Facial Before and After
By admin | August 18, 2011
Being a Plastic Surgery expert of the face in Beverly Hills, I am often asked to show my before and after photos. Patients can really gain a lot of valuable information based on studying before and after photos of facelift, rhinoplasty and plastic surgery of the face. The most important thing that my patients gain from viewing my before and after photos is the natural appearance of all my patients after surgery. My patients never look “done”, they always look fresh, natural and more youthful. It is always important to look at photos of patients that have similar anatomy and facial features as you do. For example, if you are considering a facelift and have a short, thick neck it is not applicable for you to look at photos of patients with long thin necks. Furthermore, if you are considering a rhinoplasty and have a nose with thick skin you should look at photos of patients with thick skin rather than those with thin skin. Your postoperative results are more likely to be consistent with patients who have thick skin.�
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Looking at before and after photos allows you to take note of the incision placement and scar quality in many instances. There are a few factors to note when reviewing before and after photos. It is important to make sure that both the before and after photo show the same angles and lighting. It is easy for a doctor to make the after photos look more flattering or artificially enhanced when angles and lighting are slightly manipulated. There are other subtle tricks that may be hard to detect which can artificially enhance the after photo so don’t forget to go to a doctor that you trust. Above all else, when deciding which doctor to choose you should pick a doctor who has a great reputation, and one who’s work you have seen. Let the before and after photos be an important guide but don’t let them be the only factor.
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Laser Treatment to Remove Fine Wrinkles
By admin | July 14, 2011
Laser Facial Enhancement
Often patients come to my Beverly Hills practice who want to remove fine wrinkles from their faces. There are many conservative options to improve wrinkles including noninvasive in office treatments such as fillers, Botox and nonablative lasers. These treatments can offer some improvements but they are usually very limited. There are essentially 3 treatments that are highly successful in removing fine lines and these include Phenol chemical peel, co2 laser, and surgical dermabrasion. Unlike the in office procedures, these 3 treatments all require general anesthesia and are assosciated with significant healing time. I always spend a great deal of time discussing all options with my patients to determine which is best for a given person. In summary, for those people who really want to eliminate the wrinkles as much as possible, the more aggressive resurfacing procedures are the best options by far as long as that person can tolerate the healing period.
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Browlift, Blepharoplasty, and Facelift in Beverly Hills
By admin | July 7, 2011
I am often asked if a browlift can and should be done at the same time as an eyelid procedure (blepharoplasty) or facelift procedure. As far as a browlift and facelift go, the two procedures have absolutely nothing to do with each other; therefore, the browlift will not affect the facelift and the facelift will not affect the browlift so there is no right or wrong answer. If the person in question wants to have his/her brows rejuvenated at the same time as the lower face rejuvenated, then there is absolutely no reason to do the two procedures at separate times.
Similarly, if the person only wants the brows rejuvenated then there is no reason to perform a facelift at the same time. The brows and upper eyelids have a much more intertwined relationship to each other. When the brows are lifted the upper eyelids will also slightly elevate and somewhat rejuvenated as well. There are some people who will have an excellent brow and eyelid rejuvenation by just having the browlift; therefore, that person would not require an upper blepharoplasty. There are those people who have extremely heavy upper lids that will not be rejuvenated enough with a browlift and those people will require a browlift and upper eyelid blepharoplasty done at the same time to get the result that they desire. There are those people who are in the middle, meaning that their brows and upper lids are only mildly heavy and those people require a surgeon who has a lot of experience if they are going to have the two procedures done at the same time. The novice surgeon should do the browlift first and the upper blepharoplasty at a later time. The skilled and experienced surgeon can safely perform them both at the same time. I perform browlift and upper blepharoplasty on upwards of 75% of my patients at the same time because most of my patients want to address both problems with one healing period.
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Nostril Reduction in Beverly Hills
By admin | June 27, 2011
As a Rhinoplasty specialist in Beverly Hills I have taken care of people from around the world who are looking to improve the appearance of their nose with a rhinoplasty procedure. Often times this will include reducing the width of the nostrils or reducing the size of one nostril or lowering one or both nostrils to create a more symmetric and attractive appearing nose. Most often these asymmetries are the result of previous rhinoplasty but occasionally this can be the result of genetics. There are many different techniques to improve the appearance of the nostrils including removing excess tissue, adding tissue to lower or reshape a nostril as well suture techniques to change the nostril shape. Regardless of the technique chosen this is a very artistic endeavor that requires skill and judgment on the part of the surgeon. When done skillfully, the results can be excellent and can add the finishing touches to an already outstanding rhinoplasty result.
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Eyelid Rejuvenation and Sunken Eye Correction in Beverly Hills
By admin | May 19, 2011
Lower Eyelid Enhancement
As a Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon I take care of people from all over the world who want to improve their appearance. The lower eyelids are an important area to rejuvenate when trying to improve one’s overall appearance. It is important to make an accurate diagnosis of each person’s problem. Some people have bags on their lower lids, others have a sunken appearance, and others have a combination of both. For those who have bags, removing the fat pads is the appropriate procedure; however, I will admit that I see this problem in only a small percentage of patients. For those who are sunken I will fill their hollowness with fat taken from their own body (a “fat transfer”). I see this more often than isolated bags, but this is still not the most common variant. Most commonly, I see people who have both bags and hollowness. For these people I reposition their lower eyelid fat. This procedure reduces the bag but fills the hollow at the same time. This gives a very natural appearance that is youthful. This will give a permanent result and is in line with the goal of preservation of fat to prevent an aged appearance. The most youthful and beautiful faces have abundant fat, it’s just the fat is in the correct place. By repositioning fat we preserve volume and maintain a natural and youthful appearance.
