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Written by Dr. Jonathan Zelken 2020 has been known for a lot of things. From a plastic surgery standpoint, we have had a chance to rebuild. One of the most notable trends (ignoring all the controversy and tragedy that has occur...

Written by Dr. Jonathan Zelken In this video, Dr. Zelken answers the often asked but seldom explored question: how does energy-based skin tightening work? Energy-based skin tightening is the next frontier in plastic surgery...

Written by Dr. Jonathan Zelken Another long day, another long surgery. I get a lot of requests for monsplasty, and people don't really know what it is. I think a lot of people search things and they come up with monsplasty and ...

Written by Dr. Jonathan Zelken To make the concept of buccal fat pad removal less ambiguous, Dr. Zelken introduces his concept of framing the face. In addition, he offers advice on how to make your own DIY BUCC-O-METER assessment...

In our video series, we chronicle a lot of these wide-awake operations that I perform. But one that's gaining popularity, at least in my practice, is nipple eversion. Nipple eversion is something that I've always done, on awake pa...

Breast implant illness is an often-cited but poorly understood phenomenon. Like the word “pornography”, a lot of people understand what breast implant illness is as a concept, but when asked to define it, it becomes a bit of a...

Buccal fat pad resection is a trending procedure that has gained increasing popularity nationwide and in my own practice. I see a recurring pattern where patients ask for the procedure based on their cosmetic goals, are quick to b...

When are we reopening? Are we winning against coronavirus? These questions, as well as “coronavirus optimism”, “Newsom”, “coronavirus vaccine”, and “CDC guidelines” flood my Google search history. Let’s be re...

*The asterisk has never been so understated in my communications as it is right now. Never before- not in my life, have I felt so unsure about planning for the future. And never before has anything so affected my life as a doctor ...

A week ago, I sent a grim but important warning to the Newport Beach community and beyond about an ungratifying but necessary solution to the novel coronavirus. While colleagues and friends in my native New York continue to suffer...