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The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery Virtual Book Tour June 2011

The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery

Join Frederick Lukash, M.D., author of the nonfiction health book, The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery (BenBella Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – 30 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Frederick Lukash, M.D.

Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, M.D.,FACS, FAAP, has consistently been voted one of “America’s Top Doctors,” by the Castle Connolly guide, and by the Consumer Research Council of America (www.bestdoctors.com). A board-certified cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in practice in Manhattan and Long Island since 1981, he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Lukash received his college and medical degrees from Tulane University. His postgraduate training in surgery and plastic surgery includes Emory University, State University of New York, and Harvard University, where he held the position of Instructor in surgery.

The high standards that Dr. Lukash lives and works by have gained him admittance to all the major plastic surgical societies, including:

Dr. Lukash achieved board certification by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Lukash’s landmark article “Children’s Art as a Helpful Index of Anxiety and Self Esteem with Plastic Surgery” (Journal of Plastic Surgery: 109:6, May 2002) is still regarded as path-breaking in the field, and remains widely cited in the literature. His authorship of the paper led him to write the position paper on teenage plastic surgery for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; he is currently the spokesperson on the subject for that organization.

In addition to serving on many of the societies’ committees, Dr. Lukash has authored questions for the Plastic Surgery In-Service Examination and has recently completed his term as president of the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He founded that organization’s magazine and served for many years as the editor-in-chief.

A strong sense of service to the community here and worldwide has motivated Dr. Lukash to volunteer his expertise to organizations such as Surgical Aid to Children of the World and Operation Smile.  He has been honored by the Chief Executive of Nassau County for his service in reconstructing children from war torn Afghanistan. His giving also includes surgical service to local adoption agencies where correction of physical deformities has enabled unplaceable children to find homes.  The United States Olympic Committee has recognized Dr. Lukash for his volunteer service at the summer Olympic Games.

In addition to writing and speaking, Dr. Lukash has an exhibit called “Operation Art” that has been featured at many Children’s Museums around the country. This exhibit depicts emotions through non verbal medium of art in children before and after undergoing plastic surgery.

Dr. Lukash holds staff appointments at Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Schneider Children’s Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, Winthrop University Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital. He has also served as a plastic surgical consultant to the New York Islanders hockey team and the New York Jets football team.

His latest book is The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery.

You can visit his websites at www.drlukash.com and www.teenageplasticsurgery.com.

About The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery

The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery

This book is a guide for parents and teens through the wilderness of teen angst, body image and self-esteem. It is not a frivolous manual on how to be beautiful. It does not propose to equate beauty with success. It does discuss the value society places on appearance and the impact that societal pressures place upon teens. This book was born of effort in trying to be of service to children with structural appearance issues. It was not written for economic gain or to build a larger practice base.  I sincerely believe that there are many teens and their families out there that need practical, factual and compassionate advice on what the very real benefits that corrective plastic surgery can have on their lives.

Read the Excerpt!

In 2008 alone close to 300,000 teens underwent aesthetic plastic surgery.Those numbers are rising, and for every teen that underwent plastic surgery, ten more are online right now researching the procedure they’ve been thinking about during every gym session, sleepover party or prom. Teenage plastic surgery is becoming mainstream—but is this a good thing?

Most of these teens aren’t dreaming about looking like Barbie or Ken, or a teen singer or actor. They are just dreaming about fitting in. As a NY plastic surgeon with over twenty years of successful practice, what I know for sure is that in spite of all that may be said, fitting in physically does matter. This is why we shower, brush our teeth, comb our hair and choose our wardrobe. This is why gyms are crowded and the diet industry is booming.

In many ways, how we look is linked intimately to how we feel. And the emotions of how we look and feel are not dictated by age. Just because you are young does not mean that you feel great about your appearance or as the French so aptly put it, feel “good” in your own skin.

