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“The last thing you want showing up on your Facebook wall,” she said, “is a headline that reads, ‘Do you have a turkey neck? ’ ” After resisting at first, I joined Facebook this year, and started following what my friends were doing and saying. Now I know what’s for dinner at my m...
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Apr
“Couldn’t we still do the procedure? ” he asked. “After all, I would be stopping 4 days ahead of surgery, rather than 7 days. ” Last Monday I got an unexpected break. A close friend had decided to have surgery in our clinic, but then took aspirin four days before the procedure and...
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Apr
Okay, it is becoming a cliché, and maybe I am just getting older and my viewpoint is changing – but 70 could be the new 50 for many people. This morning I was the invited guest on the morning TV talk show of our local ABC affiliate, “AM Northwest”. I appeared with a patient, who...
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Apr
“I love my cheeks. It is that subtle difference that makes all the difference” I was recently asked by a friend what was my current favorite non-surgical procedure. I have always loved BOTOX injections, because patients are always happy. However, I am starting to believe cheek au...
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Apr
“I really never even think about my scars. No one notices them. ” It seems like daily patients express concerns about scars after surgery. “Won’t everyone be able to tell that I had surgery? ” These concerns are reasonable, because all operations leave scars. The trick with cosmeti...
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Apr
“Just make me beautiful. ” This seems to be a daily comment I hear from new patients. Sometimes they have specific requests – like a smaller nose, or thinner neck. However, it is not uncommon for a patient to just throw up her hands and say “doctor, you know best what I need. ” Ta...
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Apr
For years I agreed with the critics, and chose not to offer fat injections as part of my practice…. . So how come the switch? I always have told patients that the fastest way to start a fight at a cosmetic surgery convention was to bring up facial fat injections. Some surgeons lov...
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Apr
“I wanted my eyelids to look the same and to have more of a crease like my mother’s eyelids” America is truly a cultural melting pot, and Portland, Oregon is typical of this. As a cosmetic surgeon I see patients from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The “ideal” concept of beauty...
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Apr
And like my patients, I feel I look my best again. As a cosmetic surgeon, I learned early in my career that my own personal appearance mattered. It is hard to lecture about the importance of sunscreen when you are sporting a bronze tan. I kept fit, and worked out enough to eat...
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Apr
Today I had a patient come in concerned that she would be bruised from her BOTOX injection – “like Kim Kardashian”. It turns out this 29-year-old actress had BOTOX injections around her eyes while being filmed, and then afterwards had bruising and itching – all dramatically captu...
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Apr
(Note from Dr. Peter Vila: In my practice I’ve noticed that prospective patients are very curious about the actual experience of any surgery or procedure they’re considering undergoing. My patient Deborah Sayler (that’s her real name) has agreed to share her experience on my blog...
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Apr
(Note from Dr. Peter Vila: In my practice I've noticed that prospective patients are very curious about the actual experience of any surgery or procedure they’re considering undergoing. My patient Deborah Sayler (that’s her real name) has agreed to share her exp...
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