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Why are the lips are so important for aesthetics?

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

The Lips and their impact on Beauty:

Why are the lips so important for your looks? Why is it that they have such an impact after you enhance them with fillers like with Kylie Jenner?

Kylie Jenner Lip Filler Enhancements

Kylie Jenner Lip Filler Enhancements

The lips are the entrance to the mouth. The mouth is one of the first functioning units that we had as we started as a single cell. Basically, the first thing we did was eat things and engulf things as cells do. So the lips are a very primitive part of our body. Also the lips are associated with many of our emotions. The audio cortex and our sensation of hearing has a big impact on our emotional interpretation of the world. The lips are the way we communicate many of our emotions like yelling, talking, kissing etc. The lips represent some of our most basic elements about us. It is our animalistic side of our bodies and face. This is the reason why when we augment them there is such an impact on our sexuality and hence our looks and appearance.

In terms of Lips, Lip Fillers and how they fit into beauty. You can watch this video that will come out on Wed 3/1/17 and learn more about the aesthetics of the lips. When I was in LA I noticed that there are many people getting their lips enhanced and they were looking enhanced but not necessarily improved. So I wanted to figure out why that was. When I looked into our Aesthetics and understanding of beauty in the most current literature, I found that we really didn’t know concrete facts or numbers on what is beautiful or not. That’s what led me to figure out what beautiful was and a Basic theory on beauty. The lips were important for me in recognizing that we needed to do something. So I started looking around and studying beautiful people and I started to write a paper that set forth some basic mathematics above what beautiful is. Look at yourself or other people or other pictures of faces and you’ll see that most of the light shines on the lower lips. hence the lower lips need to dominate because the light shines on it. I have hypothesized that the lower lips are ideally one Iris width in height . The upper lips were half an iris width in height. In my third paper, I went on to further prove this. You’ll see in these two studies below that this was found to be true. Importantly, the chairman of the statistics dept from the University of California Riverside helped with the statistics in this paper. Click here for our paper on these studies: The Circles of Prominence, A New Theory on Beauty: Ideal Distances in the Eyes, Nose, Ears, and Lips.

Line Drawings: Lower Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1 iris width in Height

Line Drawings: Lower Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1 iris width in Height

 

Morphed Actual Real Life Pictures: The Lower Lip is Ideally One Iris Width in Height

Morphed Actual Real Life Pictures: The Lower Lip is Ideally One Iris Width in Height

 

Line Drawings: Upper Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1/2 iris width in Height

Line Drawings: Upper Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1/2 iris width in Height

 

Morphed Real Life Pictures: Upper Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1/2 Iris Width in Height

Morphed Real Life Pictures: Upper Lip was Found to Be Ideally 1/2 Iris Width in Height

 

If you have any questions you can contact us at our plastic surgery website: www.drphilipyoung.com any time or email us at contactus(at)afbplasticsurgery.com.

Thanks so much for reading,

Dr. Philip Young

twin sister’s marry twin brothers get plastic surgery so they can tell each other apart

Friday, October 28th, 2016

twin sister’s marry twin brothers get plastic surgery so they can tell each other apart

twin sister's marry twin brothers get plastic surgery so they can tell each other apart

Recently I read this interesting fact. I personally have not encountered this reason for plastic surgery. But these two couples plastic surgery probably is serving a functional need for them. I come from a family with twins. My dad and his brother are identical twins, so this story was really interesting to me. They used to sing on Tv in China and were known as the chinese Everly Brothers in their locale. I have a picture of them on TV and will try to find it and share it with all of you.

Thanks for Reading

Dr Philip Young

New Transgender Ad Discusses, Demonstrates the anxiety that the transgender population faces when going to the Bathroom

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

New Transgender Ad Discusses, Demonstrates the anxiety that the transgender population faces when going to the Bathroom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/secret-pro-transgender-commercial_us_58122d5de4b0390e69ce9a4b

There have been numerous recent stories taking on this new topic. This ad comes at the heels of new anti-transgender bathroom bills that are popping up all over the country. For example the North Carolina Bill:

North Carolina’s General Assembly voted on Wednesday to block cities and counties from passing protections against LGBT discrimination in a wide-ranging bill that could have enormous implications for the state.

