Alexa Ray Joel - Rhinoplasty

Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, has admitted to People magazine that she's had a rhinoplasty (nose job). According to the New York Daily News,

"I was thinking about getting this for years," the 24-year-old singer told People magazine. "[It's] always bothered me a little bit. I was self-conscious of pictures taken from the side." She said she underwent rhinoplasty earlier this month.

The only photos I've seen are from the front, not the side. From the front she looks a bit straighter, but otherwise the same. It sounds like she had a bump on her nose that she wanted removed, one of my favorite things to do.

Her father is one of my favorite singers. Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, River of Dreams, Rosalinda's Eyes, Vienna, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, etc. etc. He rocks. Awesome concert performer too. I would give my left leg for a private concert with Billy.

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

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Lady Gaga - Poker Face or Plastic Surgery Face?

Rumors have been circulating recently that Lady Gaga is considering plastic surgery. A source has been quoted as saying:

"She's desperately unhappy but keeps talking about having thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery. She really thinks that could fix everything."

This has led to a slew of blogs claiming that Ms. Gaga is planning to go under the plastic surgeon's knife. Not so, says someone in the know:

A spokesperson for the Poker Face star told the news provider he was "categorically denying" the reports, describing them as "ridiculous and untrue".

So, we've established that she is not planning plastic surgery now, but has she had it in the past? A rhinoplasty perhaps? My Magic Eight Ball Says: Signs Point To Yes.

I really like her music. Let's Dance is great, as is Poker Face and that GAGARARARA Bad Romance song. Her videos are really strange though...yet I can't not watch them when they are on.

Thanks for reading.

Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon

Anthony Youn, M.D.:

7 Manfaat Widget Google Friend Connect

Penulis: Anawia putra | anawia.com

Sudah tahu apa itu google friend connect, Google friend connect adalah
suatu program komunitas sosial seperti BlogCatalog,  MyBlogLog, dan
 lain-lain. Bagi pengguna blogger mungkin tidak asing lagi karena sudah
tertanam didalamnya secara otomatis. karena blogger juga milik google
jadi otomatis sudah dipasangnya.




Bagi pemilik blog ber mesin wordpress harus mendaftar terlebih dahulu
untuk digunakan di blognya. caranya bisa dibaca di
cara
memasang google friend connect yang pernah saya tulis di blog
saya.





Kebanyakan blogger hanya memajang widget ini sebagai trend saja. Tanpa
memanfaatkannya lebih jauh lagi. Padahal widget tersebut memiliki fungsi
yang besar untuk membesarkan situs kita. Untuk itu saya mencoba
membahas setidak nya 7 manfaat dari google friend connect.




7 manfaat itu antara lain :



1. Dapat mempromosikan tulisan terbaru



Bagi pengguna blogger akan secara otomatis memberitahu artikel terbaru
kita dihalaman dashboard para follower atau di halaman href="http://www.blogger.com/home" target="_blank">http://www.blogger.com/home
setelah anda masuk ke account blogger anda. Jika tulisan anda menarik,
mereka akan segera berkunjung ke blog anda.




2. Dapat digunakan untuk mempromosikan produk terbaru
kita.



Tanpa disadari tenyata google friend connect bisa dimanfaatkan sebagai
alat untuk mempromosikan produk. Melalui fitur nawala yang ada
didalamnya. cara menggunakannya yaitu dengan mengirim pesan nawala yang
isinya produk yang ingin anda promosikan. Kemudian kirimkan ke
follower-follower anda. Pesan akan terkirim dalam bentuk email. artinya
anda tidak perlu capek membuat autoresponden, karena google friend
connect telah dapat dimanfaatkan untuk itu.




3. Bisa mengetahui minat pembaca



Buat sebuah pertanyaan untuk mengetahui minat pembaca dengan mengakifkan
polling yang tersedia. Dengan mengetahui minat pembaca, maka anda dapat
menulis artikel yang disukai pembaca, dengan demikian maka tulisan anda
akan dilahap habis oleh pembaca. Mempromosikan produk sesuai dengan
minat mereka mungkin akan sangat baik untuk produk yang anda
recomendasikan.




4. Meningkatkan pertumbuhan blog



Dengan berjalannya manfaat pada point 1. saat anda mempromosikan
tulisan-tulisan anda maka secara tidak langsung membantu meningkatkan
pertumbuhuan blog anda dan ini harapan dari semua blogger. Karena itu
tingkatkan follower blog anda agar pertumbuhan blog yang anda miliki
lebih baik dari sebelumnya.




Banyak cara untuk meningkatkan follower blog kita. dan ini hanya
membutuhkan kreatifitas kita misalnya dengan memberikan bonus ebook atau
yang lain. sekedar contoh saya memberikan
2
bonus ebook untuk pelanggan follower saya lihat di link tadi.




