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Archive for the ‘Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery’ Category

When Facelifts Go Wrong: Stanford Expert Counsels Plastic Surgeons On Dealing With Unhappy Patients

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Watch for the red flags: the patient who pulls out a photo of Tom Cruise and says he wants to look just like that, or the perfectionist who comes to the initial interview with each hair in place, makeup just so. There's the price haggler, and the multiple-surgeon shopper and ...

Several Instruments Used To Study Results Of Facial Plastic Surgery

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

A review of previous studies published in the May/June issue of Archivesof Facial Plastic Surgery reports that over the last 10years, it has become more common to use objective andvalidated measures for assessing the outcomes of facial plasticsurgery.The literature review, conducted by John S. Rhee, M.D., M.P.H. andBrian T.McMullin, M.D. ...

Botox “Parties” Not Just Fun And Games, Advises The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) show that almost 2.8 million Botox procedures were performed last year. Botox has been the most popular cosmetic procedure since 2000, and the number of procedures performed has increased 82% in the past five years. But amidst all ...

Each Day, Plastic Surgeons Are Reconstructing Lives: Restoring Function, Improving Appearances, And Elevating Self-Esteem

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Plastic surgeons performed more than five million reconstructive procedures in 2007 -ranging from repairing dog bite wounds and birth defects to removing tumors and reconstructing breasts following mastectomy. Who are these people? What happened to them? How has reconstructive surgery changed their lives? On average, members of The American Society ...

Long Island Plastic Surgeon Is New ASAPS President

Friday, May 16th, 2008

New York plastic surgeon Alan H. Gold, MD, is the new President of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). The Aesthetic Society, with nearly 2,400 members, is the leading national organization of board-certified plastic surgeons specializing in cosmetic surgery of the face and body. The election of new ...

Lipodissolve - Response By Dr. Bark To Plastic Surgeons Who Have Given It A “Negative Spin”

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Plastic surgeons condemn new non-surgical procedure lipodissolve, a safe inexpensive procedure is given a negative spin by plastic surgeons in fear of losing patients, says Dr. Bark of the Lipodissolve clinic in Evanston, Illinois. The two national groups of plastic surgeons have launched their own campaign against a procedure called ...

British Cosmetics Doctors Unite Against Laser De-Regulation

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The British Association of Cosmetic Doctors the organisation established for the advancement, education and practice of cosmetic dermatology in the UK has warned that the government is putting the public at severe risk with the Department of Health's (DOH) proposals to deregulate lasers and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technologies. Members ...

Moves To Protect Canadians From Unqualified ‘Cosmetic Surgeons’

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

At the moment in Canada a General Practitioner can advertise himself/herself as a cosmetic surgeon, even though he/she is not a certified surgeon - two new rules changes have been approved by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) which stop this. The new rule ...

Facelifts Make A Comeback With Boomers In 2007

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Despite increasing consumer demand for less invasive procedures for facial rejuvenation, facelifts are making a comeback with female and male baby boomers. According to the latest statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), facelifts are up 14 percent for patients ages 40 and over, with nearly 116,200 ...

Plastic Surgeons Launch Skin Healing Gel

Monday, April 7th, 2008

New 'Miracle' Skin Healing Cream Now Available to the PublicThe wait is finally over as five of the UK's leading plastic surgeons launch HEAL: a revolutionary new healing gel originally created to soothe and reduce inflammation of the skin following surgery (thereby shortening recovery times), but which has also proven ...

New York Times Examines ‘Migration’ Of Top Medical Students To Dermatology, Plastic Surgery

Friday, March 28th, 2008

The New York Times on Wednesday examined a "migration" of "top tier" medical students from "branches of health care that manage major diseases toward specialties that improve the life of patients," such as dermatology and plastic surgery, and that improve the "lives of physicians, with better pay, more autonomy and ...

Surgeon And Laser Pioneer Warns Cosmetic Deregulation Is A Danger For Patients, UK

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Consultant Plastic Surgeon and international laser expert David Gault spoke out against the Department of Health's proposal to deregulate laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) devices for 'cosmetic' treatments. Mr Gault who helped develop the first hair-removing laser over 18 years ago and acts as an expert witness in ...

Teenager Dies During Breast Surgery

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

A teenager from South Florida, USA, died last Saturday during an operation to correct asymmetrical breasts and an inverted areola.Two hours into what was supposed to be a routine operation at a plastic surgery facility in Boca Raton, 18-year old Stephanie Kuleba was rushed to Delray Medical Center.According to a ...

Plastic Surgery Focuses On Face, Chest In 2007

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Plastic surgery procedures of the face and chest were popular among both women and men in 2007, increasing at similar rates for similar procedures, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Facelifts increased 14 percent for women and 16 percent for men from 2007. ...

New York Times Examines ‘Migration’ Of Top Medical Students To Dermatology, Plastic Surgery

Friday, March 21st, 2008

The New York Times on Wednesday examined a "migration" of "top tier" medical students from "branches of health care that manage major diseases toward specialties that improve the life of patients," such as dermatology and plastic surgery, and that improve the "lives of physicians, with better pay, more autonomy and ...