This bill that passed a special session would set a statewide anti-discrimination policy, banning employers and businesses from discriminating against employees or customers based on their race, color, country of origin, religion, age or “biological sex.” The problem is that the bill offers no protections for the LGBTQ community and prevents local governments from passing any nondiscrimination policy that goes beyond the statewide standard. Meaning it, paradoxically, can promote or make legal discrimination against the LGBTQ community. This would leave areas governing wages, benefits, employee protections, and leave specifics unsafe for possible discrimination for the LGBTQ population.  This would also prevent people with gender identity disorder from using the bathroom of the sex that they identify with. Many people feel that this is the same as what used to be discrimination against minorites just a few decades ago.

Thanks for reading

Dr. Philip Young

http://www.drphilipyoung.com/transgender-surgery/

 

We are Revamping our YouTube Channel. We are the “Beauty Docs” and we want you to Get a Glimpse of our Lives in Plastic Surgery in 60second Video

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

We are Revamping our YouTube Channel. We are the “Beauty Docs” and we want you to Get a Glimpse of our Lives in Plastic Surgery in 60second Video

See us on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/drphilipyoung. We have decided to take on as our new YouTube nickname of “The Beauty Docs”. We thought this would be the best way to represent us because we have a theory on beauty that helps us get the best results. I just got my 3rd paper accepted by the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery on this topic. Please watch our newest video called “A Glimpse into our Lives in Plastic Surgery in 60 secs Video“. We feature an eyelift, facelift, browlift, and upper lip lift.

Below is a transcript for our Video

This plastic surgery video will help you get a glimpse into our lives and what we do in plastic surgery in 60 secs. Hi This is Dr Philip Young and we’re the Beauty Docs on YouTube We would love to have you subscribe to our channel. This first clip is the Buffalo Gull Wing Upper Lip Lift Surgery To Improve the appearance of your upper lips. You can shorten the distance between your nose and lips and make your upper lips larger for an all around more beautiful look. This next video show us doing a facelift and we are showing the deep plane under the SMAS. The deep Plane can help make your facelift results last much longer. This video clips shows us doing an upper eyelid lift. The upper eyelid lift is relatively minimally invasive and can have a dramatic impact on your looks. This next segment shows us doing a browlift. I’m releasing the tough attachments near the brow to allow the eyebrow to be raised higher for more of an awake, happier and approachable look. Click the top right corner and subscribe to us on YouTube. Thanks for watching

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Otoplasty Surgery Video Presented by Seattle’s Dr Philip Young

Wednesday, September 14th, 2016

Otoplasty Surgery Video Presented by Seattle’s Otoplasty Specialist Dr Philip Young

This is a video that we created to show some before and afters and to discuss certain topics on otoplasty. Dr. Philip young is a published otoplasty revision author and you can find his chapter in the scientific plastic surgery textbook “Advanced cosmetic otoplasty”. This is published by Springer in 2013. The topics in this video including congenital microtia repair and he also the discussed the reconstruction of congenital defects. We also show before and afters of a keloid scar reconstruction and repair. Multiple before and afters of prominent large ears showing carefully Pinbacked ears are presented. The results show that they are neither overly corrected nor under corrected. We also show the correction and reconstruction of gauged earlobes. And we also discussed the correction and reconstruction of the Cup Lop ear deformity for a young Asian female.

