One question that my patients often ask me is, “How can I tell the difference between belly fat and belly bloat?” This is a pretty simple answer. Belly fat is something that doesn’t really change during the day. Fat doesn’t contract and expand much (with the exception of gaining a little water weight when eating […]
If your life has been touched by birth control you need to hear this. There’s an emerging problem facing women globally when they stop taking hormonal birth control. This epidemic causes major challenges for women’s hormones including hair loss, weight gain, mood swings, anxiety, insomnia, libido loss, cystic acne, and digestive disorders. Even worse — […]
Looking younger can be expensive. I get it. Botox and fillers can cost $500 or more per session. Laser treatments can cost in the several thousands of dollars. And surgery is much more. So what is the most cost-effective, in-office treatment that actually works to turn back aging? Microneedling. Simply put, this treatment uses a […]
Most men aren’t great at taking care of themselves. They like their status quo, even if it’s not good for their health and wellness. So with this in mind, I’ve compiled some simple health promoting tips for men which should be pretty easy for them to do: 1. Eat REAL food, not factory food – Many of […]
Now that summer is definitely over (so sad!), it’s time for us to change our skin care routines. Here are a few tips on what you should do now that the weather is getting cooler: 1. Exfoliate your skin – As the weather cools, the humidity in the air lessens and our skin gets drier. Get rid […]
I’ve noticed a sharp uptick in the number of teens and young women calling and coming in to the office for consultations and treatments. As a general rule, at YPS we don’t see anyone under 18 for cosmetic procedures. But not all plastic surgeons agree with my policies. According to the Aesthetic Society, last year […]
Over the past several years, I’ve become friends with some of the top holistic health and beauty experts in the country. Many of these experts have been guests on my podcast, The Holistic Plastic Surgery Show, the most downloaded plastic surgery podcast in the country. At the end of each information-packed episode, I ask my guest […]
Sometimes I’m shocked by what other plastic and cosmetic surgeons are doing. Although these treatments may be FDA-approved, not all of them live up to my standards of holistic safety and efficacy. So with that in mind, I’ve created a list of cosmetic treatments that other doctors are performing, but I strongly discourage. I call […]
I recently returned from the annual Mindshare Summit, a gathering of 500 of the top holistic healthcare practitioners in the United States. This is where I’ve met such influential alternative health experts as Dr. Terry Wahls (internist who reversed her MS using the power of food), Dave Asprey (the founder of Bulletproof butter coffee) and […]
Big news about Monsanto, Roundup, and organic foods: A jury recently ordered Monsanto to pay $289 Million to an ill man who claims his cancer was caused by repeated exposures to the herbicide glyphosate, otherwise known as Roundup. They determined that the chemical company “acted with malice or oppression” in failing to warn him of […]
