Last Friday, May 15, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and The Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) worked together to bring National Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day for October 17th of this year. Famous singer and composer Jewel will act as the spokesperson for the event. Over 20 countries, not counting the US, will be 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
Checklist: Doctor’s Consultation Must-haves
An online article stresses the need for preparedness when visiting the plastic surgeon for your first pre-operation consultation. The visit itself is one of the initial steps to get you ready for your operation (including helping you decide whether or not to go through with it).
And, knowing that the main goal here is to
Read MoreSo You’re Thinking of Getting Plastic Surgery
Supermodels with slender immaculate figures, celebrities with full breasts (as opposed to two months before), and men with robust abs and no love handles – all walking, life-sized perfection. Know that upon spotting these images on TV or the web, you are looking at the most common images of modern plastic surgery.
The revolutions in
Read MoreStudy: Plastic Surgery on US Seniors Rises by 480%
Statistics published by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reveal that the estimated number of plastic surgery procedures done on US senior citizens aged 65 years and older has risen by 559,000 in just over ten years.
According to the numbers, the total number of operations on citizens of the said age demographic rose
Read MoreExpert: More South African Men Going Under the Knife
A plastic surgery expert revealed that the number of South African men are either getting plastic surgery, or are becoming more open to the option.
The number of male plastic surgery patients has grown to the point of equaling the number of female patients, according to Cape Town plastic surgeon Lionel Jedeikin. He added that
Read MoreSurgeons Raise Voices Against Provider Register Scheme
UK medical professionals criticized a recently announced register scheme that limits access to injectable cosmetic fillers only to doctors who meet the minimum set of standards established by authorities.
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (BAAPS) argued against the scheme’s directive of the mandatory registration of health providers before administering treatments like Botox and
Read MoreTeenage Beauty and What It (Sometimes) Takes
Remember how people raised their eyebrows that time a formerly sweet and innocent teenybopper announced she wanted to get botox? Or when the teen superstar underwent a mild liposuction procedure to eliminate the remaining baby fat?
Contrary to tradition, teenagers have a faintly different slew of reasons for wanting to have a plastic surgery procedure.
Read MoreLaser Removal Viable Against Pre-cancerous Lesions
Carbon dioxide laser removal may be an alternative in removing lentigo maligna, a common pre-cancerous lesion, when radiation treatment or surgery can't be an option -- says last year's issue of the Archives of Plastic Surgery. Lentigo maligna (LM) is a conventional pre-malignant skin lesion often seen around the head and neck. It's commonly seen in Read More
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PG-13 Surgery
As the desire for aesthetic beauty poses no age requirement, there has begun a subtle yet undeniable trend of younger people seeking plastic surgery procedures. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) states that in the US, almost 210,000 cosmetic surgery operations were performed in 2009 on individuals from the ages of 13-19. No doubt Read More