room looks like at nig...

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Sex and the City 2: Samantha Denies Plastic Surgery but Plugs Botox

I won a contest yesterday from MCPriceless and was lucky enough to be given two tickets to the WORLD PREMIERE of Sex and the City 2: Carrie On! The movie was filled with fabulous clothes (lots of Halston Heritage and Dior) and a surprise performance by Liza Minnelli doing Single Ladies by Beyonce.Specifically one interesting plotline was when the girls were at brunch and the character Samantha (played by the stunning Kim Cattrell) said she hadn’t had any plastic surgery procedures done and was “all natural,” but then later in the film admitted to having used Botox®.Catrell has regularly admitted in the press that she uses Botox®, and after seeing...

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Just really quickly what I wore last night, plus black lipstick I was just trying out from a halloween costume makeup kit I bought for a school project. I think I was going for a Courtney Love/Lydia Deetz integration with a bit of a Miu Miu twist (the bejeweled collar combo). It's a bit too simplistic considering what I normally tend to wear, but regardless I like it a lot.I have some pictures of my room I took several weeks ago that I'm going to post soon, as well as my idea regarding a zine still in it's rudimentary stages of brainstorming. It's going to be about Dreamers - I don't mean all about the subconscious, I mean about people who approach...

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Fake It Til You Make It

It seems everyone now has heard of the campaign “There’s an App for that!” Plastic Surgery being no exception! The Cosmetic Surgery iPhone Application BodyPlastika allows users the opportunity to visualize what they would look like with a rhinoplasty, liposuction, lip augmentation, a chin implant, etc. without ever having a consultation. They just simply upload a photo of themselves on their phone to the application. Plastic surgeons can even partner with BodyPlastika as an advertising outlet. It currently has two out of four stars in reviews and costs $1.99. Have you tried this App? Is it accurate?...

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Agreed, Kim Kills It!!

I know we have featured Kim Kardashian numerous times on the blog, but I came across the new Self magazine cover with Kim on it and my jaw hit the floor. As we all know magazines are notorious for airbrushing people beyond recognition, but I thought this photo of Ms. Kardashian seemed really true to form. First and foremost she looks AMAZING!! I have always admired her and her sisters for being true to their "curves" and not falling victim to the "Hollywood" body type, which for the most part equals something that borders looking anorexic. She is a great example of someone who really works with her true genetic body type. Ms. Kardashian...

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NeNe or Natalie

It has become all too common for us to see headlines of Bravo's "real housewives" getting nipped and tucked. The irony of the multiple spinoff show's title is enough to make me laugh out loud [LOL ;) ]. Bravo might want to consider renaming the franchise, "The Not So Real Housewives", since you would be hard pressed to find a cast member at this point who hasn't had a little nip here and tuck there. NeNe Leakes appeared at a benefit Monday night in her home city of Atlanta where she debuted a dramatically enhanced nose. You can see in the above picture, taken from US Weekly's website, that NeNe is practically unrecognizable with her new face....

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Just a really quick write about this particular piece from designer Dion Lee's S/S10-11 collection at RAFW.This blue pleated dress was probably my favourite (aside from the crystal heels). The architectural symmetry composed by the intricacies of the knotted pleats made my eyes literally widen (to be quite frank I almost audibly gasped). I’m constantly reminded of the almost rudimentary stages of a Roman soldier’s uniform when I see this dress, the shape the fabric over her shoulders and the taut wrap of the pleats a presumable catalyst of this reminder. Though the harshness is negated by the visual fragility of the dress. It’s almost as if the...

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We NOSE its Fake Doll

I know what you’re thinking… that’s Kim Kardashian?!This picture, taken sometime before October 2006, has been getting a lot of buzz lately because of the obvious difference in the shape of Kardashian’s nose in the comparison picture from this past fall.  These pictures strongly point to a well done rhinoplasty that served to shorten, narrow and straighten her preoperative nose. It is also rumored that she uses Botox® and dermal fillers like Restylane and Juvederm. She also must be using some effective skin care products that may have smoothened and lightened her skin tone.They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I’d say this one...

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Sorry for being such a bad blogger guys; my Macbook broke several weeks ago and I've been busy weeping/petting it/moaning for it to revive itself. Since then I've been using my old pre-modern chunky desktop Windows which whurrs like a dying beehive whenever I turn it on. I sound ungrateful even though this is technology! and I should be grateful! (quote unquoting all of my foreign relatives) , it's just that once you've gone Mac it's hard to go back. I'm also hesitant to send it in for repair; the guy behind the counter at Future Shop said my entire hard drive has the possibility of being completely erased and when he showed me the price of a...

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Beautiful Betty White

"Thank you for being a friend....travelin' down the road and back again..." Sorry, I can't help it!! I don't think it is possible to think of actress Betty White and not sing the theme song to "The Golden Girls"!! Anyway, I will stop singing long enough to brag on Ms. White a little. Unless you don't have a facebook account....or you live under a rock.....you watched Betty White give a LEGENDARY performance on Saturday Night Live last weekend.All the big guns came back for this special event....Tina Fey, Amy Poeller, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer....the list goes on and on. I must say I was not surprised...

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Use it or lose it: study shows consistant BOTOX use can allow longer results

Confirming what many Plastic Surgeons have noticed, a study just published suggests that patients who maintain their treatments with BOTOX for several years need fewer treatments to maintain their results. On average, someone receiving treatment of their forehead or glabella (area between the eyebrow) requires retreatment every 3-4 months. The new study from the OHSU School of Medicine in Portland,OR shows that after 2 years of consistent treatments, the interval between treatment could be extended to 6 months with no difference in results....

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Poking Fun Never Tased So Good

Around Dr. Walden's office we are busy, busy, busy....but we do laugh....a lot. The other day Alicia put a Snickers candy bar add on my wall and when I turned the corner I died laughing. It is the newest add by the company featuring iconic Hollywood stars making jokes of themselves. By the way....this is MY type of humor. The add Alicia posted was of plastic surgery alumni Joan Rivers with the tag line stating, "When I'm hungry, I get my face lowered" - You're not you when you're hungry. Genius.I love it when people don't take themselves too serious. Life is way to short for that. Especially under the scrutiny of Hollywood, it is nice...

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Two Thumbs Up

Movies weren't the only thing being premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. Alexa Ray Joel made an appearance which introduced her new surgically refined nose to the world. In keeping with film lingo I give her "two thumbs up" for her final result. She looks beautiful! She is 100% recognizable as herself and has gone on the record to say how happy she is.It is no secret that Alexa has had a tough year. It was only months ago that she was admitted to the hospital after an intentional overdose of the homeopathic medication Traumeel. Luckily this remedy for inflammation and joint pain wouldn't have killed her, but it was certainly...

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So several weeks or so ago, Melissa Luk emailed me asking if she could take some better quality photos of previous outfits captured with a bad quality cam (aka Photobooth on my mac), and I accepted. This project was extremely convenient for we both attend the same university, so we decided to meet up one day during finals week (procrastinating the efficient way) and just roam around and photograph and whatnot. It was a new experience for me seeing as I'm typically the one behind the camera and not in front, so it was a bit awkward at first. Eventually I got the hang of it though (I think I don't even know dudes). But the pictures turned out great...

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