I’ve heard the above exclamation from many patients as they attempt to analyze “why” they look old. In these patients a full facelift was over-kill, and an isolated neck lift disrupted the “harmony” of the aging process at the jaw line by placing a 40-year-old neck on a 60-year-old face. This resulted in a very […]
Is a Facelift a Facelift?
It seems that a good way to test the success of a facelift procedure is to use each technique on a set of twins and compare the outcome. One such recent report suggested twin # 1 had an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia with a much shorter and easier recovery than her twin sister. Twin […]
Celebrity Decisions and Breast Cancer in Young Women
I am frequently asked this question: “I am a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer. I want both breasts removed because my mother had cancer so why is my surgeon recommending a lumpectomy?” We see many women requesting mastectomies on both breasts to decrease their cancer risk. Angelina Jolie is the most recent highly publicized […]
