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Here are some links to take up your time:

1. A friend of mine writes an entertaining and humorous blog, Confessions of a PA (Physician's Assistant) student. Check it out if you're interested in the life of a physician's assistant. Click here.

2. A new documentary about plastic surgery, Youth Knows No Pain, will have its world premiere on Tuesday, April 28th at the Walter Reade Theatre in the Lincoln Center in New York City. Filmmaker Mitch McCabe spends two years on the road, visiting doctors, reconstructive surgery experts, and real-American characters who have gone to varying lengths to stay forever young. You may even catch a glimpse of me, although I doubt I made the cut! Click here for tickets.

3. Kim Kardashian has announced that one of the members of the Kardashian family is going to undergo plastic surgery to look "totally different." Click here for details.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Stevie Nicks: Botox Users "Look Like Satan's Children"

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has recently admitted to having used Botox and disliking it:

WWD: You said in a recent interview that you were relieved to still look like you. And you do. Is this the result of good work or no work?

S.N.: You mean like plastic surgery? No.
I had Botox and I hated it. For four long months, I looked like a different person. It almost brought down the whole production of the last tour. It was so bad, I would look into the mirror and burst into tears. Botox is becoming the new face of beauty and it’s unfortunate because it makes everybody look like Satan’s children. Everybody has pointed eyebrows. Everybody looks related. All the Desperate Housewives look like sisters.
If you’re an unattractive girl who’s trying to be beautiful with Botox, forget it. If you are a beautiful girl who’s trying to be beautiful with Botox, you will look like you’re angry all the time. You’d have to tie me down to get me to do it again.

In certain cases when people with arched brows have Botox, it can give them an overarched "Botox Brow." This can easily be treated by injecting a few more units above the eyebrow region. Most patients can also avoid this look by injecting less than the usually recommended 17-20 units in the forehead.

Overall I think Stevie is being a bit too harsh. I don't think that Eva Longoria looks like Marcia Cross's sister!

If you'd like to try using the Botox treatment visualizer (upload a photo of yourself and see what you'd look like with Botox), then click here.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Update on Donda West's Surgeon

It appears that there is one (possible) final postscript to the tragic death of Kanye West's mom, Donda West after having plastic surgery. Her surgeon, Dr. Jan Adams, has just surrendered his medical license for the State of California. He has recently been given a one year jail term for drunk driving.

Sad story all around. Many physicians carry medical licenses in more than one state, so it's possible that he can still practice as a plastic surgeon in another state, like Florida, even though he surrendered his California medical license. Since I have practiced in both California and Michigan, I carry medical licenses in both states.

Unfortunately, I can think of a couple cosmetic surgeons in my area who should maybe have their license revoked too!

Happy Good Friday!

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Ann Coulter - Breast Implants?

Quick post today, since I've been busy with many, many other things...

Here's a link to Make Me Heal.com's post on Ann Coulter and possible breast implants.

For my previous posts on Ann Coulter, click here and here.

p.s. Yes, I assume the Playboy magazine is photoshopped...

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

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Kylie Minogue Admits to Botox

Aussie singer Kylie Minogue has admitted to using Botox in the past, but states that she's now "a lot more natural." According to the Mirror:

"I'm definitely not one of those people who says, 'You shouldn't do this.' Everyone individually can do what they want. “I also think it doesn't have the stigma that it had when I was growing up. For all time women have wanted to, for the most part, look their best.
It's just that what we have available to us today is - what it is today. I'm preferring to be a lot more natural these days. I've tried Botox, I've tried all... You're damned if you do and damned if you don't."

I've always thought that she displayed a bit of the Botox brow, like her fellow Aussie Nicole Kidman, however her brows have always been a bit over-arched. Botox or not, she does look great at 40!

For a previous post on Kylie Minogue and Botox, click here.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

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Plastic Surgeon? Cosmetic Surgeon? Phony Doc?

Recently there have been several articles detailing bad events that have occurred at the hands of people who aren't board-certified plastic surgeons. Here are a sampling:

1. A family practice physician who considers himself a specialist in cosmetic surgery and advertises as a plastic surgeon was recently reprimanded by the State Board of Medicine for prescription fraud. He wrote prescriptions for patients and family members, using them to obtain drugs "for his own personal and unauthorized use." Click here for the story.

2. A Bronx mother dies after undergoing silicone injections by a "non-medical, unlicensed person." Click here for story.

3. A Head and Neck surgeon is accused of performing liposuction without a patient's consent. She had planned on having a tummy tuck only, but accuses him of performing a facelift and liposuction too. Click here for story.

The American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons holds its members to strict ethical guidelines which many other "cosmetic"-type societies do not. It's not surprising, then, that most of the crazy plastic surgery-related news comes from physicians who are not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Here are two well-written articles by laypeople who focus on the difference between a "Plastic surgeon" and "Cosmetic surgeon."

1. What's the Difference Between a Plastic Surgeon and Cosmetic Surgeon?
2. Cosmetic Surgery Advice-- Consider the Source.

On my website I've written "How to Choose a Plastic Surgeon." Click here for it.

It's not enough for your "cosmetic surgeon" to have just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Lauren Conrad - Plastic Surgery?

The Hills star Heidi Montag has received a lot of press about her plastic surgery. What about her friend / enemy Lauren Conrad? Has she had plastic surgery too?

I doubt it. The most common plastic surgeries in a woman her age are breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, and liposuction. Her breasts don't appear augmented, her nose doesn't show signs of previous surgery, and she's too thin to benefit from liposuction. IMHO she's a natural beauty.

And then there's Heidi...

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

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