New York Times Article

This blog and I were mentioned in the New York Times yesterday in an articled entitled, "Blogging for Beauty." In it they state:

Another surgery skeptic online is Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon in Rochester Hills, Mich., who deconstructs the procedures of well-known figures on celebritycosmeticsurgery.blogspot.com.

Not too exciting, but a mention nonetheless. They also mention other blogs linked on this site, such as Plastic Surgery 101, The Beauty Brains, and Plasticized. Click here for the link to the article.

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Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Thermage Complications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the main medical journal for plastic surgeons, has published a letter in this month's issue I wrote regarding possible complications of Thermage.


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

Sophia Loren - Plastic Surgery?

Sophia Loren was recently photographed in Rome looking a bit busty. The actress who was voted world's most naturally beautiful woman was recently written about in the Daily Mail:

Miss Loren, 72, has always denied going under the knife for a breast operation or any other cosmetic surgery.
In one interview the actress put her good looks down to "a love of life, spaghetti, and the odd bath in virgin olive oil".
In another she said: "My secret to looking young? I always have one more dream that has yet to come true. I am always looking forward to something."

As the C&C Music Factory once stated, "Things that make you go hmmm...."

Photo and story credit: Daily Mail

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

Luke Perry

Question: How can we make Luke Perry look like the Dylan McKay of old?

Answer: Some Botox in his forehead and crow's feet. This would remove the wrinkles in these areas and...voila! Dylan McKay again...almost.

Photo source: dlisted.com

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Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Matthew McConaughey- Hair Transplants?

TMZ.com has some photos of what appears to be possible hair transplants for Matthew McConaughey. What else could it be? A nice hair piece is a possibility. Maybe he has been using the new Laser Comb, which is a brush that has a low-level laser built-in to "reduce the appearance of thin hair." If they are indeed hair transplants, it looks like a nice job.

Photo credit: TMZ.com

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

Billy Joel

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Things have been really busy here, as I've been working on different projects. My wife and I did get a chance to go to a Billy Joel concert last night though. Wow. He was amazing. He played 2.5 hours of hit song after hit song, and he still left out a number of huge hits. His voice is still fantastic, and he remains quite a showman. Although he really has aged, he's still the man. Best songs of the night: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and Piano Man (of course).

photo credit: photorazzi.com

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

Brendan Fraser - Hair Transplants?

Trent at Pink is the New Blog (a native of Michigan and a friend of mine) has a post on Brendan Fraser's recent appearance at a movie premiere. Has he had some hair transplants?

Way back when, plastic surgeons would treat bald areas by moving large amounts of skin (with the hair attached) from one part of the scalp to another. This left unfortunate scars, and is only done sparingly today.
This technique was followed by hair "macro" grafts. This procedure is probably where the term "hair plugs" originated from. Plastic surgeons would transplant hairs from one part of the scalp to another, in groups of maybe 5-10 hairs at a time. While this prevented the large scars of the previous surgeries, it often left people looking like they had "doll hair" with visible plugs.
The newest techniques involve "micro" grafts, where hairs are transplanted one or two hairs at a time. To my knowledge this leaves the most realistic result.

I can't stand doing hair transplantation though, as it is one of the most tedious of all plastic surgeries. We basically cut out a strip of hair from the back of the head and cut out each hair follicle one by one. These hair follicles are placed into small needle holes made in the bald areas. It takes a couple hours, as each hair is placed one at a time. I've heated each time I've done it. I found that whenever I put one hair in, two others would pop back out and fall on the floor. What a pain!

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Anthony Youn, M.D.: