Rhinoplasty Enhancement, Phoenix Arizona
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | March 11, 2010
These photos are of a lovely girl from Phoenix who has been bothered by the appearance of her nose since she was a young girl. She wanted an aggressive change to her nose so I took some liberty in reshaping her nose but I wanted to keep a nice harmony between her nose and face. Since the surgery she has been extremely happy and her self confidence has jumped through the roof. One of the best parts of my job is seeing psychological improvements as well as the physical improvements in people like this who finally rid themselves of a physical trait that has bothered them for so many years.
Rhinoplasty Before and After Photos
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Facelift and Facial Rejuvenation in Beverly Hills
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | March 2, 2010
I was watching TV while on the treadmill yesterday and I saw several ads promoting “Breakthrough medical procedures”. One was a minifacelift technique called the Lifestyle Lift. I believe this truly is false advertising because they are making it sound like a new technique. They are promoting a minifacelift under local anesthesia, nothing more and nothing less. This technique has been around since the beginning of facelift surgery and the procedure is older than the person who began the marketing campaign. I feel bad for the unknowing patient who is taken advantage of or is fooled by these clever and untruthful advertisements. You should always choose your facelift surgeon based on word of mouth and reputation, not advertisements or gimmicks. Some of the most skilled and most creative people I know are the top of the line facelift surgeons. None of us advertises or promotes gimmicks but rather, we rely on our many happy patients talking for us.
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Necklift in Beverly Hills
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | February 25, 2010
I have been doing more and more neck lift procedures for people with poor neck definition who do not want to have facelifts. The Necklift that I am performing first starts with liposuction to the remove the subcutaneous fat layer (which is the fat layer just under the skin). Then I am dissecting aggressively under the neck musculature to remove all of the excess subplatysmal fat (which is the fat layer that can not be removed with liposuction). I initially learned that this fat layer should not be removed because it is dangerous and as it could create significant hollowness under the chin. However, I have found, over the last 10 years, that this subplatysmal fat removal is the most powerful technique in my arsenal to sculpt a neck. I am able to create tight definition on even the most difficult of necks. There are people who are considered poor surgical candidates and many surgeons will not even do their procedure because the results will be minimal to nonexistent. However, with this maneuver I have been able to create dramatic contour and improvement for those people. As far as the problem of creating hollowness, this is not a issue at all because of the way in which the muscles are tightened up over the excised fat. The muscles are folded in to fill in the gap created by the excised fat so that the contour of the neck will be perfectly smooth. This technique has become my “ace in the hole” for almost all necklifts and facelifts to create the “movie star” neck and I believe this sets me apart from most, if not all of my competition.
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Facelift and Rhinoplasty in Beverly Hills
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | February 10, 2010
Now that I have done nearly 1000 rhinoplasties and facelifts I have been able to figure out all the little nuances and tricks that make a great facelift or great rhinoplasty, the best facelift or best rhinoplasty. There is definitely something to be said for the number of procedures a surgeon has under his belt and I am asked questions regarding this all the time. There is no magic number that makes a surgeon an expert but there is a learning curve that a surgeon has to go through where they continue to improve dramatically with each procedure they do. I would say that you want to make sure that your surgeon has done about 500 of the procedures that you are hoping to have to be sure that you receive the Best facelift or Best rhinoplasty that your surgeon is capable of giving you.
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Journal Review Group for Plastic and Facial Surgeons
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | January 30, 2010
Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Journal Group
I am part of a journal review group in Beverly Hills where the top Plastic surgeons, Facial Plastic surgeons and Occuloplastic surgeons from Beverly Hills and Los Angeles get together to review the latest information from around the world related to the field of Plastic Surgery. At the last meeting on Janurary 27, we discussed rhinoplasty techniques, eyelid techniques and liquid facelift or non surgical facelift techniques. The main filler we discussed was Sculptra. Sculptra is a filler that lasts about 1 to 2 years and therefore has the same longevity as Radiesse. I have a lot of experience with both Sculptra and Radiesse and have been very pleased with the results of the liquid facelift which is a great procedure for the appropriate person. The liquid facelift can give a nice rejuvenation to the hollow lower eyelid and cheek region as well as fill some of the lines and shallow areas of the face. We can combine Botox and lasers to give a more comprehensive improvement to the face. These results are not as long lasting or as powerful as a surgical facelift but there is less healing time and less cost involved.
