Bringing Sexy Back!

So production has started on Sex and the City (SATC), and the ladies at the Beverly Hills Institute and around the world are jumping for joy. Out May 2008, it looks like Charlotte is having babies and, of course, Mr. Big and Carrie are still on. We can’t wait until more details are leaked.

Miranda once asked, “Whatever happened to aging gracefully?” to which Carrie replied, “It got old.” We agree! We say look the age you feel. The women of SATC, ages ranging from 40’s to early 50’s, have never looked as good as they do now. We constantly have women coming in asking for their fresh and natural look. We know that ultimately looking the age you feel has a lot to do with rejuvenation and subtle cosmetic surgery.

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The Hills Are Alive…With Plastic Surgery?

We admit it! We are addicted to reality television and one of our favorite shows is The Hills on MTV. Makes us feel young at heart, the drama, the partying and of course, Hollywood’s Hottest Looks. These girls are beautiful and if they are getting plastic surgery, which we aren’t saying they did, GOOD JOB!

While Heidi Montag has admitted to rhinoplasty, people are saying that Jen Bunney has also had some work done on her nose. Hmmm, friends who have plastic surgery together, stay together? Rhinoplasty is one of the most common cosmetic procedures performed. We, at the Beverly Hills Institute, tailor the procedure to meet the individual needs of each patient’s nose and face making sure to get a more desirable, natural, non-surgical shape. Like we said, if Jen Bunney got a nose job, GOOD JOB with the natural appearance.

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A Queen is a Queen, is a Queen!

Even though Cate Blanchett is at the top of our Hollywood’s Hottest Looks list, we don‘t know that Elizabeth I would have made it. With Elizabeth: The Golden Age coming to the big screen, it brings to mind something we have been saying for years. Elizabeth I had a huge forehead!

It’s been said that if she didn’t like a particular picture she would have destroyed it, “Her Majesty commands all manner of persons to stop doing portraits of her until a clever painter has finished one which all other painters can copy.” Smart Lady, too bad nowadays people don’t have that option. We recommend patients get the Fleming/Mayer Hairline Lowering Procedure. Some unlucky women have a congenitally high hairline, giving them a masculine look resulting in a balding appearance. For those patients, the Fleming/Mayer Hairline Lowering Procedure has been developed to lower the hairline and to bring the proportions of the face and hairline into balance.

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NOSE JOB AND BROW LIFT AND EMMY, OH MY!

So, this past weekend we were watching the Emmy’s and guess who caused some controversy? EMMY AWARD WINNING KATHY GRIFFIN! Whatever your feelings toward Kathy are, we love her! Congratulations on the Emmy, Kathy!

We have to admit, Kathy has guts compared to most of Hollywood - whether A list or D list. She has confessed, loud and proud, to multiple different cosmetic procedures including: nose job, brow lift, Botox®, chemical skin peel, and liposuction! Kathy, like Nicole Kidman, had a high forehead and low eyebrows. So when Kathy gleefully dishes dirt on celebrities, we are happy that she also dishes on the many attributes of cosmetic surgery!

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Sarah Michelle Geller is A-OK

Once asked, "What do you think of plastic surgery, and would you consider it in thirty years?" Sarah Michelle Geller said, "I can't comment now what I'm going to do ten, fifteen years from now." And even has said, "But I'm OK with nose jobs if you get up every day and look in the mirror and your nose makes you unhappy. If you think that's the answer, by all means do it."

At 31, we think she looks amazing but unfortunately, her eyebrows are low, meaning that she is someone that most likely won’t age well as her brows go down.

Typically, the mistake most people make when they want to correct the low brow is an upper eyelid Blepharoplasty when the correct procedure for her would be a Hairline Forehead Lift. We see that very often in our practice. Only a Hairline Forehead Lift will correct the brows without raising the hairline and eliminate the eyelid hooding at the same time. Let's hope, when she decides to get plastic surgery she doesn’t make the obvious mistake.

Kate, Paris, Reese and Great Skin

Kate Hudson, Paris Hilton and Reese Witherspoon are names not often listed together, but this year they were all voted top Hottest Hollywood Skin by our patients. Let's face it, not all skin types are created equal but the natural, low maintenance look that is popular make it necessary to have great skin. We recommend macrodermabrasion, a form of skin resurfacing with NO down time.