5. Dapat menjaring pelanggan lebih luas



Siapapun dapat dengan mudah menjadi pelanggan follower anda.

bergabung dalam situs Anda dengan sekali klik. Mereka dapat menggunakan
account Google, Yahoo, Twitter dan account lainnya. karena itu membuka
gerbang untuk menjaring pelanggan yang lebih luas lagi.



6. Pengunjung dapat berinteraksi dengan pengunjung yang lain



Kelebihan google friend connect yang memberi manfaat untuk pemilik blog
adalah adanya fasilitas untuk berinteraksi sesama follower. Dengan
demikian mereka akan menjadi lebih kerasan berada di blog anda. Mereka
sebagai follower juga bisa menilai dan memberi rating blog anda.
mengundang teman-teman mereka dalam penerbitan hasil kegiatan mereka
 kepada mereka jaringan sosial. lebih mendalam melibatkan pengunjung
 dengan situs Anda begitu juga


antara pengunjung yang satu dengan yang lainya



7. Pelanggan follower dapat bertambah
otomatis



Bertambah otomatis artinya pelanggan yang suka dengan blog anda bisa
mengundang sahabat-sahabat mereka untuk bergabung menjadi follower.
Dalam hal ini terjadi secara otomatis tanpa anda suruh. Fitur seperti
inilah yang menurut saya bisa menjadikan facebook besar seperti sekarang
ini. tapi ini hanya pendapat saya.




Nah dari 7 manfaat ini sebenarnya masih bisa anda gali menjadi 10 atau
lebih mungkin manfaat dari anda memasang widget follower. Terima kasih
kesempatannya kepada Om Agus telah menerbitkan tulisan sederhana saya.



Satu pertanyaan untuk menutup ulasan saya mengenai manfaat follower ini
adalah Sudahkah anda
memasang
follower widget dan sudah pula kah anda memanfaatkannya ?

ASAPS Annual Meeting 2010

I just returned from the annual meeting for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Washington, D.C. It was an excellent meeting, attended by a "who's who" in aesthetic plastic surgery. Some interesting topics covered in the first few days:
1. Biofilms as a cause of capsular contracture - the bane of my existence as a breast augmentation surgeon is capsular contracture, or excess scar tissue that can build up around a breast implant. This can make the breast look round, hard, and painful. One potential cause is biofilm, or a coating of bacteria that can cover an implant. Techniques to limit biofilms were addressed, including the interesting Keller Funnel. If there is any way to reduce the amount of capsular contracture, I'm all for it.
2. Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in breast revision surgery - We are now using several different types of radiated skin (from cadavers, pigs, etc.) as a way to prevent breast implants from bottoming out, moving into the armpit, or creating a una-boob (symmastia). My good friend Dr. Brad Bengtson gave two great talks on using these ADM's for preventing capsular contracture.
3. Laser Liposuction - Does laser liposuction really tighten the skin? Depends on who you talk to. There really wasn't a consensus on whether it visibly tightens skin, but there was a consensus on the need for more scientific studies to see if it does.
4. Lipodissolve injections actually work? One study sponsored by ASAPS/ASERF appeared to show a visible decrease in the thickness of fat in people injected with substances typically used for lipodissolve. There were no major adverse events, although the changes were subtle and the treatments did entail dozens of injections over several weeks/months. Another study didn't show any significant changes in their patients. So the jury is still out on that one.
5. I did a small talk on the eMatrix for International Hot Topics in Plastic Surgery. This is one of the newest fractional skin treatments I demo'd on the Rachael Ray Show.

There were more great topics than I can cover in a blog post. The meeting is actually still going on! I left early because I missed my family and have surgery to do tomorrow. It's always nice to sleep in my own bed next to my beautiful wife!

Thanks to everyone on the ASAPS meeting planning team for putting on a great meeting.

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Spanish Plastic Surgeons Perform First Full Face Transplant

Plastic surgeons in Spain have recently performed the first full face transplant on a farmer who had most of his face destroyed by a gunshot wound. The surgery took 22 hours and employed a team of over 30 doctors, nurses, and technicians.

According to an article:

The technique involved removing what was left of the man's face and giving him a replacement "in one piece." By the means of plastic reconstructive surgery and microsurgery of blood vessels.
, the doctors transplanted the entire face apart from the tongue and eyeballs onto the man.
The unnamed farmer now boasts of a brand new face from his hairline down. The only one scar he has runs across his neck, which looks like a wrinkle.
"The operation was carried out by a multidisciplinary team led by Dr Joan Pere Barret, performing the transplant of the entire facial skin and muscles, nose, lips, maxilla, palate, all teeth, cheekbones, and the mandible by means of plastic surgery and micro-neurovascular reconstructive surgery techniques."
Experts took care to ensure that the patient's new face resembled the one he had before the accident and did not have any likeness to that of the anonymous donor.
According to Barret, his new face will be reminiscent of both.

