A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgeon blogs about fillers she does not like and does not use.   I’ve written many blogs on the miracles of fillers for facial aging.  I think they are the best thing for facial maintenance since sunscreen. The fillers I really like and use a lot are Voluma, Juvederm, Restylane, and Perlane whichContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon loves doing subtle and artful lip augmentation with Hyaluronic Acid fillers.  Are they real or plumped up with filler? It should be impossible to tell with a nice and artful lip augmentation. I am always amazed at how much my practice has evolved after being in practice for over 20 years now.  Continue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon knows how to make the Grinch look a little less grinchy. Take a look at the Grinch.  What is it that makes him look so old and cranky?  It’s his glabellar from lines between his eyes that make him look like he’s having a pretty bad day and it’s his nasolabial foldsContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon cajoles patient not to go with the Trout Pout look. I recently saw a patient of mine who I have been injecting with hyaluronic acid fillers for a couple of years.  She comes in about every 6 to 12 months for topping off.  This time she wanted “just a little more” toContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon is happy to add Voluma to her toolbox. Those who know me well know that I take a long hard look at new technology, products, procedures, etc.  I think that new is not enough.  It has to be better, safer, easier or less expensive that the technology, product or procedure it is gunning toContinue reading…

Let’s Make a Deal is great entertainment but has no place in a doctor’s office. I used to love watching Let’s Make a Deal as a kid when I was home sick from school.  It was just so fun to see the contestants win something really cool like a car and so funny to seeContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon discusses the promotion of stem cell face lifts by ethically challenged physicians. Recently I have had several inquiries about “stem cell face lifts” and whether or not I perform them.  There must be someone out there promoting this as the latest and greatest fountain of youth.   That someone  is probably deceptively promotingContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon shares some very interesting research on fillers and skin aging.  Check it out. I read with interest today an article from Dermatology Times e news.  To my knowledge, this is the first study looking at the anti-aging effects of off the shelf fillers.  Here it is: Ann Arbor, Mich. — It mayContinue reading…

Seattle Plastic Surgeon wishes Happy B-Day to those ageless boys of the Rolling Stones. It’s hard to believe that the orginal Bad Boys of Rock ‘n’ Roll first went  had their first gig fifty years and one day ago.  Several years ago, Marianne Faithful wrote Memories, Dreams and Reflections about her high times with the band andContinue reading…

Do you have a child with severe acne???  An ounce of treatment now is worth a ton of scar revisions later. Left: Before a bazillion procedures. Right: After a bazillion procedures. I have two children in high school and I often am asked for advice regarding acne.  I am not a dermatologist nor do IContinue reading…