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But almost every performer wants to project an image of natural beauty and do not want to admit to cosmetic plastic surgery. So the procedures must be done in secret. While Dr. Face has performed hundreds of celebrity face lifts, Dr. Body has done an equal number of breast augmentations on top models.

Currently, word is out among photographers that Paris Hilton wants to correct a sagging eyelid that supposedly resulted from an eyelid lift some years ago. So the camera-carrying throng is especially active in Beverly Hills.

Both surgeons are book authors and frequently appear on educational television programs like Discovery Channel, Dr. 90210, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and many others.

Doctors Face and Body are members in good standing with:

• The American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery.
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• The American Medical Association

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Dr. Face: Did you notice the swarms of photographers and paparazzi on the sidewalk outside my office?

Dr. Body: I could not miss them! The tabloid photographers are staking out the offices of the most likely plastic surgeons, hoping to catch a picture of some star going or coming. Now, there is a law in California reining in reckless paparazzi. (Read more about reckless photographers trying to get pictures of stars after plastic surgery and other activities.)

Dr. Face:  Many people don’t know it, but the tabloids have a literal army of tipsters who do well financially just letting the photographers know what celebrity is going to be where and when. That “army” includes waiters, waitresses, parking lot attendants and even clerks who may work next door to us.

Dr. Body: Sure, they all want to make stars’ cosmetic surgery public knowledge but health professionals are required by law, ethics and good business sense to make sure everything is done quietly. So how do you do it?

Dr. Face: I usually use several layers of concealment. Only a few of us in the office will know about an invented name we use for the celebrity’s paperwork. After that, we refer to him or her by that name because anybody may hear a casual mention of the star and then pass it on to the press. And, so far, knock on wood, our back entrance seems to work for celeb patients going home without being seen after surgery. Also, I know of some plastic surgeons who have separate waiting rooms for celebrities.

Dr. Body: I’ve found that weekends are a good time to perform plastic surgery on celebrities. I’ve also frequently arranged surgery at 4 a.m. while it’s still dark outside and before photographers and their many tipsters are awake, searching for the next big picture.

Dr. Face:  It can be kind of crushing at times when you may have struck up a nice relationship with a celebrity but then, when you run into each other away from the office, that person does not speak because his livelihood can depend on not knowing plastic surgeons.

Dr. Body: It was so much simpler back in Hollywood’s golden era; many celebrities before plastic surgery become so common used actual sticky tape to hold back sagging facial tissues for a short while.

Dr. Face: Many stars come in for facial fillers and Botox before special occasions like the Emmy awards or the Oscars. Then, there is only an office visit to worry about and no danger of being seen in public with facial bruising or dressings.

Dr. Body: And it’s not only performers who want cosmetic plastic surgery in secret. We also see producers, directors, TV news anchors and journalists who want a refreshed look – but strictly on the Q.T.

Dr. Face:  After plastic surgery — because of bruising, dressings and the other signs of a recent surgery — we also have special nurses. They escort famous face lift patients to an aftercare facility and stay with them for 24 hours, sometimes for several days.

Dr. Body: For the celebrity,  is there another trip involved back to your office for the morning after surgery check?

Dr. Face: Many times, it is easier for me to go to the aftercare facility to check on the patient rather than sending him or her out in public again.

Dr. Body: Is there anything in particular you tell your celebrity patients about keeping surgery private and quiet?

Dr. Face: I always tell them not to drive their own cars to my office.

Dr. Body: Why is that?

Dr. Face:  Because every paparazzo in Hollywood and Beverly Hills knows the stars’ license plate numbers by heart!

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View some of Dr. Body’s revision breast plastic surgeries.

Look at some of Dr. Face’s rhinoplasty before and after pictures.

A Surgeon E-mailing

Ever think you may like to have cosmetic plastic surgery from the eminent Beverly Hills board-certified  plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D (who blogs as Dr. Body)? Or, with the equally eminent Beverly Hills board certified cosmetic plastic surgeon Robert Kotler, M.D. who blogs as Dr. Face?

But there you are, 10,000 miles away from California in, say, Japan, Germany or maybe even Africa. And, like many others worldwide, you may be interested in having cosmetic plastic surgery in Beverly Hills. But who has the time to maybe go and see?

Thanks to modern technology, you can learn more about the particulars of your case and the cosmetic surgery you may be considering without physically traveling to Beverly Hills. How? Doctors Face and Body both offer “virtual” consultations through email, Skype and on the phone.

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Dr. Body (Dr. Linder): Keeping up with your e-mail, doctor?

Dr. Face: (Dr. Kotler): Yes, indeed. More patients are asking to set up a “virtual” consultation while considering coming here to Beverly Hills for cosmetic plastic surgery.

Dr. Body: I recently had a woman from San Tropez, France, e-mail me and explain that she had breast surgery twice near her home but still had no cleavage!

Dr. Face: Does she want a breast revision?

Dr. Body: She’s already been here and had the revision breast surgery but our relationship started with an e-mail exchange, including photos. Same thing for some breast revision surgery patients from Denmark and from London.

Dr. Face: I suppose you do a virtual consult like my office does? We like to use Skype as much as possible and get a set of photos through e-mail or regular mail showing the area a person wants treated, their medical history and other information. By the time we get together on the phone to discuss the case, I have also sent the person our computer generated “after” plastic surgery pictures. And asked the person to take care of the physical and other pre-surgery chores before leaving home. (Read more about how distant plastic surgery patients have virtual consultations.)

Dr. Body: Yes, it’s basically the same system although we don’t use predictive pictures. The beauty is, my very capable assistant, Adriana, collects all the information. Then, when I talk to the patient on the phone or through Skype, I have a complete file on the patient. It’s a lot like talking to the person, well, in person.

Dr. Face: I know you do the same thing as I: after the international traveler gets here, he or she comes to my office and we go over everything again as if it were the first time we met. All details are covered and we spend as much time as needed.

Dr. Body: Sure, there are some things in plastic surgery that require hands-on touching that can’t be done in a teleconference or a video conference. But the lion’s share can be completed remotely.

Dr. Face:  An English chap e-mailed recently about his large nose and receding chin line. We took care of all the details and I also explained how the rhinoplasty surgery would be done and provided the cost of cosmetic plastic surgery. We also arranged a limousine pickup from the airport to his hotel. After several days to decompress, he came to my office for an in-person exam.

Dr. Body: Did he also make a vacation out of his stay?

Dr. Face: He did; he stayed for two weeks. He had some business matters to take care of but worked in day visits to Santa Barbara and San Diego.

Dr. Body: The English are very fond of visiting Italy due to its much, much better weather; so most English visitors think those two places in California are the most like Italy. That’s good because we want patients to stay here for at least 10 days after surgery.

Dr. Face: I read a recent study in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare that compared a group of patients making both virtual and in-person doctor visits.

Dr. Body: What did they find?

Dr. Face: One of the groups graded the satisfaction rate on the in-person visits at 80 percent and the virtual visits at 84 percent.

Dr. Body: Where can you read that?

Dr. Face:  Just go to: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.

Dr. Body: I recently completed a surgery on a Vietnamese woman who spent her after surgery time in Beverly Hills meeting with agents and film producers. Our relationship also started with an e-mail request and pictures from her home nation.

Dr. Face: Speaking of pictures, you can also read more about the best way to take before plastic surgery pictures of yourself for a surgeon’s use during a virtual visit.

Take a look at Dr. Body’s before and after plastic surgery pictures

Here are the before and after cosmetic plastic surgery pictures from the office of Dr. Face

Having served the cosmetic surgical needs of many hundreds of  top celebrities – often in total secret – both Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D. (who blogs as “Dr. Body”) and  Beverly Hills board-certified cosmetic facial surgeon Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) tell why so many famous people have gone so terribly wrong with cosmetic plastic surgery when the very best is so close at hand.

Entire websites are devoted to Hollywood celebrities and film stars who come away with less-than-perfect plastic surgery. Yet, Hollywood and Beverly Hills—the world capital for plastic surgery — sit next to each other in Southern California. What’s more,  virtually all celebrities can afford the best of anything, rejuvenation surgery included. So what goes wrong?

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Dr. Face: (Dr. Kotler) The list of film stars and other celebrities with bad plastic surgery seems to grow each year. Recently, we’ve seen Priscilla Presley, Kenny Rogers, Meg Ryan, Bruce Jenner and others sporting features that are unnatural, artificial-looking and not at all complimentary to their cosmetic plastic surgeons.

Dr. Body. (Dr. Linder) Unfortunately, true. I know in plastic surgery of the body, the dead giveaway to either quick or untrained plastic surgery is when a breast augmentation patient turns up with breasts that look like two grape fruit halves or bowls stuck to her chest – along with a wide space between the breasts that in no way can be called “cleavage.”

Dr. Face: Cosmetic plastic surgeons of both the body and the face want a surgical rejuvenation to look natural. After healing, the person should look rested and refreshed – not someone who draws attention to him-or-herself due to huge fattened lips, surprised looking eye lifts, facial skin as tight as an overinflated balloon or the breasts you mention.

Dr. Body: Sure, the key to good cosmetic plastic surgery is that the patient looks very, very good but still, other people can’t quite put their fingers on what the change is. People usually guess at a new workout program, a vacation, losing weight or a new romance.

Dr. Face: Yet when he was alive, Michael Jackson turned up at the offices of many Beverly Hills plastic surgeons asking for yet more rhinoplasty, long after his nose was already overdone. I’ve known of many famous people who turn on all the charm to pressure a younger surgeon into yet another surgery – one which will do the celebrity no good or one the person should not have for reasons of health.

Dr. Body: So there are many times when the dedicated but thoughtful surgeon must say no. In my practice, I routinely say “no” to anybody with diabetes, celebrities included. Most cosmetic plastic surgeries of the body involve long scars which stand a good chance of separating before healing if the person has diabetes.  Or a terrible infection may set in.

Dr. Face: I’ve also noticed that many celebrities are very given to embracing the latest fad procedure or practitioner. Priscilla Presley (the first wife of singer Elvis Presley) was shown on the television program, Dancing With The Stars about a year ago; viewers could easily see her immense, out-of-proportion lip augmentation. A bogus doctor had gained his way into celebrity, A-list circles and was essentially injecting them with low grade industrial silicone – at a premium price. The “physician” in that case turned out not to be a doctor at all, was later convicted on several charges and deported.

The largest red warning flag of all?

The so-called  “doctor” was operating from his home! Legitimate cosmetic plastic surgeons work from well-staffed, well-equipped offices.

Dr. Body: Actually, many, many Hollywood celebrities have plastic surgery and have it in secret. In a later blog post, we’ll tell you how they do it. But, understandably, celebrities appearances often depend on whether they work or not. So they should be the ones to do the most homework and find the most skilled plastic surgeons possible.

We’ll also tell you how to do that in a post later  on!