Russell WH Kridel, MD, FACS  is currently assigned as a co-author on two articles: Prerhinoplasty Facial Analysis, and Prerhytidectomy Facial Analysis in the following eMedicine book(s): Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery.

“Man has long tried to capture the beauty of the human face.  Praxiteles’ Aphrodite from 450 BC was considered a standard for artistic beauty for several hundred years. The Renaissance artists of the late 14th century furthered the ancient Greek canons of beauty and described a set of proportions known as the neoclassical canons of beauty. Our ideals of beauty have changed over the last several hundred years, but these concepts are built on the foundations of past artists and scholars, as well as innate aesthetic preferences. With the advent of modern media, our popular icons have shaped or have been shaped by our concept of beauty… Interestingly, homogenous opinions concerning beauty exist across cultures. Cross-cultural consistency results from an evolutionary process linking physically attractive features to biological or social fitness.”

Evaluation for any cosmetic surgery procedure includes clear communication and building an effective rapport with the patient, and is not complete without a thorough history, which begins with a discussion about the patient’s motivations. In addition, systematic facial analysis is critically important for surgical planning.

Numerous potential pitfalls can be identified and complications can be avoided by correlating the patient’s concerns with the individual’s facial anatomy in order to develop a realistic goal.

Properly motivated patients have a healthy self-esteem and seek restorative changes. Having realistic expectations of postoperative results as well as the postoperative recovery period is vitally important for the patient.

For rhinoplasty patients, specific techniques must be chosen and executed expertly, with the knowledge that each maneuver usually alters several characteristics of the nose at the same time. An appropriate marriage of analysis and technique yields the
greatest opportunity for achieving the most important goal of any cosmetic surgery: a satisfied patient.

You can read the entire articles here:

Prerhinoplasty Facial Analysis
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/842545-overview

Prerhytidectomy Facial Analysis 
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/842489-overview

eMedicine is the most authoritative and accessible point of care medical reference available to physicians and other health care professionals on the Internet. eMedicine has a worldwide audience, including all of the 192 UN-recognized countries as well as other state s and territories. The site is part of the Medscape Professional Network which receives an average 1.5 million physician visits per month. The evidence-based content, updated regularly by some 8,000 attributed physician or health care provider authors and editors, provides the latest practice guidelines in 38 clinical areas. The eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base contains articles on over 6,700 diseases and medical topics, and is richly illustrated with some 29,000 multimedia files. eMedicine’s professional content undergoes multiple levels of rigorous physician peer review, plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication.

In this issue surgeons explore special considerations such as preserving or modifying the facial features of different ethnic groups, and discuss the challenges and questions for these various concepts of ethnicity and of modern and changing standards of aesthetic beauty.

Rhinoplasty is currently the most popular facial plastic surgery procedure requested by Hispanic and African-American patients.  Traditional procedures and techniques have evolved to favor more ethnic preservation.

In two articles “African-American Rhinoplasty” and “Hispanic-American Rhinoplasty”, Dr. Kridel details how surgical planning shoud be sensitive to both individual and cultural differences in aesthetic perception and the patient’s expectations.

Kridel, RWH, Rowe-Jones J: Guest Editors. Ethnicity in Facial Plastic Surgery. Facial Plastic Surgery.  Thieme Medical Publishers, 2010; 26 (2).

Kridel, RWH, Patel, A. “African-American Rhinoplasty” In Ethnicity in Facial Plastic Surgery. Facial Plastic Surgery.  Thieme Medical Publishers, 2010; 26 (2): 131-141.

Kridel, RWH, Patel, A. “Hispanic-American Rhinoplasty” In Ethnicity in Facial Plastic Surgery. Facial Plastic Surgery.  Thieme Medical Publishers, 2010; 26 (2): 142-153.

“To clear the body of unwanted hair, women have used just about everything: razors, hot wax and even chemical depilatories.

All of these solutions, while successful, need to be repeated to get results. Now, many medical spas and physicians offices are promising more permanent hair reduction with laser treatment. Providing a more long-standing solution, laser hair removal comes with some caveats, nonetheless.”

Amanda Koehler spoke with Houston Plastic Surgeon Dr. Kridel to learn more about laser hair removal, including costs and what to expect from a procedure that promises to rid the body of unsightly hair.

You can read the entire article here:

http://healthy-aging.advanceweb.com/Patient-Resource-Center/Skin-care-and-Aesthetics/The-Undisclosed-Truth-on-Laser-Hair-Removal.aspx?RPID=51

Amanda Koehler is associate editor of ADVANCE for Healthy Aging, a healthcare publication from ADVANCE Newsmagazines, provides age management physicians with comprehensive coverage of this multidisciplinary industry. From medical aesthetics; health and wellness; and fitness and exercise; to skin care; hormone therapy; and nutritional analysis and supplementation, ADVANCE for Healthy Aging has the most complete news and information. Each issue features the latest in clinical  research, new products, advancements in technology and much more. 

Saks Fifth Avenue, Houston Texas

The Face Foundation was founded in 1995 by Houston Facial Plastic Surgeon, Russell W.H. Kridel, MD, FACS to help victims of domestic abuse.

Injuries can be severe and are a daily reminder of living in violent situation. The Face Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of men, women or children who are wearing physical scars of abuse. Victims of domestic abuse are provided with free reconstructive plastic surgery of the head, face and neck.

Coctail reception for the Face Foundation

The Face Foundation provides needed surgery to previous victims of abuse who are sponsored by these organizations:  The National Coalition for Domestic Violence, The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Face to Face Program.