Amazing stuff. It's stories like this that make me proud to be a plastic surgeon. I am humbled by the skill of plastic surgeons like Dr. Barret and all of the surgeons who have contributed to the advancement of our specialty, both reconstructive and cosmetic.

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Compress Javascript dengan YUI Compressor

Percaya nggak desain web site/blog tanpa javascript ibarat sayur tanpa
garam? bagaimana mungkin sebuah aplikasi web profesional tidak didukung dengan
javascript ini. Silahkan anda cek sendiri web site kelas dunia diluar sana yang
kebanyakan menggunaan fitur AJAX seperti Yahoo, Google dan  Facebook apa
mereka menghindari script yang satu ini, gak mungkin lah hehehe jadi jangan
pernah berpikir menghindarinya jika kita hanya berpikiran untuk masalah
kecepatan loading website. Pemakaian Javascript yang wajar-wajar saja saya rasa
tidak ada masalah, asalkan memang didukung dengan server yang mumpuni, terlebih yang
menggunakan platform blogspot yang dihost langsung pada platform tersebut..coba
silahkan buka kembali tutorial lawas saya

disini yang membahas cara host javascript langsung di blogspot.

 

Sebenarnya banyak sekali tools javascipt compressor diluar sana yang
bisa kita coba, namun hanya sedikit yang benar-benar bekerja dengan baik menurut
saya. Dari sekian banyak tools yang saya coba hanya
YUI
Compressor  yang dikembangkan langsung melalui dapur Yahoo
Developer  Network ini saja yang benar-benar berkerja tanpa kesalahan
(error). Ini sudah saya  buktikan pada beberapa blog blogspot saya dan
semuanya bekerja dengan sempurna. silahkan cek langsung pada
zoomtemplate.com
dengan melihat source codenyanya secara langsung melalui browser kita
masing-masing.

 

Ok lah mungkin sebagain dari blogger kurang setuju menggunakan javascript
dengan alasan kecepatan, tapi jika kita terpaksa tetap menggunakannya ya mau
tidak mau kita harus mencoba merampingkannya dengan cara mengompress script
tersebut. Tujuannya agar ukurannya menjadi lebih kecil dari ukuran semula dan
tentu saja paling tidak loading page blog kita jadi sedikit lebih cepat :)

 

Ada beberapa layanan Online yang sudah support YUI Compressor yang
bisa kita coba, diantaranya yang sering saya gunakan adalah
YUI Compressor Online dan
Online YUI Compressor.
Cara menggunakan layanan ini juga tidak sulit, kita tinggal memasukan saja semua
kode javascript yang ingin di-kompresi, ingat! tanpa memasukan tag
<script
type='text/javascript'>..</script>
tapi hanya kode utamanya saja.

Tampilan Online YUI Compressor

 

Tampilan YUI Compressor Online

 

Sebenarnya saya sekali ingin menjelaskan panjang lebar semua mengenai YUI
Compressor, namun saya yakin dari pada kalian bosan membacanya mending
pelajari saja ya secara langsung dialamat websitenya
disini :)

The King of Kong is a...Plastic Surgeon???

Funny story from amednews: The newest King of Donkey Kong is a plastic surgeon! Dr. Hank Chien, a plastic surgeon from New York, scored over 1 million points in 2.5 hours on Feb 27th. According to the article:

In September 2008, about a year after watching the documentary, Dr. Chien sought out an arcade that carried the game. He said he figured his skills in the operating room could translate to a video game environment, and he believed he could master Donkey Kong...
A clinical study published in the February 2007 Archives of Surgery found a direct correlation between gaming and proficiency in laparoscopic surgery. Researchers said surgeons who played video games at least three hours a week in their past were 27% faster than were nongamers and had 37% fewer errors...
On the fateful morning of Feb. 26, Dr. Chien woke up to find New York City buried in several inches of snow. His office called to say his surgeries had been canceled...
He completed his game in the early hours of Feb. 27. Dr. Chien announced his victory on Facebook and was surprised at the number of people who were still awake and read his message. The flood of e-mails and calls started coming, and his life as an international celebrity in the gaming world began...
Dr. Chien's life once consisted of plastic surgery during the day and Donkey Kong at night. Now his spare time is eaten up with interviews and autographs.

I have heard of surgeons buying video games and writing them off on their taxes. I'd like to poke fun at Dr. Chien for spending so much time playing a video game, but then again, who am I to talk? I spend time writing a blog on celebrity plastic surgery.

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.: