Sergey Levin: biography, creativity, career, personal life

Every woman knows her face down to the smallest detail. In the minutes in front of the mirror, a thousand doubts arise in her mind. “Isn’t my face narrow?” “Eh, I wish I didn’t have this hump” “My cheekbones stand out too much” “I don’t have a symmetrical face.” Someone lives well with these doubts and solves their worries with cosmetics. And someone decides to correct natural defects with the help of a plastic surgeon. And one of the most popular plastic surgeries is still rhinoplasty.

What is the relationship between facial symmetry and nose surgery?

If you don't like history, skip this paragraph :). Since the times of ancient Greece, artists and sculptors have tried to calculate human beauty using formulas. They talked about symmetry and asymmetry of the face. Absolutely symmetrical statues have still been preserved. Literally as if they were mirrored. But antiquity also gave us works of art with facial asymmetry. The basis for the “beauty formula” was made by Leonardo Da Vinci. As a talented mathematician, he derived the rule of the golden ratio. He said that beauty is not in symmetry, but in the harmonious relationship of distances between facial features. Thanks to this conclusion, the Mona Lisa, a completely mathematically calculated painting, and many more works of art based on mathematics appeared. Sorry, I got distracted and forgot about my nose. The fact is that the starting point for facial symmetry is the nose.

I have operated on more than two thousand noses. Now I will try to tell you my opinion about when and under what conditions rhinoplasty should be done.

Levin Sergey Lvovich

Plastic surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Full member of the Swiss Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SSPRAS). Head of the EMC Aesthetic Clinic.

Has been practicing plastic surgery since 1991.

Levin Sergey Lvovich is a follower of Denis Montandon, the legendary plastic surgeon, president of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS), head of the department of plastic surgery at the University of Geneva.

During his professional and scientific activities in the field of plastic surgery, he developed a number of proprietary methods for complex facial rejuvenation, based on endoscopic and cellular technologies, lipofilling techniques (to create a youthful facial oval). He has a patent for the FEEL&LOOK YOUNGER® technology - a unique method of non-surgical rejuvenation of the body with its own fibroblasts, first presented in Russia. He developed the “invisible scar” technique using the plasmacytic fraction. Created protocols for the clinical use of peptides for the purpose of immobilizing fibroblasts for the exclusive order of the Swiss clinic General Beaulieu.

Sergey Lvovich actively takes part in research work:

• is the chairman of the scientific commission of the Department of Research at the Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Geneva;
• took part in fundamental research in plastic surgery together with Giulio Gabbiani, one of the world's leading experts in the field of cellular rejuvenation using fibroblasts;
• participant in the research project “Skin Renewal” at the Canadian University of Toronto;
• takes part in the development of the “face-transforming” complex - a promising area of ​​plastic surgery, which is based on surgical and non-invasive techniques that make it possible to restore volumes and lines lost with age, to change facial features in order to create harmonious proportions.
• presented a new gentle surgical technique for abdominoplasty that minimizes postoperative complications;
• participated in the Washington Congress on Plastic Surgery with the presentation of a new technique for correcting the volume and shape of the legs and ankles.

He is the author of more than 30 specialized publications, including the author of a scientific work on the role of cytokines (molecules that regulate cellular activity) in the aging process of the human body.

Plastic surgeon Sergei Lvovich Levin is actively involved in teaching, passing on his many years of experience to the younger generation of specialists. He was invited as a lecturer with a report on “Endoscopic temporal and frontal face lifting” to Berlin at the open European forum of plastic surgeons, and he also teaches a master class “Appearance Profiling” on rhinoplasty in Montreux (Switzerland).

Currently, surgeon Levin S.L. is one of the most sought-after plastic surgeons not only in Russia, but also in England, France and Switzerland, where he regularly performs on-site operations. Specializes in facelifts, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, mammoplasty, abdominoplasty and liposuction.

Clinic:

• Aesthetic Clinic EMC Clinic of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetology

Prices for services:

Reason number one to get a nose job: breathing problems

Medical indications for nose surgery occur in 20% of plastic surgeons' patients. A crooked septum, nasal diseases and much more make breathing difficult. The patient does not smell, he suffers from frequent headaches, and it is very difficult to exercise. The operation that restores healthy breathing is called septoplasty. During this procedure, a plastic surgeon operates on the nasal septum and restores its functional properties.

Reason number two for rhinoplasty: aesthetic concerns about the nose.

As I wrote in the paragraph about symmetry, the nose is the main organ on a person’s face, on which the harmonious relationship of distances depends. The most common aesthetic problems are:

• Crook in the nose
• Nostrils too wide
• Too thick nose
• Nose too long
• Not symmetrical nose
• Saddle nose
• Potato nose (thick tip of the nose)

The result of a plastic surgeon's work should be an aesthetically attractive nose. Not small and not big. Not puppet-like or “unnatural”, but neat and harmonious. The ideal result can be considered a situation when none of the girlfriends believes that rhinoplasty was performed.

Surgical career

He took his first steps in the work that in the future would become Sergei’s main specialty in Switzerland. Then he managed to amaze many experienced surgical specialists by the fact that the young doctor was able to discover the unusual properties of a chemical substance that worked as an excellent healing drug.

Literally after a year, already a practicing doctor, Levin was able to get a place in one of the most prestigious and famous clinics in Geneva. He was brilliant at his job, so after a few years in surgery, Sergei was ready to start his own teaching career.

How to prepare for rhinoplasty?

First of all, you should quit smoking or at least reduce the number of cigarettes. You should also stop taking a number of medications that your doctor will tell you about. But the main preparation is psychological. You need to prepare for a nose job with your head. Try to put aside worries. Go only to a trusted doctor with a lot of recommendations. View before and after photos and see the enormous experience of the plastic surgeon. Be sure to ask all your questions to the doctor during your consultation. Oh yes, we still need to prepare a week for rehabilitation. Why so few? Read the next paragraph