Plastic surgery has been growing in popularity over the past several decades, with more dollars spent on cosmetic procedures year after year. Check out articles, pictures, and videos concerning plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery.
PARIS (Reuters) - Medical beauty treatment sales will be on the mend again in the next years after a decline of about 15 percent in 2009, with more women looking for natural-looking touch-ups and pampering in increasingly popular medical spas. IMCAS, the International Master Course on Aging Skin, expects beauty therapies including laser treatments, breast enlargements and wrinkle-filling injections to grow 5 to 10 percent a year worldwide until 2013. The financial crisis meant the keenest... Read Full Story
Background: Breast augmentation continues to be one of the most popular of all cosmetic plastic surgery procedures because of its instantaneous results and success in enlarging a woman’s breasts. This is an interesting case of a 50 year-old female who had a lifelong desire to make her body more proportionate and improve her clothing options. She had endured having essentially no breast tissue (A cup bra size) since she was a teenager. Despite having children, her breast skin was excellent... Read Full Story
Otoplasty is the best treatment for protruding or malformed ears . It is a plastic surgery procedure that can reshape and bring about a normal contour to the ears. Many adults and children undergo the treatment for correcting protruding, cupped or shell ears. Birth defects of the ear can also be effectively treated with this procedure. Children in the age group of five to six are the ideal candidates for this treatment as it is easy to shape the ear’s cartilage due to its pliability. Adults... Read Full Story
A body lift procedure is very similar to a face lift. The only difference with it is that it involves the center of the body. A body lift, specifically is the surgical contouring of the abdomen, thighs, arms, and breasts in order to remove hanging, excess skin. The cosmetic surgery procedure itself is designed for people that have lost a large amount of weight either through gastric bypass surgery or through exercise and dieting. A significant loss of weight will often leave people with... Read Full Story
A body lift procedure is very similar to a face lift. The only difference with it is that it involves the center of the body. A body lift, specifically is the surgical contouring of the abdomen, thighs, arms, and breasts in order to remove hanging, excess skin. The plastic surgery procedure itself is created for people that have lost a large amount of weight either through exercise and dieting or through gastric bypass surgery. A significant loss of weight will often leave people with... Read Full Story
Filed under: Beauty , Skin & Body
I want legs like these. Photo: Getty
Confession: I haven't worn shorts in eight years.
From the front my legs look normal. Thanks to years of distance running they still look good.
But turn around, and the picture isn't pretty: The backs of my legs are laced with bulging veins - a network of blue, red and purple capillaries that call to mind the squiggles of a relief map...of the Rocky Mountains.
It didn't used to be this way. Up until age... Read Full Story
Body lift surgery is very similar to a face lift. The only difference is that it involves the center of the body. A body lift, specifically is the surgical contouring of the abdomen, thighs, arms, and breasts in order to remove hanging, excess skin. The cosmetic surgery procedure itself is designed for people that have lost a large amount of weight either through gastric bypass surgery or through exercise and dieting. A significant loss of weight will often leave people with excessive, saggy... Read Full Story
There's a good review article on the risk of blood clotting problems known as "VTE's" and their relationship to abdominoplasty surgery in this months issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery . VTE is the abbreviation for venous thrombo-embolism, and it includes such problems as deep vein thrombosis of the leg and pulmonary embolism. Although this topic may sound obscure, pulmonary embolism can be fatal, and it can sneak up and strike suddenly after major surgery, without warning... Read Full Story
Present day science has advanced to such a great extent that it has the power to provide any desired look through plastic and cosmetic surgery. It is a boon even for those who have lost their looks in any kind of accident or mishap, those who suffer from lifestyle related disease-obesity etc. People from all strata’s of society are opting for these surgeries to look beautiful and attractive as now these procedures have become more affordable and are within the reach of the common man... Read Full Story
Figures released by The Harley Medical Group, the UK's largest cosmetic surgery provider, reveals the non-surgical cosmetic surgery market has seen continued growth in 2009, with dermal fillers and chemical peels driving the increase by 26% and 306% respectively. 2009 also saw a continued rise in the number of male patients (up 5%), who now account for 18% of all patients seen, with 'Boytox' (male Botox) and 'Sweatox' (anti-sweat Botox), both driving the growth. The latter part of the year... Read Full Story
