Straight Talk about Cosmetic Surgery with Dr. Arthur Perry

Hyaluronic acid fillers are now as popular as Botox!  Over 9 million people had filler injected last year.  Hyaluronic acid can fill wrinkles and deep folds, define lip and jaw borders, fill temples and plump earlobes,lips and chins and rejuvenate aging hands.  The problem with filler is not what board certified artistic plastic surgeons do with it, but the fact that nurses, physician assistants, dentists, and non plastic surgeons can "certify" in under 2 hours!  It's no wonder there are so many terrible results.  On this show, we discuss Dr. Perry's artistic technique of wrinkle filler...  We also play Dr. Perry's interview with Curtis Sliwa and Larry Mendte.

Proper nutrition is important to look as good as possible.  Many vitamins and nutrients - like protein and Vitamin C - are necessary for a healthy, nice appearance.  On this show, Dr. Perry interviews the Nutrition Twins - Tammy Shames and her sister Lyssie Lakatos - they discuss nutrients and supplements that can hurt or help your appearance.  
And Dr. Perry and cohost Susan Warner continued their discussion about the artistry in plastic surgery and why so many people have terrible results from surgery and office procedures.

The sun is our friend - it elevates our moods and provides all the Vitamin D we need.  But more than 20 minutes of sun exposure a day during high UV index days will age the skin prematurely.  It causes immunosuppression, wrinkles, brown splotches, and rough old skin.  More importantly, skin cancers are much more common in people with excessive sun exposure.  On this show, we talk about the benefits of sun exposure...and the problems UV light causes.  We describe how the SPF number is obtained, everything you want to know about sunscreen.

Fat removal through tiny incisions, called liposuction, is wildly popular.  And for good reason.  It is safe and effective, and it can remove the fat that even dieting and GLPs can't remove.  On this show, we discuss how plastic surgeons perform liposuction - we'll talk about the risks and the benefits and help you decide if this procedure is for you.

We've known for decades that cigarette smoking increases cosmetic surgery complications.  But not until this week did we understand that vaping, nicotine patches, and even chewing tobacco increases complications 4 fold!  Across the board in all cosmetic suergery procedures all complications, from infections to bleeding to wound problems are all enormously increased - from 4% to over 15% - in people who use nicotine.  So just don't.  We discuss this, as well as the new CDC report about continued problems of complications and deaths from Americans having cosmetic surgery in other countries.