Latisse: Still the best thing going!
Want guaranteed eyelash growth at a reasonable cost? Latisse is still your best option. There are many products with endless promises – get rid of cellulite, stretch marks or melasma – but none of them really work or live up to those guarantees. Nothing except Latisse. It is amazing how the only FDA approved […]
What to look for in a hair transplant surgeon
A friend recently asked me if I do hair transplants in my plastic surgery practice. I told him that I do not even though it was part of my training in plastic surgery. He asked if I could help him do the research in finding a hair transplant surgeon for himself, and I obliged. […]
A conversation with Kathy Fields of Rodan and Fields [podcast]
Famous and skin care don’t always mix but when it comes to the creators of Proactiv and Rodan + Fields, Drs. Kathy Fields and Kate Rodan are as famous as they come! In this BuildMyBod Health podcast, we talk to Dr. Kathy Fields, and what a great conversation it is. They didn’t start out […]
Dr. Bonakdar is in! Podcast
Sound quality issue with this podcast. Our Apologies. Jonathan Kaplan, the founder/CEO of BuildMyBod and host of the BuildMyBod Health podcast discusses the Phi Lift, patient interactions and an upcoming open house with Dr. Monica Bonakdar of the Bonakdar Institute in Southern California. Listen to the podcast below and contact her office with your […]
Risks (and Benefits) of a Deep Chemical Peel
Earlier today, a viewer of my YouTube video on the phenol-croton-oil deep chemical peel, asked about the risk of hypopigmentation (skin lightening). In other words, with a deep chemical peel, aside from improvement in deep wrinkles, does the skin lose pigment and result in patches of lighter skin? As you can see in this […]
More on Chemical Peels
Sagging facial skin can be treated with a facelift but there are some stubborn deep lines around the eyes and mouth, due to either genetics, sun or smoking, that a surgical procedure can’t fix. For those stubborn lines, I recommend chemical peels. Very fine lines can be treated with a chemical peel by an aesthetician. […]
TCA Chemical Peel in the NY Times
In this recent article in the NY Times, the compound trichloracetic acid (TCA), often used for light chemical peels by doctors and aestheticians to resurface the face and minimize or remove very fine lines, is finding itself being labeled as a human carcinogen. “Recently the International Agency on Cancer Research moved to classify it as […]