Plastic Surgery Articles

We tend to treat aesthetic plastic surgery as a one-time, wholesale fix of some part of our body that has aged or developed bulges from the aging process.  What we often lose sight of is that often, those liposuction treatments, tummy tucks and body lifts are also treating the result of lifestyle choices.  Moreover, we don’t leave the surgeon’s office and go home with a bright shiny new and sculpted form that will be there in perpetuity.  Diet and exercise are important considerations both prior to aesthetic plastic surgery and once the surgery has been completed, both for medical and for general health reasons. Read more

To some degree, rhinoplasty surgery (nose augmentation or enhancement) is the procedure that started the consumer revolution in cosmetic plastic surgery.  For some years it was the most popular procedure among Americans – before facial lifts became a little more natural, before Botox was introduced and before breast augmentation became a mainstream choice for women. Read more

In February of 2008 the FDA signed off on their first approval of an in-home laser hair removal device.  The product was developed by SpectraGenics Inc. and is being marketed by Tria Beauty who calls their hand-held device the Personal Laser Hair Removal System.  To most in the body enhancement field, it’s known as the Tria Laser.  SpectraGenics has been in the Japanese market since 2005 with a similar product called the i-Epi. Read more

Some 40 million inpatient surgical procedures and 30 million outpatient surgeries are performed in the United States each year; of those nearly 10 million are cosmetic. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 11.7 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures were performed last year alone. Read more

The tradition of celebrating our independence with a show of streaming fireworks was created the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Even though the war was still going on, celebrations using artillery, cannon fire, bonfires, illuminations, firecrackers and rockets took place throughout the entire summer. Read more

A report published in the June issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology provides some statistics regarding the relationship between second children born with cleft palates or cleft lips and substantial weight gain by the mother between the two births.  The study was conducted utilizing medical information on over 220,000 Swedish women who had their first two pregnancies between 1992 and 2004. Read more

Sometimes it takes a high profile tragedy to create consumer protection that should have been there all along.  In Los Angeles in November of 2007 a Mrs. Donda West died the day after undergoing a number of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures including breast reduction, liposuction and an abdominoplasty – more commonly known as a tummy tuck.  While these procedures are not without risk, they are also common plastic surgery procedures and are often performed (on a single basis) as outpatient procedures. Read more

There are many factors that cause one to take the plunge to alter his/her appearance with plastic surgery. Studies have proven, however, that the majority of individuals who undergo facial plastic surgery do it because they feel their face does not represent their mood or inner emotions. Read more

We will all see the effects of aging in our faces at some point. All of a sudden our eyelids will become droopy, our skin will become a little looser around the neck and jaw line and we may even see deeper creases in our foreheads and in the skin lining our lips and mouths. All of these changes come with age, sun exposure and daily stress. Read more

The use of stem cells in plastic surgery is still in the research stages, but there have been enough experiments in medical labs to show that the concepts involved are promising.  Stem cell science and cosmetic surgery actually have the unusual potential of being mutually beneficial.  Read more