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Patients who come to Harmon Facial Plastic Surgery are frequently concerned about sudden changes to their face after menopause. They feel their facial skin has become thinner, more wrinkled, and sagging within a year or two of experiencing their first symptoms, which are usually hot flashes. The negative effects on someone's self-image and, therefore, self-confidence with these changes are...
I try to follow the advice I give to my school-age children. When I explain how flashy, seductive advertising between their favorite shows is designed to capture their attention and encourage them to ask us parents to buy the products on offer, they look at me incredulously. They cannot imagine not taking whatever product is being marketed to them so effectively at face value. I implore them to...
Most people can recognize filled lips that look unnatural. Not only can they be obviously large, but also disproportional, with an upper lip as large as or larger than the bottom lip. These lips can also have a translucent quality and/or a "duck-lipped" exaggerated projection. It is reasonable to be concerned about whether the effects of fillers are permanent, especially considering the recent...
"Physicians have twice the mortality rate of other physicians!" - anonymous facial plastic surgeon It was a shock to hear this on my first day at the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) conference in Los Angeles. Health and wellness are increasingly common topics at physician conferences. I heard about the importance of appropriate sleep, diet, and exercise...
The building is a narrow-windowed, red-brick, monolithic structure on the corner of Plum St. and W. Court St. in downtown Cincinnati. It looks like an abandoned public library from the 1970s. Its appearance is especially stark when contrasted with the distinct, stately Cincinnati City Hall, Isaac M. Wise Temple, and Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains which are all nearby. However,...
The desire for facial symmetry is understandable. Improved symmetry is possible with many facial plastic surgery procedures, especially when the asymmetry is significant. However, perfect symmetry is impossible and, frankly, undesirable. Instead, facial harmony is the north star facial plastic surgeons work towards to create natural-appearing results. Perfect Facial Symmetry Is Impossible and...
Picture a suspended animation capsule on a spaceship headed for a distant star. You have likely seen many iterations of this on film. The actor is frozen in a large cylinder, visible through a large glass window and surrounded by thick metal tubes and what appear to be rivets everywhere. This is not dissimilar to what you would witness at a hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) clinic. HBOT has been...
I was pleasantly surprised to wake up one morning and find a congratulatory email from Castle Connolly in my inbox. I had been designated a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2025. I had no idea who nominated me. It certainly was not something I was actively pursuing. I am, however, honored by this recognition. Such recognition cannot be purchased. I feel it reflects our values of honesty and...
"That smells great, like pool water!" I hear this frequently during my injectables treatment sessions with my patients. This is because I use hypochlorous acid (HOCl) to clean the skin prior to placement of neuromodulators (e.g. Botox©) and hyaluronic acid filler. Widely used as a disinfectant in pools – hence, the strangely pleasant smell –, HOCl has more recently been formulated as a gentle...
Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be portrayed in the media in one of two ways: AI is portrayed as a solution to almost all the world's problems, or AI is portrayed as the source of destruction of the world What if it is neither of the above? What if it is slowly transformative but only in select, specific tasks (e.g. drug discovery)? What if AI provides only a marginal improvement in the...
