Payday loan firms are taking the heat from authorities for promoting themselves as quick and easy sources of cash for luxuries, including cosmetic surgery. Financial Mail stumbled upon a few sites with young women plastered on the main page that entice consumers to take out a loan for various reasons. Payday loan firms are usually viewed Read More
ACS and ASPS Team Up for Health Policy Scholarship Grant
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) are collaborating to give a scholarship for the grant called "Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management", set on May 20-26, at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. The deadline for submission of application materials is on February 1, while the winner will Read More
Surgery Enables Children with Facial Paralysis to Have Wider Smiles
Using a part of muscle from the thigh seems to enable children with facial paralysis to smile, like in the case of adults. This was mentioned in an issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, which had a theme that spotlights facial plastic surgery on children. Facial paralysis takes away the ability to smile. Surgery to Read More
Are Smaller Breast Implants “In”?
Doctors at Naples are noticing a surge of women going for smaller breast implants in place of bigger ones. Some even have them for 10 to 12 years and then suddenly decided to change. Dr Stanley Gulin, a cosmetic plastic surgeon, noticed that women are beginning to accept that bigger isn't always better. Another plastic surgeon, Dr Read More
LA Reconstructive Surgeon Updates Techniques in Ecuador
Dr Susan Downey, a Larchmont plastic and reconstructive surgeon, just got back from her trip to Ecuador where she assisted in teaching university residents and area medical personnel about the newest methods for carrying out cleft lip and palate repair, as well as burn reconstruction. Her team of 15 professionals, including anesthesiologists and nurses, began the Read More
Some Questions to Ask your Surgeon during Consultation
Arguably the main concern for any individual considering plastic surgery is safety. Stripped down to its bare nature, a plastic surgery procedure of any kind is a surgical operation – usually an invasive kind – that poses its own set of risks. And although these risks are normal, a patient would do well to take Read More
Botox Won’t Relieve Typical Neck Pains Despite Natural Indications
Botox has always been a regular at cosmetic centers, and it's one of the most common facial treatments around. Botulinum toxin type A is used as an injectable muscle relaxer, which easily hints it could be used for therapeutic reasons as well. However, many clinical studies say otherwise -- at least for neck pains. Scientists Read More
Death Rates Following Surgery Doesn’t Depend on Time It was Carried Out
Timing a surgical procedure, like doing it in the afternoon than morning or on a Friday than Monday, doesn't improve the odds of possible death after surgery. This has been concluded by a study featured in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). Research was made to Read More
Avoiding to Light a Cigarette During The Great American Smokeout Has Good Value, Reminds ASA
The American Society of Anesthesiologists or ASA is completely behind the Great American Smokeout, a social experiment that asks smokers to abstain from tobacco smoking for a day, because smoking can get in the way of surgical results. For a patient to potentially have the best outcomes, cigarette use must be avoided for as long as Read More
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