Straight Talk about Cosmetic Surgery with Dr. Arthur Perry
You've found the longest running plastic surgery podcast in the world!!! New York plastic surgeon Dr. Arthur Perry brings 3 decades of surgical experience to educate and entertain. Informative and a little off-beat, "Straight Talk about Cosmetic Surgery" has been a mainstay of New York radio since 2005. Listen and learn about American's favorite topic - no…not baseball…not sex…but cosmetic surgery and your appearance.
Episodes
530 episodes
Skin care that really works! WOR show 9/20/25
There are so many skin care products. You'd be surprised to learn that most simply don't work. For many reasons - some molecules simply are too large to penetrate skin, some products don't have any active ingredients, some have ingr...
The myth of charcoal in skincare - WOR August 10, 2019 show
There are dozens of skincare products that tout the "detox" benefits of charcoal. But it turns out that there's absolutely no science to this ingredient. Find out why on tonight's show. We also discussed the hidden benefits of...
Deadly Mommy Makeovers - WOR show 6/3/23
":Mommy Makeovers" have been popularized by "influencers" on social media. The recent death of an influencer during a mommy makeover underscores the danger of this procedure. On today's show, we discuss why Dr. Perry believes that m...
Restoring sensuality to earlobes. WOR show 1/3/26
Earlobes are the forgotten stepchild of facial beauty. While women adorn earlobes with diamonds and gold jewelry, when earlobes age, they wrinkle and shrivel, often relegated to a life behind hair. But earlobe rejuvenation has come ...
Direct skin excision neck lifts. WOR show 1/10/26
There are many facelifts being performed in the US. Most leave scars in front of the ears. But many people, particularly men, don't want these scars. It seems obvious that you can just grab the excess skin in the middle of the...
New Procedure Skepticism. WOR show 1/17/26
It's getting harder and harder to believe new plastic surgery procedures actually work. With the advent of "pay to play" medical journals, almost anything can get published. This has weakened the age old trust of publications in "pe...
Lowering women's hairlines. WOR show 1/31/26
A high hairline with a long forehead is considered a masculine feature. On this show, we discuss how a brow lift is a "2 for 1" procedure - simultanously elevating the eyebrows and lowering the high hairline. Tune in.
They're injecting dead fat into faces! 2/7/26 WOR show
I call it the "Frankenstein procedure"! There's a company that is processing dead people's fat and selling it to plastic surgeons who will inject it into your face or buttocks...or anywhere. Wow. This raises a lot of questions...
Staying safe with cosmetic eyelid surgery. WOR show 2/24/26
Blepharoplasties are cosmetic eyelid lifts. This procedure usually removes excess skin and fat from the eyelids and is a great facial rejuvenator. Many people think the surgery is a minor procedure because the satisfaction rate is v...
Cleaning up your face after a harsh winter. WOR show 2/28/26
The cold weather does a number on your skin. Heating your house drops the humidity to levels seen in the Mohave Desert! And so we get rough, chapped skin, often with tiny painful cracks around our lips and hands. But spring is...
The truth about "mini-facelifts". WOR show 3/7/26
Mini-facelifts are sort of like being "a little pregnant". You either do it or you don't. Most "mini-facelifts" are simply marketing gimmicks - designed to lure you in to a procedure that sounds small. In fact, there really ar...
Ulthera tightens crepey arm skin! WOR show 3/14/26
Ulthera - high energy focused ultrasound - has been the leader of noninvasive facial skin tightening for 15 years. The FDA just approved the technology for tightening crepey skin of the arms and tummy. On this show, we discuss how U...
Mommy makeover dangers. WOR show 3/21/26
The mommy makeover is increasingly popular. This procedure combines a tummy tuck with a cosmetic breast procedure - either a lift, reduction, or augmentation. In the last month, there have been 3 high profile deaths of young women u...
The Prenuvo total body MRI. WOR show 4/4/26
My cosmetic surgery patients care about the appearance of their skin and their overall beauty. And it follows that the same people who are concerned about appearance are also concerned about their overall health. An annual physical ...
Is the Deep Plane facelift worth the money? WOR show 3/28/26
There are literally dozens of different types of facelifts. Every surgeon claims theirs is the best technique. And now there's the "deep plane" lift (described in 1979, by the way!), with some plastic surgeons charging over $200,000...
Demystifying the Facelift. WOR show 4/11/26
There are so many different facelifts. SMAS lifts, skin only lifts, deep plane lifts, short scar lifts, S lifts, subperiosteal lifts....and so many more. But which one is better? A landmark paper was just published that punche...
Rib removal - idiotic plastic surgery. WOR show 4/18/26
Sometimes you just have to wonder what has happened to common sense in plastic surgery? There are plastic surgeons and patients who are actually removing or cracking ribs to create a thinner waist. Did these "doctors" forget the fir...
Facelifts in Men. WOR show 5/2/26
Women are the biggest consumers of cosmetic surgery. But men still get old looking and somewhere around their mid 50s, they realize that their neck skin is hanging and fatty. But facelifts are problematic in men - they bring hair in...
Removal of neck salivary glands! WOR show 4/25/26
There are many stupid things in plastic surgery - on this show, we discuss the removal of submandibular salivary glands. Those are the lumps in the sides of the neck that break up the beautiful contour of a youthful neck. Those lumps make...
Eyelid Lifts. WOR show 5/9/26
The most common facial plastic surgery procedure is the blepharoplasty. Eyelid lifts for the non-plastic surgeon... On this show, I discuss how we perform this procedure and who is the best candidate. We also discuss the 6 dea...
Why eyelid lifts are so popular. WOR show 5/30/26
Cosmetic eyelid surgery, formally known as "blepharoplasty", is increasingly popular...and for good reason. Blephs truly rejuvenate the eyelids and the entire face. On this show, we discuss how plastic surgeons perform this operatio...
New things in plastic surgery with Dr. Rod Rohrich. WOR show 5/16/26
Broadcasting live from the annual meeting of the Aesthetic Society in Boston, MA, internationally known plastic surgeon Dr. Rod Rohrich joins Dr. Perry to discuss the newest procedures and treatments in cosmetic surgery. This is truly a "...
Nicotine destroys cosmetic surgery. 6/6/26 WOR show
We've known for decades that cigarette smoking increases cosmetic surgery complications. But not until this week did we understand that vaping, nicotine patches, and even chewing tobacco increases complications 4 fold! Across the bo...
Destroying Wrinkles. WOR show 5/23/36
Wrinkles are the bane of many women's existence! Billions of dollars each year are spent trying to destroy or hide them. Is it Botox? Fillers? Chemical Peels? Lasers? Dermabrasion? Listen in as Dr. Perry answ...
Things that grow on your face. WOR show 1/4/24
As we age, we accumulate lots of "things" on our skin. Moles, age spots, seborrheic keratoses, cherry angiomas, capillaries, skin cancers, skin tags...and so much more. These "things" are distracting from our appearance and so easy ...