Lidocaine is so safe - but it's now "over the counter" in a 4% concentration.  But companies are putting as much as 10% lidocaine in products and selling them online.  The FDA just issued warning letters to 6 companies that are selling illegal lidocaine products.  On today's show, we talk about the dangers of lidocaine and the dangers of hyaluronidase.  We also discuss when filler is too much and when it is time to perform a facelift instead of more filler.  

Sometime around the 50th birthday, women will experience menopause.  It's a life changing event involving declining hormones and accelerated aging.  And along with menopause, many women experience psychological disturbances.  The Menopause Makeover is a procedure or combination of procedures designed to reverse some of the cosmetic changes the occur at menopause.  This includes drooping of the eyelids, face, and breasts, and accelerated aging of skin.  In this podcast, we discuss how plastic surgeons perform procedures to counter the cosmetic effects of menopause.  On this episode, we also discuss the TCA peel, designed to even out skin tone and reduce splotchiness.

Tattoos have never been more popular.  When you get one, you trust that the artist is "clean" and you won't get infections from the procedure.  And you trust that the injected pigments are safe.  Turns out that they are completely unregulated by the FDA and that people who get tattoos have a 27% increase in lymphomas!  And lasering those tattoos off makes things even worse.  Tune in to this show as we discuss this disturbing information.  

I have had many mothers and daughters coming in together and having the same procedures.  From Botox to Fillers to breast lifts, so many 30 year olds have come in with their 60 year old mothers to have the same procedures.  We discuss the mother/daughter procedures on this show.

Mark Simone - the best voice on radio - interviewed Dr. Perry about fake Botox, dangerous Vampire Facials, and Kim Kardashian's impossibly skinny waist.  Listen in.

A lot of people have very large foreheads with high hairlines.  This condition has been long overlooked by plastic surgeons.  On this show, we discuss how I make large foreheads smaller.  

Botox is an effective but very expensive cure for wrinkles.  There's counterfeit Botox in the USA now - and it sickened dozens of people and at least one person wound up in the ICU.  On this show, we'll discuss Botox and how to protect yourself from the fake stuff out there.  My daughter Julia joins Susan Warner and myself on this show.

My daughter Meredith Perry, CEO of Elemind Technologies, Inc., talks about her new "electric medicine" product.  We also spoke about gummy smiles and what plastic surgeons can do - both surgically and with botulinum - to fix them.  

On today's show, Dr. Ed Zuckerberg makes his 4th appearance on the show to discuss how bacteria in your mouth can cause systemic illness.  Dr. Zuckerberg, Mark's (of Facebook fame) father, explained new therapies that will be able to help dental disease and at the same time help dementia, diabetes, and other diseases.  

If you have surgery and are unhappy with the result, you might want the procedure "undone".  This podcast is about plastic surgery gone awry and how plastic surgeons fix those problems.