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Do Stem Cell Claims in Aesthetic Surgery Hold Up?
“There is a lot of marketing hype about the role of stem cells in aesthetic procedures,” said Dr. Singer of La Jolla, CA.  “We are hopeful that this is the next frontier, but, unfortunately, there is no current scientific evidence that stem cells improve aesthetic outcomes.”
News Releases - ASAPS Annual Meetings - ASAPS Press Center - Do Stem Cell Claims in Aesthetic Surgery Hold Up?

Certainly in my practice a sample of blood that allows us to extract growth factors from platelets do appear to enrich harvested fat, improving the success rate of that grafted fat. However there is a lot of science to evolve before the impression is proven.

US plastic surgeon Dr Sydney Coleman is a longstanding leader in this field. A link to his website appears below.
http://www.lipostructure.com/fat-graft

"Professional Beauty Magazine" previews our Cosmetex 2013 Paper

"With Cosmetex just around the corner, here is a sneak peek of the talk “Blood, Sweat and Tear Troughs,” which Dr Ron Feiner and Dr Naomi McCullum will be presenting on Saturday 20 April,  2013".


http://www.professionalbeauty.com.au/2013/04/03/article/Cosmetex-2013-Blood-Sweat-and-Tear-Troughs/LHVLMZTDAU.html

Hold the Muscle Relaxants!

Hold the Muscle Relaxants- (at least a little)! The gorgeously curvy, feminine and mega-talented Italian Mezzo Soprano Cecilia Bartoli could not achieve her exquisite & expressive musical heights if she was injudiciously injected with Muscle Relaxants. Natural beauty must
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDeFdGzthV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhNRWduBPmY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EVNbHX1lI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnZqRVmOCw
At last some degree of expression is important for communication and thankfully patient demands for rather naïve "no wrinkle" outcomes have finally plateaued over the last 2 years. This has allowed us to be creative in much more intelligent ways enhancing natural feminine curves and proportions.
 Natural beauty must shine through.

Happy Easter, Passover and peace to all.

Upper Eyelid Reduction-"Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes....".

I see many cases of post upper eyelid reduction during my clinical week and find myself analysing post surgical outcomes. Some cases have merit with sparking natural results. Other cases demonstrate overly operated-on features such as hollowed out orbits and ridiculously manufactured and unnaturally high positioned lid creases. There is very little chance that these silly, unaesthetic outcomes can be corrected. As a general rule the patient's naturally positioned eyelid crease should be retained and redundant tissue above resected while allowing the eyelids to close in order to maintain corneal protection. Ideal outcomes are natural sparkling eyes. The big bonus is that future botulinum toxin injections are enhanced dramatically after successful upper eyelid reduction. There is much synergy in our minimally invasive cosmetic treatments which may explain why "less is truly more"in our craft.    www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvn9lIfQRZU

Multiple 9 Yearly Facelifts-?Acceptable Contemporary ProceduralAesthetics??

I was surprised today to read about a study extolling the virtues of 2nd & even 3rd facelifts after the first lift being performed in the patients' early 50s. Each facelift lasted some 9 years. In the era of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures it is extraordinary that some plastic surgeons should view this as an acceptable treatment plan . The reality is that patients usually develop an "operated on" appearance even after the initial facelift. Recurrent radical procedures in this way are in my view inconsistent with modern aesthetic principles & expectations. However it should be appreciated that plastic surgeons are unlikely to surrender their scalpels while patients can be convinced that such a radical approach to facial rejuvenation is in their best interests.
In fact we have now followed up patients for up to 10 years who, despite the passage of time, appear more beautiful than they did before using only minimally invasive procedures with natural outcomes.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/257036.php

A Smile Is The Shortest Distance Between Two People

A charming observation attributed to the wonderfully talented Danish/American pianist- comedian, the late Victor Borge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3QejAk4exw  "A smile is the shortest distance between two people". This epitomises what we strive to achieve with non or minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. In females a smiling face is more than the warm fulsome lips that we recreate with injectable fillers. Females also smile with their eyes. So ideally we enhance and beautify both the lips and eyes and connect them with curvaceous cheeks.
The outcome is the creation of an engaging femininity as exemplified in the beautiful face of young singer-songwriter Cassandra https://www.facebook.com/Cassandrasingslive
http://www.youtube.com/cassandrasingslive

I am impressed by the confidence so evident in patients returning after such treatments. All are created without scars or artificiality. Always such a pleasure for me as well to see these happy outcomes.

V>W=F (Volume creation more than wrinkle treatment =Femininity)

Attended 2 presentations in Sydney in the last week on injectables

Excellent presenters Dr. Danny Vleggar (Switzerland) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldezLZKQlaM & Dr Glenn Murray (Perth) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xA1GCM0A while demonstrating different injectable products both focused on Volumisation in preference to Wrinkle treatments in modern aesthetic facial rejuvenation.
This trend to volumise rather than to "chase" wrinkles is completely correct in my opinion and is certainly  reflected in the wonderful outcomes achieved by informed cosmetic aesthetic practitioners.
In this regard the disappointing outcomes we frequently witness with formal radical face lift outcomes are founded on the erroneous objective of stretching the face (achieving wrinkle reduction) rather than creating aesthetic contours. We frequently see patients who have spent near $20,000 on face lifting with unnatural and rather "de-contoured" faces who require their faces aesthetically "re-contoured" with appropriate fillers. They leave the clinic generally delighted with their feminising outcomes. A few have stated I had the wrong procedure having a face lift?? We try to be diplomatic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hYzRIOJrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=yfPO147wxYs&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1D666k0nvA