This treatment uses sea salt and a positive pressure machine to remove dead surface layers of the skin helping fine lines and wrinkles, pigmentation as well as mild acne scarring. We think that this is the perfect treatment for people who don't want to worry about leaving the house without make up.

There's No Faking Kiera Knightly

Kiera Knightly was recently complaining about how much airbrushing is done to her when she poses for women's magazines. We all know that magazines are notorious for retouching but no one can fake her slanting eyes, knife-edge cheekbones and that almost irritatingly perfect upper lip. No wonder for the past 3 years she had made it on to Hollywood's Hottest Looks.

While youth is on her side, we have noticed that high cheekbones for women never go out of style. As we age, many patients come in and ask to lose the "sunken-in" appearance and minimize the folds at the sides of the mouth. We often suggest a cheeklift on those patients to correct muscle sagging. This procedure allows us to lift the cheek area and return a more youthful fullness to the cheeks.

Nicole Kidman: High Class, Low Brow

"Low browed" isn’t normally what people think of when they think of Nicole Kidman but we have to say it. Yes, Nicole is the epitome of refinement and taste but she has what is called ptosis, meaning literally having eyebrows that are very low. As we all know, age lowers the brow, in turn aging us even more... bad news for Nicole. Added to low brows, Nicole also has a high hair line.

A mistake in correcting her low brow would be an endoscopic forehead lift, which would only make the problem worse by raising her hairline even more. Thanks again to our commitment to finding the best procedures for every person’s individual face, we developed a technique that allows the hair to grow through and in front of the hairline incision, so the hairline incision is completely undetectable diminishing her low brow state at the same time.

Getting Cheeky With The Ladies

George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy... they don’t seem to have problem getting the ladies, so what is it that they all have in common? According to our annual survey, Hollywood’s Hottest Looks, its CHEEKBONES. What is it about strong cheek bones in men that make all the girls swoon? At Beverly Hills Institute, we constantly have men coming in asking to look like George, Johnny or Eddie, not knowing what they really want is prominent cheekbones.

Prominent cheek bones improve facial contour and accentuate the eyes. With 60% increase in men having cosmetic procedures, men no longer see plastic surgery as a woman issue. As men age, men lose volume in their face and cheekbones become less prominent. There are different types of implants used for the cheekbones that are customized for each patient to get them lady killer looks.

Eva Longoria's Sharp Line

Interestingly enough, this year we have noticed a rise in requests for sharper jaw lines for women, the most popular chin and jaw line is Eva Longoria. She has a strong jaw line but no one would suggest that she is in anyway masculine. We treat a recessed or underdeveloped chin with an implant placed through an incision [in the mouth or] in the skin crease under the chin. If the chin is too prominent, we reduce the jaw through an incision in the mouth. Giving our patients a jaw line a runway model would envy.

Adrian Grenier's Locks

Thanks to HBO’s Entourage Adrian Grenier and his head of hair, the bald look of Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson is out! After the votes came in for 2007 Hollywood’s Hottest Looks, we found out that his curly shag was voted one of the top desired features in Hollywood. As a young guy, a head of hair is often taken for granted but men dealing with hair loss don’t have to worry, there are options available to them.

At the Beverly Hills Institute, we perform the most natural form of hair replacement surgery in the world, known as the Fleming/Mayer Flap. This means that a patient with frontal baldness can return to work one week after a Fleming/Mayer Flap procedure with a full head of hair. Not bad if we say so ourselves.

Latina Noses

This year the main trend is for Latina noses, Jessica Alba and Jennifer Lopez top the list of 2007 Hollywood’s Hottest Looks. Some may say these ethnic noses aren’t so ethnic after a couple years in the limelight but we think that if they had work done, they got a great nose job. Rhinoplasty is one of the most requested procedures in the US; we pioneered the "open" approach to rhinoplasty. Even if you are not out in the public glare, rarely are people able to tell that you have had surgery done after the average 6-10 day recovery period, if done well.

