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NYC Plastic Surgeon Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: Lost Beauty and the Fountain of Youth - As physicians who counsel our patients in the search for youth and beauty through technology, medicine, and science, we should examine Cranach's painting carefully. For at the center of the pool, atop the spouting fountain, we see the statues of Venus and Cupid. Perhaps this is the artist's way of informing us that
love, rather than a body of water, is the true source of immortality.

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: Effect of Botulinum Toxin Pretreatment on Laser Resurfacing Results - Facial laser resurfacing and chemodenervation with botulinum toxin type A are used independently as means of nonsurgical facial rejuvenation. Recent reports in the literature have described combining these 2 therapies, claiming improved and longer-lasting laser resurfacing results.

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NY Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: The "Pinch and Slide" Blepharoplasty - Blepharoplasty is one of the most common facial cosmetic surgical procedures. We demonstrate herein how a modified version of the pinch technique can be used to remove the central orbital fat pad by "sliding" the pad through the medial fat pad incision.

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Marc Zimbler, MD, Plastic Surgeon in New York City : Aesthetic Facial Analysis - Throughout history mankind has tried to define beauty. Poets, philosophers, and artists have pondered its elusive quality while attempting to quantify that which is evident to all of us. As surgeons, however, we are required to have a more scientific approach to beauty to formulate operative plans with successful surgical outcomes.

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Marc S. Zimbler, MD, Manhattan Cosmetic Surgeon: Adjunctive applications for botulinum toxin in facial aesthetic surgery - In facial aesthetics, botulinum toxin has firmly established itself as one of the premier nonsurgical therapies. Botox use for treating rhytids on the upper face is unparalleled, whereas more recently it is being used for treating lower facial rhytids. Botox is now being used as an adjuvant to many surgical and nonsurgical aesthetic procedures.

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New York Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Facial Aging - Facial aesthetics begin with the marriage of hard and soft tissue integration; however, it is the changing balance of these elements that is the hallmark of the aging process.

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Marc S. Zimbler, MD, Plastic Surgeon New York City: Middle-Vault Narrowing in the Wide Nasal Dorsum - The middle vault is a transition zone between the nasal tip and nasal bones and plays an important role in profile, tip projection, tip rotation, and tip support. This report presents an alternative to conventional techniques specific to the middle nasal vault for a patient population with particular nasal features.

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Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: The Dorsal Nasal Flap Revisited - Reconstructing surgical defects of the nasal tip and lower third of the nose presents a unique challenge for the facial plastic surgeon. Treatment options include: secondary intention healing, full and split thickness skin grafts, and local and distant flaps.

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NYC Plastic and Reconstructive Cosmetic Surgeon Dr. Marc S. Zimbler: Vesalius' Fabrica: The Marriage of Art and Anatomy - The Greek physician Galen (129-200 AD) is one of the most influential figures in the history of medicine. His teachings regarding anatomy and physiology were considered medical dogma for more than 1000 years. He showed that nerves arise from the central nervous system, that veins connect to the heart, and that arteries contain blood and not air.

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Marc S. Zimbler, MD, New York City Plastic Surgeon: The Dorsal Nasal Flap for Reconstruction of Large Nasal Tip Defects - A 49-year-old male was referred for nasal reconstruction following Mohs micrographic resection of a basal cell carcinoma. The patient had undergone three stages of Mohs surgery, and physical examination revealed a 2.0 x 2.0-cm defect of the nasal tip and supratip centered off to the patient's right side.

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Dr. Marc S. Zimbler Cosmetic Surgeon Manhattan, NYC: Primary and Adjunctive Uses of Botulinum Toxin Type A in the Periorbital Region - As is true in other surgical fields, there has been a trend in facial plastic surgery toward less invasive techniques. Botulinum toxin is one agent that has afforded many uses as a less invasive option to surgery.