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“Botax”: The Proposed Tax on Cosmetic Surgery

Ahhhh, the federal government has found another unturned stone to tax a small portion of the American public, the cosmetic surgery tax. This source of revenue is considered unfair and excessive by most individuals.  All cosmetic surgery procedures would include a 10% tax.  This sounds good for the Feds, but bad for the consumers.  Now, […]

The Diva Lift: Got Curves?Facelift for Full Figured Females

Dr. Niamtu Diva Lift Click above to view article In this day and age, it is a bit disgusting that some surgeons go out and makes a minor change to a procedure that has been around for a century and “invents” some new miracle procedure.  There are bunches of these types of docs out there. […]

How We Feel After Cosmetic Surgery: Dr. Niamtu’s Tips for a Healthy Recovery

The recovery period after surgery varies from person to person, and of course, depends on the procedure you’re having and whether multiple procedures are being performed at the same time. The following graphics have been modified by me based on information that has been around for a while and I am not sure who originally […]

What goes around…..comes around.

I had an interesting experience at the office today.  Not my first of this type, but a good one.  I went to a treatment room to see a patient that I have treated many times for Botox and small procedures.  I noticed that she would not make eye contact with me and thought that was […]

……on writing my textbook

In an earlier post, I described the work involved with writing a major cosmetic facial surgery text.  I literally spent 3-4 hours a day (and sometimes up to 11 hours) writing chapters on common topics of cosmetic facial surgery.  Being a major text from one of the best known medical publishers (Elsevier Saunders) there is […]

Botox without Needles?

For over 100 years, doctors have been administering medications with needles.  I can’t think of any single factor that patients of all ages hate about seeing the doctor that is worse than the fear of needles.  Besides scaring patients, many health care workers are injured or infected from accidental needle sticks.  There is nothing fun […]

Sunscreens: don’t get burnt!

Although sunscreens are important all year round, they are especially important in the summer months to protect your skin from aging and cancers. Consumer Reports reviewed 10 well known sunscreens in July 2009 and assessed UVA and UVB protection and their waterproof effectivness and had some interesting findings.  To clear up some definitions: UVA rays are penetrating rays that […]

Writing a Textbook: the hardest thing I have ever done.

Over the years I have written several hundred cosmetic surgery journal articles, text book chapters and general publication articles.  Over this time I have edited three textbooks and contributed 18 chapters to other author’s textbooks. Last September, I was asked to write a textbook on cosmetic facial surgery by Elsevier which is one of the […]

The Liquid Facelift: there’s a sucker born every minute!

  P.T. Barnum, the great circus promoter is frequently quoted as saying “there is a sucker born every minute”.  I am sure he would be quite amused by the new amazing miraculous “Liquid Facelift”! In this day and age, the best way to promote one’s agenda is to “invent” a really sexy sounding facelift.  First […]

Laser Treatment of Burn Scars on the Today Show: Miracle or Not?

On May 28th the Today Show ran a very interesting segment about a very touching story of very pretty triplets that were badly burned in infancy and were treated with a new laser treatment to improve their burn scars.  The laser was the Lumenis Encore laser and the Deep FX laser, also made by Lumenis. […]