Brangelina's Lips

While it’s no surprise that Angelina Jolie has the most desired lips, it seems like Brangelina are the power couple to beat when it comes to the perfect pout. Both Brad and Angelina were voted most desired lips in the male and female category of Hollywood’s Hottest Looks this year.

We, mere mortals, don’t have to only dream of the luscious lips of Brangelina; these hottest looks can be easily done with Verafil. We can tailor Verafil to either enlarge lips, give more volume, or both. Verafil is a thin-walled, dual layered, saline filled tiny implant that is inserted into the lip and has an adjustable “fill” capacity and a self-sealing valve. After placement, we simply fill the tiny bladder with saline solution until they reach the desired size. Should the patient prefer the lips to be bigger or smaller afterwards, the implant can be easily replaced making the procedure reversible.

Catherine Zeta Jones' Classic Beauty

As with every generation, the beauty ideal changes but we have noticed in the last 10 years since The Mask of Zorro, Catherine Zeta Jones has been on everyone’s radar. Speculations of past plastic surgery hound her but who cares we say at the Beverly Hills Institute, looking good is what matters.

For the many women who want to achieve the classic beauty of Catherine, we let them know that a lot of it depends on their facial structure. But at the same time we think a sleek nose job, some tightening under the eyes with a blepharoplasty and, of course, highlighting their cheek bones with implants or fillers will bring out Catherine’s amazing features for any woman.

2007 Hollywood's Hottest Looks

2007 DESIRED FEMALE FEATURES

NOSE
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba

HAIR
Jessica Simpson
Marcia Cross
Jennifer Aniston

EYES
Penelope Cruz
Cameron Diaz
Catherine Zeta-Jones

LIPS
Kate Winslet
Scarlett Johansson
Angelina Jolie

JAWLINE/CHIN
Sharon Stone
Katie Holmes
Eva Longoria

CHEEKS
Renee Zellweger
Cate Blanchett
Keira Knightley

BODY
Beyonce Knowles
Halle Berry
Madonna

SKIN
Reese Witherspoon
Paris Hilton
Kate Hudson

2007 DESIRED MALE FEATURES

NOSE
Jude Law
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jake Gyllenhaal

EYES
Justin Timberlake
Patrick Dempsey
Johnny Depp

CHIN/ JAWLINE
Matt Damon
Jeremy Piven
Kiefer Sutherland

LIPS
Ashton Kutcher
Brad Pitt
Zach Braff

HAIR
Adrian Grenier
Mark Wahlberg
Matthew Perry

CHEEKS
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Eddie Murphy

BODY
Mark Wahlberg
Will Smith
Matthew McConaughey

SKIN
Ryan Seacrest
Orlando Bloom
Usher

2006 Hollywood's Hottest Looks

2006 DESIRED FEMALE FEATURES

NOSE
Jessica Alba
Heather Graham
Kate Beckinsale

HAIR
Marcia Cross
Demi Moore
Charlize Theron

EYES
Uma Thurman
Sienna Miller
Natalie Portman

LIPS
Rosario Dawson
Eva Mendes
Scarlett Johansson

JAWLINE/CHIN
Keira Knightley
Rachel Weisz
Kyra Sedgwick

CHEEKS
Rachel McAdams
Naomi Watts
Ziyi Zhang

BODY
Eva Longoria
Shakira
Jessica Simpson

SKIN
Reese Witherspoon
Michelle Williams
Gwyneth Paltrow

2006 DESIRED MALE FEATURES

NOSE
George Clooney
Hugh Jackman
Brad Pitt

EYES
Charlie Sheen
Jake Gyllenhaal
Johnny Depp

JAWLINE/CHIN
Heath Ledger
Dermot Mulroney
Jeremy Piven

LIPS
Zach Braff
Matt Dillon
Wentworth Miller

HAIR
Mark Ruffalo
Orlando Bloom
Tom Cruise

CHEEKS
Patrick Dempsey
Matthew Fox
Ashton Kutcher

BODY
Matthew McConaughey
50 Cent
Jaime Foxx

SKIN
Joaquin Phoenix
Greg Kinnear
Vince Vaughn