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YourNewBodyBlog.com welcomes two eminent Beverly Hills cosmetic plastic surgeons, Dr. Stuart Linder and Dr. Robert Kotler.

Here, we know Dr. Kotler as the “FaceDocBlogger” because his work as a surgeon is devoted to surgical rejuvenation of the face and neck. Meanwhile, we call Dr. Linder our “BodyDocBlogger” because he has a plastic surgery practice limited to only lower bodily plastic surgery.

Exclusive to YourNewBodyBlog.com, Doctors Linder and Kotler appear here most weeks as the ultimate plastic surgery insiders with unique takes on the news, trends, and practices in cosmetic plastic surgery.

This Week: How Celebrities Have Plastic Surgery in Secret

Madonna (Wikipedia photo)

Actress/songbird Madonna has been in the news this week, with insiders talking about how she will undergo plastic surgery in secret over the next 12 months. (Read More about Madonna’s Plastic Surgery.) While Doctors Linder and Kotler are not taking part in Madonna’s rejuvenation surgery, they do — and have — jointly ministered to the plastic surgery needs of hundreds of Hollywood’s top stars. All on the hush-hush, of course. Dr. Kotler performs many celebrity face lifts while Dr. Linder has performed many breast augmentations on models, actresses and others.

They reveal how plastic surgery on the Q.T. is done.

BodyDocBlogger: Doctor, among the many hundreds of celebrity plastic surgery patients you’ve seen, what is your most memorable experience?

FaceDocBlogger: A top — if not THE top — actress arrived at my practice very early in the morning when she was the only patient scheduled. It all went well; she was completely out of the public eye until she crashed her car in the parking garage. To put it mildly, the cat was let out of the bag. She could not have attracted more attention!

BodyDocBlogger: I would love to know who it was but I know not to ask. After all, we plastic surgeons are obliged by professional courtesy, medical ethics, and the law of the land to keep patient identities private. It’s also important because, in the case of models, film and TV stars, and other notables, livelihoods are at risk. Loose lips not only sink ships, they sink careers, too.

FaceDocBlogger: Mix in the incredible pressure of celebrity news gathering and the seeming omnipresence of celeb photographers, and you have a real cat-and-mouse game. They are desperate to find out who is having plastic surgery and we are duty bound to keep it quiet.

BodyDocBlogger: My own best strategy is performing surgery at 4:00 a.m, while it’s dark, before the town, the paparazzi, parking lot attendants, and other busy news tipsters wake up. And, of course, there are no other patients scheduled that day.

FaceDocBlogger: I often use one more layers of concealment: we agree on a fictitious name for the paperwork and refer to the celebrity as, say, Mr. or Ms. Jones-Smith. That way, anybody who overhears a casual remark is not tempted by offers from the many people who serve America’s millions of inquiring minds. And our back entrance seems to work for celebrity patients leaving unseen after surgery.

BodyDocBlogger: Weekends are also very good for performing celebrity plastic surgery. I arranged a long time ago for the parking garage to be opened from my office. Of course, there is a premium charge for all these layers of secrecy but the celebrities understand that special arrangements are being made. What do your patients do for aftercare, doctor?

FaceDocBlogger: We have special nurses that take famous patients to an aftercare facility and stay with them 24 hours for a few days. Sometimes, somebody from our staff will go with the nurse to whisk the disguised patient out the back entrance, into a car and to the aftercare facility, just to make sure everything goes smoothly. I usually have to see the patient the day after surgery so I often go to the aftercare facility to check on him or her.

BodyDocBlogger: Any tips you give first time celebrity plastic surgery patients?

FaceDocBlogger: You bet, doctor! Don’t bring your own car because every photographer in town knows the license plate number!

BodyDocBlogger: Doctor, what’s the coolest, most effective disguise you’ve seen for a celebrity who just had plastic surgery?

FaceDocBlogger: A pith helmet with dark mosquito netting hanging from the rim. Even with X-ray vision, you could not tell who is inside that get-up.

Have a question for FaceDocBlogger or BodyDocBlogger? Let us know and we’ll do our best to have it answered. Feel free to leave your comments below!

If you liked this blog, you may also like Tuck ‘n’ Stitch’s blog about Hollywood’s Terrible Plastic Surgery.

*The opinions shared by FaceDocBlogger and/or BodyDocBlogger are their own personal professional viewpoints and in no way should be taken in place of an actual consultation with a licensed medical physician. The opinions of Tuck ‘n’ Stitch are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions/feelings of YourNewBodyBlog.com.