EPISODE · Jan 18, 2026 · 26 MIN
New Procedure Skepticism. WOR show 1/17/26
from Straight Talk about Cosmetic Surgery with Dr. Arthur Perry · host Arthur W Perry MD
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 "peer reviewed journals". Just this week, journals published articles concluding that acupuncture can reduce wrinkles and deep chemical peels can substitute for upper eyelid lifts. I don't believe either...and neither should you. And now I trust fewer scientific papers. Tune in to become a medical skeptic.
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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 "peer reviewed journals". Just this week, journals published articles concluding that acupuncture can reduce wrinkles and deep chemical peels can substitute for upper eyelid lifts. I don't believe either...and neither should you. And now I trus...
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