Dr. Bashioum’s Friday Photos: Hiking the Alps
September 13th, 2012
My wife, Lindsay, took this photo while we were hiking in the beautiful Austrian Alps with our friends. While Peter and Patricia Kitchak had been there before, it was our first time to enjoy hiking up through the high mountain pastures with them. We had a great time, beginning each morning with a hearty Austrian breakfast at lovely Villa Angela in the charming town of Mayrhofen, before heading out for our daily treks.
Steps in Cosmetic Surgery: Sculpting
September 7th, 2012
Some say the work of a cosmetic plastic surgeon is artistry and although I am flattered by the comparison, I do agree that an understanding of classical artistic proportion is essential in obtaining natural results. Let’s continue with the discussion of the universal steps for all cosmetic surgery. Following the incision and dissection, the underlying tissues are revealed. This allows the next step to be performed, called the sculpting. Sculpting is a delicate step and it requires aesthetic skill. It is performed according to a custom surgical plan that is designed especially to achieve the desired changes. I firmly believe that obtaining consistently natural results, can only be achieved through an aesthetic or a kind of artistic understanding of human form and proportion, such as the work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Unnatural results are usually related to a surgeon’s objective for a stylized or unnatural aesthetic. This distorted look has become the frequent topic of our pop culture and the Hollywood media. Surgical before and after photos are an excellent way to judge a surgeon’s aesthetic eye and the likelihood of a particular result following cosmetic surgery.
Please check back next time for more of this series.
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