We have always been a student and practitioner of making patients’ skin look great. Before BOTOX® and Dysport became all the rage, some cosmetic surgeons used chemical skin peel to remove facial wrinkles. It seems like yesterday, but 25 years ago we wrote a medical text book, Chemical Rejuvenation of the Face. It was an unusual undertaking because the book was about a single,… Read More »
We have always urged people wanting a nose job to choose among cosmetic surgeons who have performed nose surgery for at least a decade and continue doing it weekly. (Learn what to look for in top cosmetic surgeons.) In the profession, we refer to a condition known as a “dropped tip.” In some recovery periods after nose job surgery, the tip of the… Read More »
Medicine, including cosmetic plastic surgery, is filled with happy, chance discoveries known as serendipitous findings. The discovery of penicillin, the anesthetic Nitrous Oxide (“laughing gas,”) the blood thinner Warfarin and the alcoholic treatment drug Antabuse were all accidental discoveries. (Nonetheless, Louie Pasteur once wrote “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Yet another example is the discovery of BOTOX® – (and later, Dysport)for… Read More »
Allergan, the international pharmaceutical company and maker of BOTOX®, recently took an international poll of 7700 women’s motivations for cosmetic facial treatments in 16 nations including most European countries, the U.S., Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Thailand and others. The women ranged in age from 18 to 65, making the average age 40. Asked about their motivation to… Read More »
Once many of our patients have finally had a long-desired cosmetic plastic surgery procedure — after putting it off for a long while — I can almost bet dollars to doughnuts on what phrase they will utter when sufficient healing has taken place to see the results. The phrase? “Why did I wait so long?” Our practice… Read More »
While most people consider Memorial Day summer’s official start, most years I’ve donned my Army uniform and taken part in the Memorial Day Ceremonies at the military cemetery near our Beverly Hills office where 80,000 war dead are interred. Why? I was a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1967 to 1975, serving… Read More »
Time was, only women asked their cosmetic plastic surgeons what could be done about torn earlobes, resulting from wearing ear rings that were too heavy or danged too far down. In some cases, toddlers grabbed and tugged on a dangling earring, tearing the earlobe. But time changes. Men and teen boys started wearing ear studs and then… Read More »
Prominent Hollywood publicist, interviewer and career coach, Michael Levine, interviews Dr. Kotler about his life and career.
These blog pages have often advised that people searching for an aesthetic or non-surgical procedure should do lots of homework on cosmetic surgeons and their training before going ahead. Why? Plastic surgery offices are often staffed by what the medical profession knows as “cross-overs.” That is, the doctor was trained in radiology or some medical specialty other than cosmetic surgery, but crossed over… Read More »
More than once, we’ve seen a patient for cosmetic plastic surgery, completed the paperwork, had the physical exam and scheduled her for surgery. Then, she calls, saying she is with child and asks if she should go ahead with that face and neck lift… or hold off on surgery. (See some face & neck lift before and after… Read More »
