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Korean and Japanese cosmetics are becoming more widespread (just check out Sephora!) and especially in California we have a significant Asian, and Asian-American population.  Beauty trends are becoming global, and that includes plastic surgery and the ideals patients seek.  Here is a great interview with the current president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (the official group of plastic Continue Reading…

One of my friends that I trained in plastic surgery with, specializes in gender reassignment surgery; these procedures require microsurgery, with suture finer than a human hair. This recent article from my alma mater about penis transplant surgery shows how plastic surgeons remain at the forefront of surgical innovation. I think what they do is great and I support them, Continue Reading…

  I’ve always enjoyed old movies and recently I caught one I hadn’t seen before: A Woman’s Face, starring Joan Crawford.  In the film, Crawford plays a woman who was severely scarred on one side of her face as a child, and grows up extremely self-conscious of the scar.  She runs an inn, and blackmails on the side – and it’s Continue Reading…

It’s mid-summer and the signs of drought are all around us . . . and there seems to be no more critical time to want to shower and wash more frequently! Consider taking a tip from the French perspective – dermatologists and facialists advise keeping tap water off your face.  (This means using mists and micellar waters for cleansing and hydrating!) You Continue Reading…

  In the United States, approximately one of every 700 babies is born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, a condition created when tissue in the baby’s upper lip or the roof of the mouth does not join together completely during pregnancy and leaves an opening. Despite unique health challenges, those born with cleft and craniofacial conditions can lead Continue Reading…

  Breastfest is a beer festival where the proceeds go to support low-income women seeking alternative treatments for breast cancer.  It’s this Saturday (the 18th) in San Rafael from 12 – 4.  Check it out and help support complementary care for breast cancer!

Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez have made fuller derrieres more popular and mainstream – Beware injections offered with silicone, rather than your own fat harvested and injected in an operating room. This CNN story describes the death and injuries of several women who received buttocks injections with silicone.  Silicone is safe in an implant, but is not meant to be Continue Reading…

Recently a friend of mine sent another physician my way, who was looking for a plastic surgeon to help with a skin cancer on her face.  A dermatologist who had diagnosed the cancer offered to remove it and repair the defect, but as a physician, the patient wanted a surgeon. My dermatology colleagues who are trained in Mohs procedures (serial Continue Reading…

The most important thing you can do to reduce the signs of aging, is protect your skin from the sun.  I’m sure your dermatologist says the same – Ideally an SPF of at least 30 is the best, but even daily use of a SPF 15 product will help.  You can use something straightforward from the drugstore, like Oil of Continue Reading…

One of the toughest parts of breast cancer treatment is going through chemotherapy and losing your hair. Vogue magazine has recently profiled women who have adapted to the changes: No Hair, Don’t Care: A Bold New Look Discovering the Beauty of Standing Out in the Crowd Even though I support women adapting to the changes that life brings, I also Continue Reading…