Adults most often seek rejuvenating procedures in an effort to find the Fountain of Youth. Plastic surgery for teens, however, is most often appropriate for teens that yearn to feel “normal” – and certainly not stand out. Existing under the bell curve of average is a perfect fit for teens. Anything out of the norm – breasts too big or too small, causes distress. Ears that stick out stigmatize. Noses that are considered too big overwhelm a kid’s self-esteem. When teens fit in they feel good in their own skin. Looks become the background to the rest of their living. When they do not fit in it becomes all-consuming and takes over time better spent in the process of maturing.

Take the example of Scott, aged 15, who suffered from the physical and psychological stress of having male “breasts” or gynecomastia.

“I want to share my feelings about my ‘breasts’. I wasn’t confident at all. I felt that people were staring at me. All I would wear was black to hide this ‘horrible defect’. When I found out that something could be done I was very excited. The doctor made me feel comfortable about what I had and how it could be fixed.

The surgery was easy and the recovery time at home was a mere week. I was incredibly pleased with the results. I can barely see any scarring. Now I wear any color I want and am much more confident. I can go around not feeling like everyone is staring at me. I can live my life!” [Scott]

Here’s what critics are saying about The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery!

“In this useful guide to cosmetic surgery for teens, the author, a plastic surgeon, makes a compelling case for performing procedures on adolescents who just want to feel “normal.” He offers anonymous real-life case studies so readers can think about whether they’d say yes to the knife for a 14-year-old boy whose ears stuck out, a 15-year-old boy who developed breasts, a 14-year-old girl whose breasts were asymmetrical, or an 18-year-old girl whose skin sagged after she lost 147 pounds. In most cases, Lukash seems unabashedly pro-surgery. When his own teen daughters asked for nose jobs, he consented. Oddly, for a “safe and sane” guide, Lukash writes that he will do surgery on the outer lips of teens’ vaginas if “there is a real issue of embarrassment or physical deformity,” noting that this quick procedure is popular now that teens are “sexually active at younger ages.” He does nix permanent makeup and buttock, calf, and pectoral implants. Lukash is obviously knowledgeable, but his advice-filled book may come across as too boosterish for many readers.”

— Booklist

“It’s a necessary book, and one I wish had been available to the parents of the teens who underwent cosmetic procedures—200,000 of them—in the U.S. last year.”

— The New Yorker

“This book fills a definite need in public library and consumer health collections.”

— Library Journal

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The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery Virtual Book Tour Schedule

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books kk Monday, June 6

Interviewed at Virginia Beach Publishing Examiner

“I am a very 3 dimensional thinker and like structural surgery. I also love dealing with children and to watch how they grow and develop.”

Tuesday, June 7

Interviewed at Review From Here

“I have been collecting drawings from children for 30 years as before and after plastic surgery. I also have long term followup attestations from parents regarding the outcomes of the surgery on the personality of their children.”

Wednesday, June 8

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

“For 30 years I have collected before and after drawings on children with structural issues and the effect surgery had on them. I also collected long term follow-up attestations from parents and teens as to the changes experienced from the surgery.”

Thursday, June 9

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

Tuesday, June 14

Interviewed at WQ Mag

Thursday, June 16

Guest blogging at The Book Faery Reviews

Tuesday, June 21

Guest blogging at Literarily Speaking

Wednesday, June 22

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Friday, June 24

Guest blogging at The Book Bin

Monday, June 27

Interviewed at The Book Connection

Tuesday, June 28

Interviewed at Beyond the Books

Wednesday, June 29

Interviewed at Broowaha

Interviewed at Divine Caroline

Thursday, June 30

Interviewed at American Chronicle

 

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Frederick Lukash, M.D.’s THE SAFE AND SANE GUIDE TO TEENAGE PLASTIC SURGERY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘10 will officially begin on June 6 and end on June 30 ’11. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book or click here to use the form. Thank you!

If you would like to book your own virtual book tour with us, click here to find out how!

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