Lights, Camera, Action!
September 16th, 2009
Today in my office, we will be filming a cosmetic surgery segment for Fox News.
Dr. Archelle Georgiou is hosting a special report to explore the fears and anxieties that patients may experience while anticipating surgery. She will be examining a wide range of medical treatments.
I will be doing a blepharoplasty or lower eyelid surgery for a patient who has had a facelift in the past. She has expressed significant unhappiness with the appearance of her lower eyelid bags. It is sometimes difficult to overcome the effects of looking tired and aged, often caused by sagging skin, eyelid wrinkles and excess puffiness or bags under the eye. Upper and lower eyelid surgeries are effective tools available to treat these symptoms and do well to restore a more youthful and rested appearance to the face.
I anticipate that my patient will have a dramatic improvement after surgery today and she will have more confidence in her personal appearance after a brief recovery. Her healing progress will be followed and one week after the surgery, Dr. Georgiou will interview the patient live on the air about her experience.
Please stay tuned for details of the actual filming and when the segment is scheduled to air on Fox News.
Office Notes: Botox
July 21st, 2009
Today I will be injecting Botox ®. Comments I hear frequently are, “My last Botox ® did not last as long as I would like. The Botox ® did not work as well as I had hoped.” Patients with these complaints usually had their last injections elsewhere. Often times, the injectionist is a non-physician and sometimes an individual with little or no medical training.
Botox ® is packaged in 100 unit bottles. This “unit” measurement is determined through a physiologic assay. The Botox ® package insert recommends 20 units for the frown lines. When the full 20 units is used in this one area, the results are consistent and should last for the full 3 to 6 months. It has become common practice in salons, med-spas and some physicians offices to inject less than 20 units of Botox ® into the frown lines. Injecting less saves money. Reducing the dosage leads to decreased effectiveness and decreased longevity. Patients return for “touch up” injections to get the result they desire.
My advice for the increased likelihood of a obtaining a professional and lasting result, is to consider having the full dosage recommended by the manufacturer (20 units for the frown lines) and consider having your Botox ® done by a physician.
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