Patients often come in asking for improvements in symmetry. Sometimes, they request perfection. And this reminds me of a saying we commonly express as plastic surgeons to our patients, “The enemy of good is great”. This is not to…
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What is Beauty?
“It is better to be beautiful than good, but it is better to be good than ugly” -Oscar Wilde What is Beauty? Let’s face it. The human obsession of beauty is prevalent in virtually every society. Interestingly, recent studies by…
Dr. Neavin appears on Mornings on Channel 9 Australia
Latest Trends in Plastic Surgery Dr. Tim Neavin is interviewed by Mornings on Channel 9 regarding the latest trends in plastic surgery in Beverly Hills, CA, including arm shaping and lip augmentation. Click on the video below to watch the…
Showcase Your Beauty? It’s the LA Way
No doubt, plastic surgery has grown into the mainstream at an exceptional pace in the last decade. With the advent of popular fictional and non-fictional TV shows depicting plastic surgery as a “way of life” in cosmopolitan cities such as…
1.1.11
In the Hollywood Hills, I toasted the start to another great year among friends, including another plastic surgery colleague Dr. Marc Mani. Shortly after my sip of Red Bull, I received a call from the Cedars-Sinai Emergency room. I was…
Does Santa Need Plastic Surgery?
Dr. Neavin tackles the true mystery of Saint Nicholas using the scientific method (or something like that). Does Santa need plastic surgery after a trip around the world after eating all of those cookies? This is a profound question that…
How to Fool Your Friends After Plastic Surgery
Outside of Beverly Hills, many people feel uncomfortable about friends and family knowing about one’s desires for facial rejuvenation or breast enhancement. While walking on Rodeo Drive with a splint on a nose indicative of a recent rhinoplasty is somewhat…
Never a dull moment!
Hand surgery is plastic surgery The phone call Last night I received a call from a plastic surgery colleague. He was called in to treat a hand injury in the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. The injury involved cut tendons,…
Rhinoplasty Approaches
Los Angeles is home to millions of noses, and hence, thousands of nose-jobs (or rhinoplasties). Noses come in many sizes and shapes. Some small, some big, some wide, and some “pinched’. In Beverly Hills, one would think that the main…
The long road. A Story to a Medical Student.
I was called to the ER this evening to repair a complex facial laceration on an elderly woman. One of the volunteers in the ER that eagerly helped me was a young man who was interested in medicine. In fact,…