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Difference between Ethnic and Non Ethnic Rhinoplasty
By Jason B. Diamond M.D. F.A.C.S. | April 12, 2011
As a Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty and Revision Rhinoplasty expert, I see people of all different ethnicities who are seeking the Best Rhinoplasty surgeon they can find. The term ethnic rhinoplasty refers to anyone who is not of Caucasian descent. Regardless of ethnicity the principles and skill required are similar for every person to create an attractive and stable nose that will not collapse or develop problems over time. Often times we see thick skin in patients of African American and Asian descent but there are also many Caucasians with thick skin as well. It is now well understood that to improve the appearance of a nose with thick skin we need to push into the thick skin and this is most often done with cartilage grafting techniques to support the tip. These are the same principles and techniques that are often used in revision or secondary rhinoplasty as well.
The aesthetic goals of the patient need to be discussed thoroughly on a case by case basis because some people may want to maintain their ethnic (or family) look while others will want to eliminate it all together. I see about 60% of people who want to maintain their ethnic appearance to some degree and 40% of people who want to eliminate it. There is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on the patient’s desires. I really enjoy working with people of all ethnic backgrounds and now with my offices in NYC, Dubai, as well as LA, I have the privilege of doing a very high number of ethnic rhinoplasty procedures.
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Ethnic Rhinoplasty Surgery
By Jason B. Diamond M.D. F.A.C.S. | April 1, 2011
As a Rhinoplasty specialist in Beverly Hills I have had the pleasure of performing rhinoplasties on people of all different ethnicities including Latino, Middle Eastern, Armenian, African American and Asian. With the explosion of my practice in Dubai I have seen an even larger percentage of people who require ethnic rhinoplasty. I feel very fortunate to have the high level of experteise and experience that I have doing ethnic rhinoplasty so that I can give my Dubai patients the best results they could ever hope for right in their own backyard.
This procedure requires a very specializes set of skills that I have aquired over many years doing ethnic rhinoplasty in Beverly Hills. I have had many middle eastern patients fly to Beverly Hills and New York City to see me for ethnic rhinoplasty but now I am happy to be able to save them the travel expenses and deliver them the same Diamond quality rhinoplasty that people have become familiar with.
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Stem Cell Facelift
By Jason B. Diamond M.D. F.A.C.S. | March 16, 2011
The Stem Cell facelift is being promoted by several PR savvy doctors in the community but there is no evidence that what they are promoting is real and the simple truth is that it intellectually doesn’t even make any sense. A stem cell can turn into anything, i.e. muscle, bone skin, hair or any other type of cell in the body and to assume that a stem cell will turn into fat is big leap of faith. Fat has been injected into the face for years by facial surgeons but to claim that there are stem cells creating further benefits to the face or skin is, in my opinion, very irresponsible and misleading. There is a reason that this is not even discussed at the best facial plastic surgery conferences up to date. Any technique that has any merit is taught and discussed at these legitimate meetings. There are no rules or regulations that doctors have to abide by when it comes to marketing and therefore, marketing in the world of plastic surgery is like the “Wild West” where anything goes. Buyers certainly must beware in this day and age. The day of stem cells being useful in plastic surgery may be coming down the road but it certainly is not here. In my opinion, any advertisements to the contrary are quite misleading.
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Nonsurgical Facial Procedures in Dubai
By Jason B. Diamond M.D. F.A.C.S. | March 11, 2011
While in Dubai I met many wonderful people. One of the people I did work on was a local Dubai business man who was 60 and wanted to look better. He was hoping to have a facelift but I only had 1 day left on my trip so could not do a facelift for him. Instead, I was able to do some nonsurgical procedures for him on the spot and made some excellent changes for him in 10 minutes. We started with a little Botox to the crow’s feet. I then created definition and volume to his cheeks with Radiesse and did the same for his chin. He immediately looked to be about 10 years younger and he was very pleased. I will plan to do his facelift upon my return.
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Dubai Facial Enhancement
By Jason B. Diamond M.D. F.A.C.S. | March 9, 2011
I just returned from Dubai and had an amazing experience. The first day I got there I saw 10 patients which is fairly busy and consistent with my patient load in Beverly Hills. The second day was the same, but the third day things exploded. As soon as word got out that I was there, the clinic was flooded and I couldn’t even keep up with the patient load so I ended up seeing people late into the night. A VIP requested that I go to his house at midnight for a consultation. Middle Eastern royalty from other countries traveled to see me. I had people who wanted me to do their facelifts and rhinoplasties on the same day as their consultations, which I was not prepared to do so I had to regretfully turn many people away. I saw many local patients for consultations and actually did several rhinoplasty and facelift procedures as well as many nonsurgical cheeklifts, Botox and other fillers. The people I saw were very nice and many of them invited me over to their houses for dinner, etc. I didn’t have time to accept everyone’s offers but I was so impressed with how cordial everyone was and really enjoyed spending time with them.
While I was there I filmed a live television show which is the most highly viewed show of its kind in the Middle East. I am returning in May and already have a full surgical schedule set for my return. I will be better prepared for my next trip and will be bringing my surgical assistant from Beverly Hills to accommodate more patients. It is a true privilege to be working in Dubai and helping these wonderful people. I very much look forward to my return visit.
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