New painting in my shop

"A walk in the Summer Night"

You can see this in my shop here.

Getting ready

I have been busy! I just might find "5" of these a little intimidating to get started working on, but I think that's a good thing. Now that I have started to paint larger, I am wishing these were a little bigger. I think these are about 11 x 14 inches or so.

The Acupuncture Facelift?? Now I've Heard Everything!

An interesting article in Yahoo News describes a facelift being performed by acupuncture. Practitioners claim that it stimulates collagen production, lifts sagging skin, and is as effective as Botox.

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

But seriously, I know very little about this, although my mother has been trained in acupuncture and acupressure. She's used it on me on more than one occasion with variable results. I do believe there is real validity to some of its benefits which cannot be explained by science. That being said, I've never seen actual results from Acupuncture Facelifts, and would be interested to see some before-and-after photos. In the meantime, I will stick with actually putting something into the needles I poke a person with. If any readers have anecdotal stories about this, feel free to share.

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Quote Of The Day

"We would drink together and smoke together . . . and it's just a bad deal. It's not something that is conducive to being a role model—no iconic actors that I know of have problems like that. And I don't know how to do it like a gentleman. I don't know how to have one drink." - Shia LaBeouf in the September 2008 issue of Details mag, coming out just after his recent arrest for drunk driving.

- Erin Dustin

Two Is The New One

Rebecca Romijn has joined the list of baby mama's to-be as she and hubby Jerry O'Connell are expecting twins! The baby(ies) craze continues!

Congrats!

Photo Credit: WireImage

- Erin Dustin

Blast From The Past

Have any idea what happened eight years ago today?

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got married!

Today, Brad is no longer with Jen, instead with Angie, and the father to six kids, who would have thunk it?

Photo Credit: WireImage

- Erin Dustin

Internal voices

2' x 2', acrylic, oil pastel, colored pencil

Is something wrong with Janice Dickinson?

The Drunken Stepfather blog (NSFW) showed this photo of Janice Dickinson with a crooked mouth. While this is most likely just the expression she was making, it also resembles the appearance of a person who suffered a nerve injury during a facelift or liposuction of the jawline. In these situations, the nerve that causes the lip to pull down can become damaged, creating a crooked smile or frown. In 99% of cases this spontaneously resolves, usually within a few months, but can be permanent in extremely rare cases. This type of nerve injury is one of the most dreaded complications of a facelift. (Knock on wood) I've never seen one that was permanent, and am always vigilant to do everything I can to avoid it.

Hopefully, for Janice's and her surgeon's sake she's just looking silly for the paparazzi...

Thanks to the CosmeticSurgeryTruth blog for the link.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Flying into meaning

12" x 12" wood, acrylic, oil pastel, colored pencil

I sooo love painting most of the painting with my hands and finger tips. This connects me with my paintings on a level that is hard to describe..., and I can feel the spirit of my work take on meaning as I create. Painting almost backwards, from the negative, gives new insights, and a feeling I have never felt before. I now have completed 4 of these paintings. The larger one (2' x 4') awaits my re-do. Daunting me,,, I need to get over my fear of painting so large or (re-painting so large).

Sexy and Hot Nayantara

Sexy and Hot like never before, South Indian actress Nayantara from the movie "Salute". Nayantara in a sexy traditional dress has a long steamy song sequence with the lead actor of the film "Vishal" (HQ photos are in this post). Apparently the director of the film informed Nayantara well in advance about the need for a glamorous performance. 'The story needed the female lead to be glamorous and I had made this point very clear when I narrated the story to her' Nayan sure delievered on!

Here are High Quality photos from the movie featuring Nayantara.

As sexy as it can get!

Brigitte Nielsen Looks Better After Plastic Surgery

Brigitte Nielsen has re-emerged onto the scene after undergoing plastic surgery for a German reality television show. She underwent liposuction on her thighs, Botox, and a breast reduction. The 'after' photos show that the 44 year old ex-wife of Sly Stallone looks great. I wonder if she also underwent other facial plastic surgeries, such as a browlift, facelift, and eyelid lifts? It appears that way to me.

Why did a 44 year old age so prematurely in the first place? It's a possible combination of the California sun, smoking, drinking, and possibly a just plain unhealthy lifestyle.

As an aside, I am finding more and more that people who take really good care of themselves seem to heal from plastic surgery with considerably less swelling, less bruising, and even less discomfort than the average patient. I have a handful of patients in my practice who strictly avoid the Southeast Michigan diet of Coney dogs, deep dish pizza, and Better Made potato chips who have astounded me with their speedy recoveries from plastic surgery. For some reason, I doubt that Brigitte Nielsen would fit into that group. But maybe Flavor Flav...

Note: photo on the left is pre-surgery, right is post-surgery.
Photo and story credit: The Daily Mail

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

We could have all done better

"We could have all done better"
12 x 12 on wood, acrylic, colored pencils, oil pastel.

I was thinking about what a mess we've gotten ourselves into, as a society. I am influenced daily by sad news around me. I wish we had the foresight to see what we could have done better, but it's never too late.

Pakistani Model Nadia

The pretty and tall Pakistani Model Nadia Hussein. Various photos and scans of her. Nadia is a qualified dentist by profession.

Navneet Kaur on the rocks

Dazzling beauty from down South, Navneet Kaur in jeans, barefoot, and red top in a photoshoot on the rockface.

And a HQ photos from the same shoot but from a different angle

Shilpa Shetty Yoga DVD release

Shilpa Shetty is recently in the news for the release of her Yoga DVD (Blogged about earlier here). Here are couple of new HQ photos of Shilpa and two snaps from her DVD.

Tollywood actress Sindhus

Telugu model Sindhu in a barefoot photoshoot. More of her can be seen here.

Museum guards

A side benefit of sitting around chatting to folk is what you pick up.
I learnt today that there are free tours of the NGV and Potter Gallery at Fed square.
How good is that?

I've also heard that the guards are extremely good.

Mine haven't moved for a while, but I'm not worried yet.

A bold fundraising attempt

New hanging system

Hard rubbish rained down numerous wooden venetian style blinds for a while there, so I've recycled those to create this unpatented* hanging system.

Sadly in this suburb there is no longer hard rubbish en masse. It's a big deterrent for those who love to collect and rework the goods of others but in another sense it does value rubbish more. Keep on valuing it and it no longer is rubbish. Which can only be a good thing.

Now that I've fully explained that, check out the works hanging.

Beautiful Shehnaz Treasurywala

Shehnaz Treasurywala, is a former VJ of MTV. She made her acting debut in the Hit film starring Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao. Once a popular VJ on MTV, she was considered the face of the channel. She hit it off with the crowd thanks to her whacky wit.