Archive for September, 2005

Kate Moss Laser Facial Peel

Posted by admin in celebrity plastic surgery on September 30, 2005

British supermodel KATE MOSS has allegedly undergone facial laser surgery to help her catwalk career. The 30-year-old beauty reportedly visited a top London clinic with her ex-lover JEFFERSON HACK, where she had the popular 45-minute procedure – dubbed “facial sandpapering” – in which a surgeon removes blemishes and wrinkles with a laser, British newspaper the DAILY MIRROR reports.
Source: contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/moss%20.has%20facial%20laser%20surgery.

Kate Moss apparently had a “laser facial peel.”

With the variability in the units on the market, this could really mean anything. Most of them are IPL (intense pulsed light) units and not really lasers. In my opinion, they are little better (with very rare exceptions) than the chemical peels that I do much more often.

It is not unusual to have them done for “little things” as they make only very small changes in the pigment or texture of the facial skin. A low strength peel can be considered facial skin maintenance.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

Originally posted 2005-09-30 09:18:00.

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Facial Peel For Paris Hilton?

Posted by admin in celebrity plastic surgery on September 24, 2005

For those who have asked:

“What do you look like after a facial peel?”

Paris Hilton may actually instruct you. (as funny as that might seem)
Here is an image of Ms Hilton with funny facial skin changes and what appears to be grease on her face.

Chances are she has just had a light facial peel. After such a peel the skin peels or flakes over several days to a week depending upon how deep the peel is. The ultimate effect is to reduce sun damage and acne or even facial wrinkles (again depending upon how deep the peel is.) The ointment is a dressing of sorts to assist the skin in healing.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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Silicone Implant Maker Closer to Market

Posted by admin in plastic surgery news on September 21, 2005

Associated Press Piece – link expired and removed

Inamed has developed a “gummie bear” cohesive gel silicone type implant that it has released in other parts of the world. These seem to be the industries’ answer to the concerns over the safety of silicone. The gel is thicker than that of the older silicone gel implants. It kinda sticks together like a “gummie bear.” I met a patient that had a pair of these new Inamed implants placed in Canada. These are very similar to the implants marketed as “Cohesive gel” in the United States by Inamed’s competitor Mentor HS.

The relative safety of these implants relative to their “thinner gel” sisters is unknown. They probably leak to a lesser extent. The consequences of this leaking might very well be the hardening and calcification we have discussed before here. Women considering them will need to qualify under the terms of a study. This is an experiment.

I think women should have the right to participate if they wish, but do not recommend silicone gel implants for other than occasional use in my practice. I am on the Mentor and the Inamed studies, so I can offer these implants to my patients. I much more commonly recommend saline-filled implants as I believe they are safer.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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Beauty products from the Skin of Executed Chinese Prisoners

Posted by admin in Beauty in the News on September 18, 2005

A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the Guardian has discovered. Agents for the firm have told would-be customers it is developing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments from skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents say some of the company’s products have been exported to the UK, and that the use of skin from condemned convicts is “traditional” and nothing to “make such a big fuss about”.
Source:guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1568622,00.html

I am not so sure I would want to use a product created from the skin of another human being. The fact that there are people over there who consider this commonplace is pretty scary too. I was never a large fan of Alloderm which is also sourced from human skin although there are times in which it can be useful.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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Reader Question – Tara Reid’s Tummy Again

Posted by admin in celebrity plastic surgery on September 12, 2005

Reader Question:

I saw Tara Reid’s stomach lipo mishap and I am wondering how and if that is fixable. My daughter is considering lipo and if that is just a “risk” then she may want to reconsider. Is that the result of a “risk taken” or really unskilled (or careless) surgeon? How much could it cost to repair (if possible) if that were to “happen”? Would that also be multiple surgeries to repair?? Would weight gain fix (or help) it?


An Answer:

This is difficult to say. There are patients that are “over suctioned” and look as she does. Then again there are patients that after their liposuction go and lose an enormous amount of weight and make themselves look funny. It is probably a combination of the two.

I am conservative with liposuction. This means I remove less but have very few problems such as Tara’s. I have certainly not created an irregularity as bad as hers. The fact that she smokes might also have contributed to poor healing. There are several factors here.

It is best to have liposuction when your weight is stable without the goal of weight loss. This minimizes these types of freakish outcomes.

Weight gain might help the problem by “filling it out.” Surgery to “fix it” can be difficult. If the area were low on her abdomen, a tummy tuck might be a good idea. Her smoking kinda makes that option less attractive. Smokers can do poorly with tummy tuck surgery.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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