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Extensive Use of Mobile Devices Suspected to Drive Chin Surgery

Are you often glued to your mobile device checking e-mails, watching movies, or doing other tasks? Then getting a "smartphone face" isn't far behind. "If you sit for hours with your head bent slightly forward, staring at your iPhone or laptop screen, you may shorten the neck muscles and increase the gravitational pull on the jowl Read More

Chin Augmentation Gained Dramatic Momentum and Keeps Pushing Forward

Chin augmentation has dominated three of the most popular procedures in 2011 combined, like breast augmentation, Botox, and liposuction. It's seen as the fastest rising plastic surgery trend in all demographics, which was triggered by the growth of video chat, aging baby boomers, and the drive to become successful at work, according to the American Read More

Cosmetic Procedures will Only Boom This Year, Predicts Plastic Surgeon

Plastic surgery is just increasing its demand by the year. Intel from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reveals that people going into plastic surgery have reached 14 million in 2010, which is more than double than it was ten years ago. Much of this was probably contributed by technological progress, making procedures easier Read More

Confirm Your Plastic Surgeon’s Authenticity, Voices American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Plan on getting your nose done or breast lifted? It would be wise to first check out if the doctor is qualified to do the job, especially if it's your first time. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently put together a new public safety campaign to advocate this sentiment, supported by a succession Read More

High-Intensity Ultrasound Body Sculpting: A Viable Trimming Alternative

"Body sculpting" is a term used to represent trimming procedures and one widely known is liposuction. A technique that uses high-intensity, focused ultrasound has recently entered the market and was featured through a study in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The Read More

Cosmetic Procedures are Becoming a Trend in Couples

It's normal for couples to have what the other is having. Recently, they even get plastic surgery together -- if not one after another. Although the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) don't keep records to prove it, members from both parties claim that plastic surgery Read More

Women with Natural Breasts are Difficult to Find for New TV Series

Hollywood can fake many things. Unfortunately, they can't simulate real breasts as well as they can make mythical creatures come to life. This presents a challenge for Magic City casting director, Bill Marinella, who is responsible for finding suitable players for the 1959-set mob show. Magic City's producer and writer, Mitch Glazer, shared that they wanted Read More

Any US Doctor Can Do Cosmetic Surgery, but It doesn’t Necessarily Mean They Should

For Joan, 59, moving from New York to LA meant a new life. So along with her new job at a financial services firm, she opted to refresh herself with a face lift and tummy tuck from a board-certified doctor in Beverly Hills. The only problem: he was certified for otolaryngology, not plastic surgery. As Read More

Cosmetic Surgery Deals May Not be Worth It After All

Since the US has no laws that limit doctors to practice within their own trained fields, Dr Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon and ASPS member, urges people looking into plastic surgery options to take extra caution. Because plastic surgery is thriving, doctors from other specialties take short courses and take part when those aren't Read More

LA Plastic Surgeons Win Double Recognition Two Years in a Row

Plastic surgeons Dr Daniel Yamini and Dr Steven Svehlak, who are co-owners of Sunset Cosmetic Surgery in Los Angeles, received a 2011 Patients' Choice Award and were recognized as America's Most Compassionate Doctors. Both physicians also received the same acknowledgements a year before. Among 830,000 active physicians in the US, only 5% were bestowed the honor Read More