 

Thanks,

Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery and our Seattle Bellevue Office

Seattle Acne Scar Treatment: Acne Dark Pigmented Scars in an African American Black Dark Skinned Patient

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

Presented by Dr. Philip Young of Seattle: Acne Dark Pigmented Scars in an African American Black Dark Skinned Patient and the unique elements to consider with darker skin types:

I see that you have dark pigmented scars from acne which may include some rolling scars and atrophic scars but maybe possibly not Frank boxcar scars. The challenge is that your skin is dark (darkly pigmented as most African Americans are) and your chances for hypopigmentation and lighter skin is a real possibility using any sort of resurfacing techniques including chemical peels, dermabrasion, lasering, etc. You have to be comfortable with these risks in order to proceed to improve your scars and whether or how you feel about your current scars that you have versus having lighter skin in certain parts of your treated areas. Meaning, are you comfortable of possibly having lighter skin that can be noticeable versus the having the scars you have now. Which would be worse. If your current scars are worse then I would take the risks of the treatment. You may get no hypopigmentation or other complications. The risks are actually probably small. But, likely the better place to start for you first is to fully optimize your skin care and we can help you with that​. We have a unique approach with this as well utilizing chemical peels, delicate and thoughtful skin care tailored for you.

Dark skin acne topical skin care approach

Dark skin acne topical skin care approach

Thanks,

Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery and our Seattle Bellevue Office

Atrophic Forehead Scar from Acne by Seattle’s Dr. Philip Young

Sunday, September 11th, 2016

Seattle’s Dr. Philip Young talks about Atrophic Acne Scars in the Forehead and there treatment and the specifics that should be consider with scar revision treatment:

For your atrophic acne forehead scar it basically looks like it is similar to a boxcar scar. Box car acne scars are depressed but no as narrow as a needle which would be more appropriately called an ice pick scar. What you need for your Forehead Atrophic Scar is at least some lasering and maybe even some volumizing with some type of filler or tissue. Because it’s a solitary lesion the other option is considering to excise it . But the challenge with that is that it’s an excisional approach and you will have a new scar although better. Breaking up that linear scar would be a good idea and I would consider doing some sort of pattern to hide the scar. But there are other risks with cutting them out as well. You can have imperfect results depending on how you heal. You can have dog ears which are elevations on the sides of the scars. Also when you excise a scar, the new scar has to be at least 2 times the scars most longitudinal length. If you want avoid cutting them out then I would do a multiple-step approach to improve for your scar and treat multiple layers at one time. We have a unique approach called the Acne Scar Vitalizer Approach. Through this approach we will use 5-7 steps to treat all the layers and this will include resurfacing using newer approaches in utilizing the lasers power. We also combine more methods to treat the deeper layers which shock your scars to get the best results we have ever seen!

Atrophic Forehead Scar Example from Acne by Seattle's Dr. Philip Young

Atrophic Forehead Scar Example from Acne by Seattle’s Dr. Philip Young

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Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery

Does Radiofrequency & Microneedling work for Acne Scars, Acne Scar Treatment in Plastic Surgery?

Sunday, September 4th, 2016

Radiofrequency & Microneedling for Acne Scar Treatment for Acne Scarring in Plastic Surgery

My experience in Plastic Surgery with microneedling & radio frequency is that some of the results have been less than satisfactory on the patients that I’ve seen and that have received this type of treatment for Acne Scarring and Acne Scar Treatment. I personally do not do radio frequency because I have yet to be convinced of the results. I usually wait at least 5 years for new technology to figure it self out, to get a sense for the effectiveness by the general public, and to see whether the hard data shows that it works. This is something that I learned from colleagues. It seems that many patients say that microneedling can help to a mild degree but I have had some patients say that microneedling creates additional scarring. They have come to me with bumps from a micro needling procedure. I have corrected micro needling scars like that many times before. This requires the same approach that I use to treat elevated scars and moles. My approach to acne scarring entail’s treating all the layers of the skin including building up the subcutaneous layer, the dermis as well as working from the top layers. You have to use multiple different types of treatments. I tend to group them all together in a combined approach that takes five to seven steps that’s done in about 2 hours. We call it the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment.

