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Questions We Wish Patients Would Ask

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Cosmetic plastic surgeons see many people every day who are interested in looking better…but may know next to nothing about plastic surgery. So every cosmetic plastic surgeon uses what Latin teachers call the “Socratic Method,” a technique we know today as “Q&A.” But there are questions, and then there are questions surgeons wish people...

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Cosmetic Surgery Patients: When They are Ready

Monday, April 18, 2011

Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) and Stuart Linder, M.D. (“Dr. Body”) have noticed that many patients come to their Beverly Hills offices wondering if they are really, really ready for cosmetic surgery. While everybody is interested in looking at before and after pictures, some patients and potential patients go beyond the pictures and read...

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Plastic Surgery Special Gifts

Friday, January 28, 2011

Stuart Linder, M.D. (“Dr. Body”) and Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) hear all types of requests from the public to surprise their mates and loved ones with gifts of cosmetic or plastic surgery. Valentine’s Day is especially rife with such requests. That may be a nice thought at first, but surprising somebody with a...

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Plastic Surgery’s Odd Requests

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Stuart Linder, M.D. (“Dr. Body”) and Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) hear all types of requests from the public for improvements in faces and bodies. But to put tiny breast implants under the tattoo of a well-endowed woman? (Pictured at the bottom of the post, below). Or to ask for lips like Anglie Jolie’s?...

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Plastic Surgeon Finder: Top 6 Tips

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Stuart Linder, M.D. (“Dr. Body”) and Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) are both adept computer users and enjoy the many ways people interested in cosmetic plastic surgery can learn about various procedures and contact a qualified and experienced plastic surgeon. At the same time, many other unqualified doctors who offer some cosmetic surgery can...

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Plastic Surgery’s Bargain Basement

Monday, January 3, 2011

Stuart Linder, M.D. (“Dr. Body”) and Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) follow world economic news and trends from their Beverly Hills offices  and are quick to note when ads for bargain basement cosmetic surgery start to endanger patients’ lives. When you are offered low, low fees for any plastic surgery procedure, some corners are...

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Plastic Surgery Myths

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The well known Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D – who blogs as “Dr. Body”– tells about the most common myths that patients ask about. Also commenting is the equally well known Robert Kotler, M.D., a top Beverly Hills board-certified cosmetic plastic surgeon (and a former Dr. 90210 star) who blogs as...

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Plastic Surgery Procedures to Skip

Monday, June 28, 2010

The eminent Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D – the “Dr. Body” blogger—mentions a few cosmetic plastic surgery procedures worth skipping. Also weighing in with “don’t bother” procedures for face and skin is the equally well known Robert Kotler, M.D., a top Beverly Hills board-certified cosmetic plastic surgeon and former Dr. 90210...

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Plastic Surgery Patients’ Common Questions

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The well known Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D – who blogs as “Dr. Body”– tells about the most common questions body patients ask. Also commenting is the equally well known Robert Kotler, M.D., a top Beverly Hills board-certified cosmetic plastic surgeon (and a former Dr. 90210 star) who blogs as Dr....

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