Dr. Youn on E! Television this Weekend

Just an FYI... I will be one of the featured plastic surgeons on E! Entertainment Television's Special: Celebrity Plastic Surgery: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. It premieres this Saturday at 5 pm, and also plays Sunday night at 8 pm. I haven't seen it yet, but it sounds like an interesting show!

Here are the dates from eonline.com:
Saturday, Mar 31, 5:00p
Sunday, Apr 1, 8:00p
Wednesday, Apr 4, 9:00a
Tuesday, Apr 10, 6:00p
Friday, Apr 13, 12:00a

To view a clip from the show, click here.

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

Dolly Parton Quote on Breasts

Here is a recent quote from Dolly Parton:

"I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed."

Groomed??? This can mean one of three things:
1. She has her implants changed out every so often, or...
2. She has her breasts lifted every so often, or...
3. She has hair on her breasts.

Maybe you have some ideas.

Quote source: starpulse.com
Photo source: photorazzi.com

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

Graphic footage of Gene Simmons' facelift

Here is a video from Youtube.com that shows footage of Gene Simmons' recent facelift. Warning: It is pretty graphic, but does accurately show some of what happens during a facelift surgery.

Pam Anderson - Breast Implant Craze Down Under

According to Make Me Heal.com, busty celebrities like Pamela Anderson have sparked a trend among Australian women to get massive breast implants, like the famous actress. The article states:

...This trend has led to Australian plastic surgeons needing to import mega-size 1000ml implants from the only available country for such sized implants, the United States...The average implant size for Coast surgery, an Australia based plastic surgery practice, has increased from 280ml to 375ml in the last five years. Moreover, models already accessorized with 400ml implants have been looking to double their size.
“In the last four to six months I’ve noticed a rapid increase in size. The trend for women having breast augmentation is to go large. Our patients believe bigger is better,” says Pamela Noon from the International Surgery Group.

It is true that the size of implants has gone up over the years. Most of the implants which I have removed from 15-20 years ago are smaller (225-270cc's) than my average implant size today (350 cc's). While I do agree that most women who have breast augmentation and regret their size choice would have rather gone larger, there are considerable risks with larger sized implants. I tell my patients, "The bigger it is, the faster it will fall."

When women have extremely large implants placed, this can unnaturally accelerate the drooping of a breast. Most reputable, board-certified plastic surgeons explain this to patients who desire large implants.

By the way, I have never seen a 1000 cc implant. The biggest size that the implant companies routinely make is 800cc. The largest that I have placed for a cosmetic breast augmentation is about 525 cc, and this was only once.

Photo credit: photorazzi.com

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

Celebs plastic surgery

Here is the link. It must have been accidentally erased!

Celebs plastic surgery video

Here is an interesting video which has a bunch of before-and-afters of celebrity plastic surgery. Many of these photos can be seen on this blog. The background music is funny too.

Hugh Grant - Fake Facelift

Hugh Grant reportedly donned an elastic wrap around his head to imitate a facelift for the movie "Music and Lyrics."

According to RealSelf.com:

The actor revealed to the media, "I had to play myself back in the Eighties, so I had an elastic lift - it's a tight piece of band around the face that's invisible but makes you look like you've had a facelift. I loved it and refused to take it off for a week!"

This reminds me of the following cartoon I saw on a greeting card I bought one day:

I wonder if the "Elastic Lift" is the same thing that Joe Pesci appeared to use for his last couple movies?

Photo credit: photorazzi.com

Cartoon credit: plasticized.com

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