Plastic surgery gives patients a physical change in their face or body that effects their brains in the same way as my beard did for me. Surgery changes the status-quo,…
Facial cosmetic plastic surgery is based on an understanding of these relationships and an attempt to recreate or actually form these relations where they did not exist before. The ratio…
Why all this fuss about a doll? Because research shows that we are subconsciously affected by the body forms that we are presented with as being “normal”. We then internalize…
Use carbs as a source for quick energy boost before sports or an exam / brain workout! Don’t use carbohydrates as your main source of calories. You will become sleepy…
Forget the buffet; too much choice = eating more. You can actually lose weight if you eat the same thing everyday for every meal. Our eyes eat more than our…
There are a number of foods that we cannot eat due to individual health considerations. It has been a while since I eat an egg without some thought of its…
Alcohol is good for you and is bad for you. Red wine is apparently the best type of alcohol to drink for the good effects. All alcohol, including wine, have…
Our Brains and Food A few weeks ago I ventured out of metropolitan Washington, DC to the vastness of our country. It is a large country, and, by god, it…
Too ugly for politics? Good looks and power in history I was just reading an article about the troubles of the former British Labour party leader, Ed Miliband. It appears…
Last week I was a guest at a rather fancy dinner in a fancy club with fancy guests in Washington, DC. The other guests were diplomats and financiers, power brokers…
Nude beaches problematic for plastic surgeons As a cosmetic plastic surgeon, I spend most of my day looking at and moving around the flesh of people in the nude. That…
Sun tips for patients: Use sunscreen daily, cover up with hats and long sleeves when outside for long periods of time, stay in the shade and do not ever use…
In another Swiss research also involving chocolates, two groups were given questionnaires to fill out which included information about age, sex, and weight.
Instead, it seems to me, that those men's ugliness was not so much a product of their physical attributes but rather the personae they embodied within their physical forms.
Iced compresses Cool cucumber slices( yes- that’s all they’re doing at the spa!) Hemorrhoidal cream - which actually is a steroid to decrease swelling of tissue including skin of the…
Most active adults need about 2000 calories a day. Calories derived from food and drink. That equates to roughly 20 handfuls of food with each handful having about 100 calories…