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THE EARLY SHOW ON CBS, Facial Rejuvenation
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | December 28, 2009
THE EARLY SHOW ON CBS
I am performing a full face rejuvenation on a lovely lady in her early 60’s which will be featured on the Early Show. This woman has felt invisible as she has aged, meaning she does not receive attention from people because of her tired appearance. She also has had trouble dating because she has no self esteem because of her appearance. I will be performing a browlift, upper and lower eyelid rejuvenation ( blepharoplasty), facelift, necklift, fat transfer to the face and rhinoplasty. I will then perform the E-Matrix laser in the office for her 3 weeks after her surgery. I expect this procedure to change her life and give her her self esteem back. I have been told this story will be aired over several segments and I look forward to helping her.
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Facelift and Rhinoplasty in Dubai
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | December 22, 2009
I have been asked by Middle Eastern Royalty if I woulod consider coming to the Middle East to perform surgery there. I am strongly considering going to Dubai to perform facelifts and rhinoplasties. My trip would be scheduled for the end of Janurary 2010 and I would stay for 2 weeks. I think this would be an exciting trip and I would love to visit Dubai as I hear it is amazing.
I have many Middle Eastern patients who fly to LA and NYC to see me, people from Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Israel. This would obviously make my services more accessible to those people who can’t travel as readily and I have really enjoyed all my patients from that part of the world. They have been some of the nicest people I have taken care of and I would not expect that to change if I go to Dubai. I will keep updating the status of the trip on my blog as I make more decisions.
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Permanent Lip Implant Beverly Hills
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | December 16, 2009
There have been many different types of lip implants in the history of cosmetic surgery but most have been fraught with problems. Most of the problems relate to tissue in-growth into the implant which causes the implant to harden. This translates into a stiff lip.
Another implant form is injectable liquid silicone which does give a permanent enhancement but this is very controversial since the silicone can migrate and cause problems years after the injection. In this case the only treatment is surgical extraction which sometimes cannot even be done so this is a very risky option.
There are surgical lip lift techniques like the subnasal or bullhorn lip lift as well as the VY-plasty all of which are great options for a certain subset of people. Fillers including autologous fat, hyaluronic acids ( i.e. Restylane, Juvederm), Radiesse, Collagen and others are all temporary forms of lip augmentation and need to be done repeatedly.
There is now a very safe, solid but soft silicone lip implant that gives a permanent augmentation and avoids the risk of stiffening because there is no tissue in-growth. This is the perfect option for someone who is in search of fuller lips and does not want to undergo repeated injections with fillers. This also avoids the risk of liquid silicone because there is no liquid in this implant risking leakage or migration. Up until now injectable fillers were the gold standard for pretty and sexy lips but now the silicone lip implant offers a permanent option that will most likely become the option of choice for many people as this becomes a more widely recognized procedure. This procedure is done in the office under local anesthesia and takes about 20 minutes to perform.
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Dr. 90210
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | November 24, 2009
I just got notice that the season of Dr. 90210 will air December 2 at 10 pm on E. I do a facial sculpting procedure on a young woman with a syndromic face, meaning that she has the appearance of Down’s syndrome and a few other syndromes but she does not have those syndromes. This has been quite difficult for her to deal with as people treat her like she is mentally challenged and yet she is perfectly normal. I performed an eyelid reshaping, a browlift, cheeklift, chin implant and rhinoplasty. I am looking forward to seeing how the episode turns out from a rating standpoint.
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Beverly Hills Midface Surgery
By Jason B. Diamond M.D., F.A.C.S. | November 20, 2009
For years facelift surgery has been effective at tightening the neck but the biggest weakness with a facelift is its ability to correct the middle third of the face.
The deep plane facelift is the best facelift for the middle third of the face and this is the first facelift technique that I perfected years ago. Since then I have perfected many other facelift techniques to address different aspects of the face. The midfacelift or cheeklift is an excellent way to correct the middle third of the face and it gives even more correction then the deep plane facelift but like any lifting technique the downside is that it is not permanent.
Cheek implants are notorious for being difficult to make perfect and therefore not many surgeons perform them. I have been doing cheek implants for many years and I honestly have had extremely high success rates with these. However, I was never perfectly thrilled with the implant design until now. There is a new implant called the midface implant and I am very excited about this implant. I have had extremely happy patients with this and I love the design and shape of this implant. This gives a permanent result that I think will make the full facial rejuvenation procedures even better going forward.
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