The conversation usually goes down the same way: I explain that I work with two facial plastic surgeons, and the other person will lean in closer, confessing that they/their mother/a random friend was the unlucky recipient of a botched nose job years prior.  “Can your doctors help?” they whisper, eyes darting around to ensure nobody is listening, as if we are two Colombian smugglers trafficking drugs across the border.  Now, I’m biased, of course, but even objectively speaking, Dr. Solieman and Dr. Litner are two of the finest rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty experts in the country, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone (which I do, and frequently).  Because rhinoplasty is a game of millimeters, it’s so easy for surgery to go awry in the wrong hands, and patients usually hesitate to return for–often badly needed–corrective work, having been scared away the first time.  In particularly bad cases, however, when too much cartilage has been removed or breathing has been impeded, corrective work is sadly inevitable.  Drs. Litner and Solieman document the most common rhinoplasty errors and techniques here on their blog Rhinoplasty in Beverly Hills–a fascinating read for anybody thinking about going under for the first–or second…or third–time. 

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz confirmed her pregnancy with Pete Wentz last week, rightfully waiting until after the first trimester had passed to deliver the news to all the rubberneckers out here in blogland.  While queueing for my lunch today, I did the unthinkable and flipped through a nearby Star magazine, noticing a piece about Ashlee’s supposed worry over passing her (still ridiculously good) genes to her baby.  It was a fluff little piece, unless most of the very serious journalism in Star, but it did get me thinking…if you’re vain enough to drastically alter your appearance in the first place (we can call a spade a spade, right?), it stands to reason that you must indeed have a mini freak-out worrying about your baby getting your “bad” old nose, or weak chin, or protruding ears, or generous thighs, whatever.  (Insert celebrity name and plastic procedure here!)  After all, with a little pain tolerance and a lot of money, you can easily create a magazine cover-ready face and body, and most patients re-adjust their self-image to fit their new looks after surgery, conveniently “forgetting” what they were born with.  So having a kid pop out with features from the old you must be quite an unpleasant reminder, no?

Out with the old…

In with the new…

Photo from People.com

In other news, Jessica Simpson has never looked better recently: healthy, freshly blond, and just all around pretty.  The bronzed goddess glow suits her!