Here is a before and After our Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment:

Acne Scar Treatment in Plastic Surgery for Acne Scarring, Microneedling & Radiofrequency #acnescartreatment #beforeandafter

#acnescartreatment #beforeandafter

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Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery

Asian Blepharoplasty Double eyelid Crease formation – a personal story in Plastic Surgery

Sunday, September 4th, 2016

Asian Blepharoplasty & Creating the Double Eyelid Crease in Plastic Surgery: A Personal Account of someones’ Story

I had an Asian Patient from Idaho come to me and our Plastic Surgery Clinic for an asian blepharoplasty double eyelid procedure. She had 4 Asian Blepharoplasties / Double Eyelid Crease Forming Procedures prior to coming to see me to create a crease in her eyelid. She went to a surgeon that she was referred to by a close family friend.  Her first surgery created asymmetric eyelid creases so that one person’s higher than the other . So she went in and did it again and this time it was better but she came out with quite a bit of scarring. The surgeon then did another surgery to correct the scarring. I saw her and she wanted me to correct the double eyelid crease. She felt like she wanted to remove skin. She also said that that she had loose skin in the crease and that it was not particularly tight. Her thought was that she could just remove skin to improve the wrinkling.

She went on to tell me that she felt that being in America, especially in a part of America that’s not as diverse, she felt more “Asian” than typical. She felt that she stood out a little bit more among the rest of the people. So she wanted to change her most distinguishing asian features which were her “Chinese Eyes”. Comments like “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these” were strange and hurtful. She even brought up a period where Abercrombie and Fitch sold shirts that said:”Wong Brothers Laundry Service — Two Wongs Can Make It White”, “Rick Shaw’s Hoagies and Grinders…Order by the foot. Good meat. Quick feet.” Read more here: Racist t shirts by Abercrombie and Fitch.

I know how she felt. Back in the day that I grew up even in Seattle, being asian was definitely different. Comments from teachers and students racially flavored has an effect on how you feel about yourself. When you are white in a white dominated population, the way you look doesn’t come into the discussion as much.  If you have some physical element that stands out that can be something that you could be made fun of and it might or might not be as divisive as race, for example in the situation where someone has bigger ears or bigger nose. But I guess we all have some challenges to overcome and being different racially just might be a minority’s challenge. But it seems like most people agree that it shouldn’t be.

After a long discussion we decided that she needed to have her crease recreated and actually no skin taken out. So our plan was to recreate the crease. We spend about and hour to figure out exactly where her points were in her eyelid that she wanted to have the crease set. In the surgery, the crease and the layers in the eyelid were highly scarred. It took me quite a long time to identify the anatomy. With the eyelid open and the patient somewhat awake I was able to see the movement of the muscle that pulls up the eyelid crease in the tarsal plate that is in front of the eye. Through careful identification of the levator I was able to carry out the double crease formation. Here’s a video showing the double eyelid crease formation just to get an idea of how this procedure is done.

Follow this link to our main Asian Plastic Surgery Page.

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Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery

See our new video on our New and Unique Treatment for Acne scarring called the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment

Friday, September 2nd, 2016

Share this video on this new and unique treatment for acne scarring. Developed by award winning Dr. Philip young, the Acne Scar Vitalizer Treatment is an Innovative approach that can treat all types of acne scars through a 5-7 step process that is all done in about 2 hours. You can get significant results with just one treatment. In our experience we are getting much better results with just one treatment as opposed to multiple repeated traditional approaches. How do we do this? We do this by combining multiple approaches all done at the same time. By doing so we shock the skin into a reconstructive state . We use our co2 laser in an innovative way to get depressed scars, ice pick scars, and boxcar scars to raise up and we use other methods to treat the deeper layers. This approach was developed over 15 years of constant self-reflective improvement and medical surgical experience . We strongly believe that we can get real results for you in just one treatment.

Thanks,
Dr Philip Young and our Team at Aesthetic Facial Body Plastic Surgery