Plastic Surgery Blog

Identifying your skin type is the critical first step to effective skin care. It will help you choose the ideal products for your skin among the thousands currently on the market. Because each of us is unique, knowing your skin will also help you understand what you should do to take care of your own […]

In the summer, we all tend to have more oily skin. By mid-afternoon, enough oil can accumulate to give the face an unwashed, unkempt appearance. The oil on our skin helps to lock in moisture and keep the face looking hydrated. Unfortunately for some, too much oil is unsightly and counterproductive, often contributing to the […]

Whether you’re sixty-five, forty-five, or twenty-five, it’s never too late–or too early–to practice good skin care. How do celebrities like Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones look so good well into their forties? One of the major factors is excellent skin care. Even as early as your twenties, significant skin aging occurs. Collagen production in your […]

When Angelina Jolie first debuted her voluptuous lips on the big screen, many women began seeking to enhance and augment their lips. Different lip shapes, like many things, have become fashion trends, and are subject to passing fads. What is popular today, unfortunately (or fortunately) may not be tomorrow. Five years ago, Angelina’s lips were […]

Blessed with year round sunshine here in southern California, we can just step outside to prevent vitamin D deficiencies, and research suggests that we are happier overall. Plus, it’s easy to get a good tan! However, prolonged sun exposure speeds up wrinkle formation and skin discoloration. In the last few years, Dr. Chow has been […]

Ever since the invention of photography, we have been constantly bombarded with images of beautiful women with flawless skin most of us would kill for. However, behind all that glitz and glamour, every red carpet-walking celebrity has the help of a vital make up technique called “highlight and contour.” Highlighting and contouring is the master […]

There are probably as many different remedies for dark circles under the eyes as there are people on earth. In my experience, when many treatments exist for the same problem, most of them are not terribly successful. Most large cosmetics companies and not a few pharmaceutical companies have been wrestling with this problem for years […]

My first experience applying make-up as a young girl still makes me blush. Literally. In the chaos preceding a ballet recital, I applied blush myself rather than waiting for one of the busy parents to do it. My proud excitement at the accomplishment was soon smashed when another girl’s mother compared my pink face to […]

Have you gazed in the mirror lately only to see someone with that old, tired look? For many of us, the single facial feature that ages us most is having dark circles under our eyes. Although these dark circles most commonly appear in healthy individuals who are not suffering from illness or exhaustion, they can […]

Dark circles under the eyes plague many of us. There are many reasons for the dark circles, including allergies, hormonal changes or imbalances, shadowing from “puffy” lower eyelid bags, and prominent veins or capillaries, but often the discoloration has to do with the thin skin overlying the muscles and blood vessels around the eyes. Because […]