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This exercise is great for your forearms, especially for inner forearms. You will need two dumbbells or a barbell to perform it. Sit at the end of a bench or a chair. Your feet are flat on the floor, approximately 20 inches apart. Lean your upper body forward, laying your...

What are the risks with eyelid surgery?As with most operations, the risk is not the surgery itself but the surgeon that you choose. A surgeon who is not skilled can remove too much skin from the upper eyelid and the eye will not close. This is not a risk of...

Could you please describe the facelift procedure?There are several techniques for doing a facelift. Basically, they all involve the same incision. The incision starts behind the hairline. The incision goes in front of the ear or even sometimes inside the ear, then does under the earlobe and back into the...

Could you please describe eyelid ptosis surgery?Yes. Ptosis surgery, drooping of the eyelid when an eyelid is chronically at half mast, is a very specialized operation where some of the muscles are shortened. And the problem is it’s an inaccurate operation. So if you want four millimeters, you may end...

Could you please describe advantages and disadvantages of laser eyelid surgery?The only thing that lasers do is they may stop a little bleeding, but if you—I assume everybody does—but if you use local anesthesia with adrenaline in it, that shrinks the blood vessels, so that’s very little if any bleeding...

This exercise is great for your forearms, especially outer forearms. You will need two dumbbells or a barbell to perform it. Sit at the end of a bench or a chair. Your feet are flat on the floor, approximately 20 inches apart. Lean your upper body forward, laying your forearms...

Do you ever do constructive eyelid surgery, or only cosmetic?I only do cosmetic eyelid surgery. On rare occasions--I use reconstructive techniques--but on rare occasions, if something presents itself, I can do it. But in general, it’s not something that people seek me out for. They want cosmetic surgery when they’re...

What is your opinion on eyelid surgery for Asian-Americans?My opinion is that a person who comes to me with an Asian eyelid—an Asian patient, obviously—they have a couple of issues. The first one, that many people do not want corrected, is what we call the Mongolian fold, that’s what you...

Could you please describe how long the effects of eyelid surgery last? Do patients every need another blepharoplasty?With the upper eyelids my experience is that—some patients come back because let’s say, seven to ten years after eyelid and facelift surgery, wanting another facelift. But they don’t need any other eyelid...