(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) Mary-Anne was becoming one of the invisible people and wasn’t happy about it. She decided to do something about it and is quite...
Author Archives: Peter A. Adamson, Ont, MD
Natasha’s Facelift Journey
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) The emotional road map through cosmetic surgery usually begins somewhere around dissatisfaction and follows a route through uncertainty, fear, courage, and hope, eventually...
My Real Life Rhinoplasty
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) Arpi’s Real Life Rhinoplasty Story We all shrink as we get older. It usually begins in our thirties, a little earlier than you’d...
Facing Your Plastic Surgery Fears
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) No one decides to get plastic surgery on a whim. Going for a surgical solution to a problem with an aging face or...
Dos and Don’ts After Nose Surgery
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog.) Every surgery comes with a list of postoperative dos and don’ts to help patients heal properly and be as comfortable as possible during recovery. Our extensive experience performing rhinoplasty (nose surgery) at Adamson MD...
Tips from Facelift Patients
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) One of the keys to successful surgery is practical information, not just from the office but also from patients who’ve been there. Here...
Face the Future™ Mission To Rwanda, February 2014, Part Two
On Friday, February 21, 2014, nine surgeons, an anaesthesiologist, an operating room scrub technician, and an administrative assistant boarded planes in Houston, Baltimore, New York, San Antonio, Munich and Toronto. They were all headed to Kigali, Rwanda as part of the second Face the Future™ surgical mission to Rwanda. As...
Face the Future™ Mission To Rwanda, February 2014
Part One Two years ago, through serendipity and people knowing people, I was able to establish a humanitarian surgical mission to Kigali, Rwanda. In fact, this initial mission to Rwanda, consisting of 10 surgeons and nurses, was the 23rd mission of our Face the Future™ Foundation. Our Foundation began in...
The Top Five Signs of Aging: The Top Five Solutions
We all know everyone ages uniquely – you and your closest friend will have different parts of your face begin to age at different times, at different rates, and with varying degrees of concern. But we can identify five of the commonest signs of aging, and you can determine for...
Timing is Everything: A Patient’s Facelift Story
(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog. Names of individuals mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.) KATHERINE’S STORY Sometimes, the expression “Timing is everything” holds quite true. A chance photo in the middle of home renovations sent Katherine on...