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Elle
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Meet the Doctors Behind 2025's Most Luxurious Facelifts
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. There's a new face in town, and it's gotten lifted, toned, and plumped in all the right places. The modern-day facelift is expensive yet subtle, with shorter healing times, and results that have people wondering, 'What did they get done?' Not to mention where: There is an upper echelon of surgeons with special tools, tricks, and techniques. Below, some of the most hard-to-get appointments. Wait list: 12 months. Special amenities: Erbium lasers; a makeup artist who custom-blends a mineral foundation to help hide healing scars. Akin to a restaurant without its name on the door, the San Francisco clinic of Timothy Marten, MD, is hidden in a historic landmark building. Marten doesn't use social media or even show before-and-after photos on his website. 'I've operated by word of mouth, and I'd rather put the energy that some people put into social media into better care of my patients,' he says. Like the other surgeons in this story, Marten only operates a few times a week, doing what he describes as 'meticulous, couture operations.' Surgeries can take up to eight hours and include anything from a face, neck, lip, or forehead lift to fat grafting. About 40 percent of his patients come from out of town (minimum recovery time is nine days), and in rare cases, he travels out of the country to perform surgeries. High-profile patients are given pseudonyms, and all patient photos are stored a free-standing photo server, protecting against cyber threats. Wait list: Six months to one year. Special amenities: Hyperbaric oxygen chambers; a suggested pre-surgery nutrition plan (both available on request). As one would expect in Beverly Hills, the patients of Jason Diamond, MD, are often people you see onscreen. 'I've had many people back on camera in 10 days,' he says (he advises them to wait at least six weeks, but they don't listen). A few years ago, the age of Diamond's facelift patients started trending down into the mid-40s. 'A lot of young actors or people who are making a living with their face come in. They can't even afford to have a few years of looking a little bit saggy,' he says. In response, he created the Diamond 40, a mini deep plane facelift. 'If you name a facelift technique, I do a version of it.' He's performed surgery overseas in palaces with operating rooms, and at every time of day for paparazzi-fearing patients. 'I always assure them, 'Even if we do it in the morning, no one's going to see you because of all of the systems we have in place,'' he says. 'Still, I have some people who say, 'No, I want it at night.'' Wait list: 18 months. Special amenities: Siloed hallways for maximum privacy; 24-hour nursing for the first day. Ninety-five percent of patients seeing St. Louis-based L. Mike Nayak, MD, come from out of town. 'We've had plenty of internationally recognizable people, and nobody has known,' he says. 'Our whole practice model has evolved to make it as easy as possible for patients to come in, spend their 10 days in St. Louis, and go home.' Patients connect with his warm bedside manner and his bespoke, or 'omakase,' approach to facial rejuvenation, which can include a facelift, fat grafting, rhinoplasty, or other refinements. On any given day, there can be up to three doctors from other practices around the world observing his techniques. More than one patient has told Nayak, 'If you didn't do it, I wouldn't get a facelift.' One of his most memorable patients was grieving the loss of her child. 'I was wearing it on my face,' she told him five days after surgery. 'I looked at myself in the mirror, and I saw my old face, without all the heartbreak on it.' The entire Nayak office cried. A version of this story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of ELLE. GET THE LATEST ISSUE OF ELLE
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Roading Upgrade Coming To Taurikura Drive In Advance Of Tauriko Expansion
Press Release – Tauranga City Council Work on a portion of Taurikura Drive, outside the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre and between State Highway 36 and Whiore Avenue, will start from week beginning 26 May 2025 and is expected to take up to 12 months to complete. A project to futureproof a well-used route in Tauriko will ensure it meets traffic demands over the coming years as commercial, industrial and residential expansion takes shape in the area. Work on a portion of Taurikura Drive, outside the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre and between State Highway 36 and Whiore Avenue, will start from week beginning 26 May 2025 and is expected to take up to 12 months to complete. Upgrades include reconfiguring the roading layout by adding more lanes and replacing the roundabout used to enter Tauranga Crossing with a signalised intersection. This will support increased volumes of traffic and improve access ahead of new housing coming to Tauriko West from 2027. A second signalised intersection will be added closer to the SH36 roundabout, and the signalised pedestrian crossing outside Pak'nSave on Taurikura Drive will be moved closer to the Whiore Avenue roundabout. New shared use paths will also provide safe walking and cycling options between Tauranga Crossing, Tauriko Business Estate and properties in The Lakes; and expanded bus facilities will improve access to public transport for people working, living and shopping in the area. The upgrade also integrates with future improvements along Whiore Avenue as part of the SH29 Tauriko Enabling Works, which will provide a direct connection to SH29/Cambridge Road and the future community at Tauriko West for buses, walking and cycling. Tauriko Ward Councillor Marten Rozeboom says the project addresses the transport needs of the area before it grows further. 