Author Archives: Barbara L Persons, MD, FACS

Diverse Community

Dr. Persons: Serving a Diverse Community

Here at Persons Plastic Surgery in Lafayette, Dr. Barbara Persons serves patients from all over the San Francisco Bay Area.  Thanks to the rich diversity of the population here in the Bay Area, she has the privilege of performing facelifts, eyelid surgeries, rhinoplasties, breast augmentations, and other plastic surgery procedures on men and women of …

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Learn More About Mini Breast Augmentation

If you’re interested in but don’t want to look fake or make a dramatic change, you may want to consider mini breast augmentation. This is an emerging trend with breast augmentation I’m seeing more often lately. Designed to enhance your natural shape without giving you an unnatural appearance, mini breast augmentation is a favorite procedure …

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It’s All About the Eyes

In our current reality of wearing masks, the eyes have it! With the institution of universal mask-wearing during the COVID 19 pandemic, the primary way our faces show happiness or expression is through our eyes. To that end, let's talk about what we can do to make our eyes look brighter and younger. BOTOX® can …

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Expectations

It is important to have realistic expectations regarding cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Surgery can improve one's appearance or correct a physical imperfection, but it will never solve personal problems or create an entirely new face or body. Miraculous transformation is not possible. The goal of cosmetic surgery is to improve or enhance appearance. Facial harmony …

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Facts About Cosmetic Surgery

Why would a healthy individual ask to be subjected to surgery? The answer is simple: to improve the quality of one's life. How we feel about ourselves and our lives in general is reflected by how we feel about how we look. Today, Americans not only live longer, but live far healthier and more active …

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