The Face Foundation strives to obtain hospitals, nurses and anesthesiologists to donate their time, expertise, rooms and care needed for surgery. Yet, donations are always welcome to fund the costs of recovery, prescription drugs and printed educational material concerning reconstructive surgery and domestic violence that are not always cost-free.

Potential surgical patients who want to move forward with

HauteBox Meals

 their lives must be out of the abusive situation and must have obtained counseling from a domestic violence program. As well, potential surgical recipients must be screened through the National Domestic Violence Program 800.799.7233. 

Rodeo Rhinoplasty Houston Texas 2010

“Lemme get a gander at that there schnozzle under your Stetson, partner” might be overheard this week in Houston during Rodeo Rhinoplasty, four days of physician training on every aspect of the nose job.

Houston’s racial and ethnic diversity — providing an international range of noses — makes the city an ideal location for a seminar exploring surgical techniques and modern beauty standards, said Dr. Russell Kridel, a Houston plastic surgeon who founded the annual conference last year.

“What we think is beautiful is changing,” he said. “We have to know that so we can achieve what that beauty is. You can’t think that everyone wants to have a long, thin nose.”

Read the story here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6909552.html

By CINDY GEORGE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
March 11, 2010, 10:13PM

Rodeo Rhinoplasty Houston Texas 2010

Physicians from across the globe were in Houston through the weekend for Rodeo Rhinoplasty, a conference directed by Houston facial plastic surgeon Dr. Russell Kridel tackling all things nose jobs. 

Presentations at the meeting explained how the looks of Beyoncé and other people of color are changing global standards of beauty.

Discussants explained the fascinating connection between sexuality, self-image and snouts in Cindy George’s MedBlog at HoustonChronicle.com

A health and medicine blog with Cindy George and Todd Ackerman

Posted by Cindy George at March 12, 2010 01:09 PM
http://blogs.chron.com/medblog/archives/2010/03/sex_selfimage_a.html

AS SEEN ON FOX 26 HOUSTON – People may be considering making some changes to their appearance, but no one wants to spend all their money on cosmetic surgery.

Doctor Russell Kridel explains on FOX 26 Morning News Extra how to find an affordable deal on plastic surgery without skimping on the actual procedure.

HOUSTON (KTRK) Looking younger isn’t vanity any more; it’s a way to compete in today’s job market. But fewer people can afford or want an extensive face lift. It’s a look at the procedure people are asking for especially men and it’s called facial fillers.  Dr. Russ Kridel talks about how new injectables like Sculptra, Juvederm, Perlane, and other injectable facial fillers have become more popular than ever in the past few years.

Click the link below to read the whole story:

Facial fillers become more popular

You may listen to an MP3 of the radio interview here by clicking on the link below:

Interview with Dr. Russell Kridel [mp3]

Ken asks:  “Dr. Russ Kridel, are you there?…  You are just the guy I want to talk to.  I am just fascinated by the whole steroids thing and I understand what steroids do, that they are synthetic and artificial, I understand all that stuff.  Everything I read about human growth hormone, I read about it and I am thinking why is this not sold at CVS over-the-counter right next to the lip balm?  This seems to be a fantastic thing to keep people alive and functioning and vital well into their 70s and 80s.  What is wrong with HGH?”

Dr. Russell W. H. Kridel, member of the Council of the American Medical Association Council of Science and Public Health answers these questions and discusses the pros and cons of HGH, Testosterone, steroids, and other anti- aging medicines; possible benefits and risks, and what you can do to stay feeling and looking young.

Listen to Dr. Kridel's radio interview

Interview with Dr. Russell Kridel [mp3]

You can also listen to Houston’s Ken Hoffman on AM radio station 1560 “The Game” from 1-3 p.m. weekdays.

From this month’s 10th anniversary issue of the AMA Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, editor Wayne Larrabee Jr, MD:

“Long-term Use and Follow-up of Irradiated Cartilage Grafts in the Nose epitomizes the meticulous clinical observation that we all should strive to  achieve in our practices…  Russell W. H. Kridel, MD and colleagues performed a meticulous study of 357 patients with a 24-year follow up.  This study by Kridel, Ashoori, Liu, and Hart is important not only for the standard it sets in careful clinical evaluation, but also for the importance of the subject.  Their results will cause many to reevaluate the role of irradiated cartilage in their practices.”

Rib cartilage from human donors is well tolerated as a grafting material in nasal plastic surgery and yields positive functional, structural and cosmetic results, even in complex cases.

Nov- Dec 2009

“The search for the ideal nasal implant remains an ongoing effort,” the authors write as background information in the article. “We desire a substance that is readily available in large quantities; resists infection and absorption; is completely integrated into host tissues; causes little patient morbidity [illness or injury]; and can be molded, shaped or carved with ease.” The patient’s own cartilage is often the preferred choice, but is sometimes too thin, there is an insufficient quantity or it may cause problems at the site from which it is removed. Irradiated homologous costal cartilage—donor tissue from human ribs that has been treated with radiation to decrease the chances of an immune response or resorption once placed in a donor—could serve as an alternative.

Russell W. H. Kridel, M.D., of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Facial Plastic Surgery Associates, Houston, and colleagues reviewed the surgery he performed on 357 patients who underwent primary or revision rhinoplasty (nasal plastic surgery) using autologous costal cartilage as the principal graft material between 1984 and 2008. The patients were an average of 37 years old and were followed up for an average of 13.5 years (and for a range of four days to 24 years).

(Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2009;11[6]:378-394.  Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org.)

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