'We know activity in the area will grow with new housing at Tauriko West, the continued development of the Tauriko Business Estate and the expansion of Tauranga Crossing,' Marten says. 'Traffic volumes are already increasing in and around Tauriko, so we need to get this upgrade underway now.' Following a thorough tender process, Fulton Hogan Ltd have been appointed to deliver the project on behalf of Tauranga City Council. The works are expected to take up to 12 months to complete, however the construction programme has been designed with the aim to get the bulk of the works done by October 2025, prior to the busy Christmas retail period. To complete the works as quickly as possible, the works will be undertaken both during the day and at night with some weekend works also expected to be required. Traffic management will be in place, including lane closures and speed limits, but access to Tauranga Crossing and the BP service station and through to the other businesses in the Tauriko Business Estate will be maintained during the works. 'We're working with Tauranga Crossing and BP to ensure disruption is reduced where possible, and with NZTA on how nearby infrastructure projects can align,' says Marten. Tauranga Crossing Limited Centre Manager, Janet Vincent says the shopping centre team is looking forward to seeing the work underway soon. 'This upgrade will improve access to our growing shopping centre, and it will provide easier and safer options for our shoppers to move around,' says Janet. 'We've worked closely with the council on the design of the upgrade and will continue to do so in the construction phase, to help ensure the needs of our retailers, shoppers and suppliers are taken into account throughout.'
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Roading Upgrade Coming To Taurikura Drive In Advance Of Tauriko Expansion
A project to futureproof a well-used route in Tauriko will ensure it meets traffic demands over the coming years as commercial, industrial and residential expansion takes shape in the area. Work on a portion of Taurikura Drive, outside the Tauranga Crossing shopping centre and between State Highway 36 and Whiore Avenue, will start from week beginning 26 May 2025 and is expected to take up to 12 months to complete. Upgrades include reconfiguring the roading layout by adding more lanes and replacing the roundabout used to enter Tauranga Crossing with a signalised intersection. This will support increased volumes of traffic and improve access ahead of new housing coming to Tauriko West from 2027. A second signalised intersection will be added closer to the SH36 roundabout, and the signalised pedestrian crossing outside Pak'nSave on Taurikura Drive will be moved closer to the Whiore Avenue roundabout. New shared use paths will also provide safe walking and cycling options between Tauranga Crossing, Tauriko Business Estate and properties in The Lakes; and expanded bus facilities will improve access to public transport for people working, living and shopping in the area. The upgrade also integrates with future improvements along Whiore Avenue as part of the SH29 Tauriko Enabling Works, which will provide a direct connection to SH29/Cambridge Road and the future community at Tauriko West for buses, walking and cycling. Tauriko Ward Councillor Marten Rozeboom says the project addresses the transport needs of the area before it grows further. 'We know activity in the area will grow with new housing at Tauriko West, the continued development of the Tauriko Business Estate and the expansion of Tauranga Crossing,' Marten says. 'Traffic volumes are already increasing in and around Tauriko, so we need to get this upgrade underway now.' Following a thorough tender process, Fulton Hogan Ltd have been appointed to deliver the project on behalf of Tauranga City Council. The works are expected to take up to 12 months to complete, however the construction programme has been designed with the aim to get the bulk of the works done by October 2025, prior to the busy Christmas retail period. To complete the works as quickly as possible, the works will be undertaken both during the day and at night with some weekend works also expected to be required. Traffic management will be in place, including lane closures and speed limits, but access to Tauranga Crossing and the BP service station and through to the other businesses in the Tauriko Business Estate will be maintained during the works. 'We're working with Tauranga Crossing and BP to ensure disruption is reduced where possible, and with NZTA on how nearby infrastructure projects can align,' says Marten. Tauranga Crossing Limited Centre Manager, Janet Vincent says the shopping centre team is looking forward to seeing the work underway soon. 'This upgrade will improve access to our growing shopping centre, and it will provide easier and safer options for our shoppers to move around,' says Janet. 'We've worked closely with the council on the design of the upgrade and will continue to do so in the construction phase, to help ensure the needs of our retailers, shoppers and suppliers are taken into account throughout.' More information about the Taurikura Drive upgrade can be found at
