Archive for January, 2011

JLo Speaks On Plastic Surgery

Posted by admin in Celebs a Talkin' on January 31, 2011

Jennifer Lopez will consider undergoing cosmetic surgery when her beauty starts to fade. The sexy star insists she has no plans to go under the knife yet – preferring a natural beauty regime to preserve her good looks – but she won’t rule it out in the future. Lopez, 36, says, “I don’t really see myself having any. But I’m not at that point yet, so I don’t know.”
Source: starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/14/celebrity_snippets_jlo_won_t_rule_out_pl

JLo answers the nosy plastic surgery question well. Now she can do whatever she wants and not look like a hypocrite.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

Originally posted 2006-03-01 21:01:00.

JLo

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Lifestyle Lift – a forum thread

Posted by admin in cosmetic surgery pre-op tutorial on January 28, 2011

A LSL thread

I try to avoid most marketing gimmicks particularly if they lend themselves to unreasonable expectations. In my opinion the Lifestyle Lift is a marketing gimmick. First of all, there is no surgical procedure called a “Lifestyle lift.” These are essentially mini-facelift procedures performed in many cases by surgeons with little experience trying to inexpensively and under little anesthesia improve the face. This formula can lead to disaster.

Nevertheless, the link above is to a forum where Lifestyle lift patients rave and flame about it. Participate if you wish.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

P.S. This link is not to a board at which I post.

Originally posted 2008-02-04 19:05:00.

lifestyle lift, reviews

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Reader Praise for the Blog – Thank You…

Posted by admin in A little respect on January 26, 2011

Reader’s Comment:

Dr D – Do you know that yours is the only blog that tries to present plastic surgery honestly? I did a Google blog search today and found so much &^@# spam that I nearly hurled! Most of what I found either made no sense or was a damn ad! Yours is the only blog I trust and I thought you needed to know that. If I were in Southern California, you would be my plastic surgeon. You are the best.

Well what can I say? I appreciate kind words. Who doesn’t? Thanks.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

Originally posted 2010-06-23 07:30:10.

best, plastic surgeon, positive, reviews, southern california

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Orange Coast Magazine and "Top" Docs Section

Posted by admin in Advertising Truth on January 26, 2011

On a trip to Borders, I looked over Orange Coast magazine. The “Top Docs” section is as usual an “advertorial.” Do people realize for a doctor to be featured in this section he or she needs to pay their advertising rates?

As usual most of the better docs in the OC are not listed. A few of the docs listed are pretty horrible. Be careful if you are actually trying to use this list.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

Originally posted 2009-01-01 17:00:00.

advertising, Orange Coast, Top Docs List

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Tummy Tuck Math

Posted by admin in Weekly Specimen on January 26, 2011

What minus what equals what?

Best Regards,

John Di Saia, M.D.

Originally posted 2008-02-25 18:39:00.

fat apron, mother apron, pannus, panus, picture

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Reader Laura on Hairdresser Nasal Collapse

Posted by admin in plastic surgery news on January 26, 2011

Reader Laura’s Comment:
“A hairdresser in England has reportedly had her nose collapse after inhaling small hair clippings for years. She has said that tiny fragments of hair lodged themselves in the skin inside her nose. She also says that the hole would have increased in size and her septum would have fallen out. Is this even possible? What do you think is happening here?”

Edwina Phillipson, 51, from Northumberland, says tiny fragments of hair lodged themselves in the skin inside her nose. This caused an infection that eventually caused a hole to open through her septum. After 35 years of being exposed to the professional hazard the mother-of-three had to undergo an operation to rebuild it using cartilage taken from her right ear.
Source: dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1320134/Hairdressing-caused-nose-infection-collapse-years-inhaling-clippings.html

For decades, the most common cause of nasal septal perforation has been cocaine use. I have never seen a case due to hair clippings. Rebuilding the septum from nasal cartilage is pretty common. If the hole is really large, it can be hard to fix without further problems.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

cocaine, Edwina Phillipson, hair, nasal collapse, septum hole

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Large Fake Breast Implants…Desirable?

Posted by admin in breast implant pre-op tutorial on January 25, 2011

I found this gal’s image on theperfectboobs.net, a forum dedicated to really large “fake looking” breast implants. By report, she had 1000 cc implants and was looking for larger. She is slender and the rest of her seems in great shape. Obviously she works out quite a bit.

The question is whether or not this size is ever desirable and/or worth the risk. As we have discussed here, more gals with larger implants will have problems and end up looking poorly over time relative to patients with smaller implants. Interesting in the perfectboobs forum is the desire by some to obtain the “fake” appearance that many other women seek to avoid. Some of the posters at that forum even like rippling, a sign resident plastic surgeons are taught to avoid by limiting implant size.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

1000 cc, breast implant, fake, huge, large, rippling, worth risk

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Lynda Carter: Good Genes or Good Docs?

Posted by admin in good celebrity plastic surgery on January 23, 2011

TMZ asks “Good Genes or Good Docs?”
Source: tmz.com/2009/04/05/lynda-carter-good-genes-or-good-docs

The answer is as it is usually: both. She’s had a full facelift (see the ripple beneath the chin, it is a “giveaway sign,”) but really looks pretty good. Remember the “before” picture was thirty years ago. Nobody looks that good thirty years later without a little help.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

Originally posted 2009-04-16 07:30:00.

Linda Carter, Lynda Carter

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