Powys County Times
19-05-2025
- Powys County Times
Mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding ‘almost universal', court hears
A mother falling asleep after breastfeeding her child is an 'almost universal' occurrence, an infant health expert has told a jury. Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are on trial charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died on the South Downs in early 2023. The prosecution alleges Victoria died from hypothermia or was smothered while co-sleeping in the 'flimsy' tent, despite past warnings. Marten previously told jurors that the baby died after she had 'blacked out' and fell asleep over her after feeding her. Giving evidence at the Old Bailey, Professor Peter Fleming said it was normal for parents to co-sleep with their babies, with around 25% of infants under six months doing so in the UK. Asked by barrister Tom Godfrey, defending Marten, about mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding, Prof Fleming told jurors breastfeeding was an 'incredibly demanding process' and that falling asleep afterwards was 'almost universal'. Prof Fleming told the court the risk of any baby 'dying suddenly or unexpectedly' was about one in 4,000, and that factors such as soft bedding and rolled-up items around the baby made the risk about twice as high. He said: 'We advise keeping pillows and duvets away from the baby.' While this is a sizeable increase, other factors such as sofas can make the risk of death 20 times higher, Mr Fleming said. He told jurors he had dealt with two previous cases where a mother had sat up with the baby before falling asleep over it. It is also alleged that Victoria was inadequately clothed in a babygrow and that Marten had got wet as she carried the baby underneath her coat. CCTV footage previously played in court showed the baby being put in a buggy while wearing a white babygrow at a German Doner Kebab shop in east London on January 7 2023. Asked by Mr Godfrey if he thought the handling of Victoria at the shop was inappropriate, Prof Fleming said: 'I wouldn't say inappropriate, slightly clumsy.' The Old Bailey has heard the couple had wanted to avoid their fifth child being taken into care amid a high-profile police hunt for the missing baby. The child's body was discovered with rubbish inside a shopping bag in a disused shed near Brighton after the defendants were arrested. Marten and Gordon, of no fixed address, have denied the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter and causing or allowing her death between January 4 and February 27 2023. Jurors have been told the defendants were convicted at an earlier trial of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice.
South Wales Argus
19-05-2025
- South Wales Argus
Mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding ‘almost universal', court hears
Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are on trial charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died on the South Downs in early 2023. The prosecution alleges Victoria died from hypothermia or was smothered while co-sleeping in the 'flimsy' tent, despite past warnings. Marten previously told jurors that the baby died after she had 'blacked out' and fell asleep over her after feeding her. Giving evidence at the Old Bailey, Professor Peter Fleming said it was normal for parents to co-sleep with their babies, with around 25% of infants under six months doing so in the UK. Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon (Elizabeth Cook/PA) Asked by barrister Tom Godfrey, defending Marten, about mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding, Prof Fleming told jurors breastfeeding was an 'incredibly demanding process' and that falling asleep afterwards was 'almost universal'. Prof Fleming told the court the risk of any baby 'dying suddenly or unexpectedly' was about one in 4,000, and that factors such as soft bedding and rolled-up items around the baby made the risk about twice as high. He said: 'We advise keeping pillows and duvets away from the baby.' While this is a sizeable increase, other factors such as sofas can make the risk of death 20 times higher, Mr Fleming said. He told jurors he had dealt with two previous cases where a mother had sat up with the baby before falling asleep over it. It is also alleged that Victoria was inadequately clothed in a babygrow and that Marten had got wet as she carried the baby underneath her coat. CCTV footage previously played in court showed the baby being put in a buggy while wearing a white babygrow at a German Doner Kebab shop in east London on January 7 2023. Asked by Mr Godfrey if he thought the handling of Victoria at the shop was inappropriate, Prof Fleming said: 'I wouldn't say inappropriate, slightly clumsy.' The Old Bailey has heard the couple had wanted to avoid their fifth child being taken into care amid a high-profile police hunt for the missing baby. The child's body was discovered with rubbish inside a shopping bag in a disused shed near Brighton after the defendants were arrested. Marten and Gordon, of no fixed address, have denied the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter and causing or allowing her death between January 4 and February 27 2023. Jurors have been told the defendants were convicted at an earlier trial of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice. The trial continues.
