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Plastic Surgery Product Review: Egrifta for HIV-Related Abdominal Fat Reduction

HIV-positive people are well known to develop unusual increases of fat in very specific areas of their bodies. The abdomen and neck are the two most common areas of this unique form of lipohypertrophy. While some plastic surgery fat reduction procedures can be done in the neck, the intraperitoneal location of the abdominal fat Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Eyelash Growth Stimulation

Many discoveries are well known to be accidental, an inadvertent effect when looking for something else. That is certainly true when it comes to drug therapies and the pharmaceutical industry is full of examples. When it comes to drugs used for cosmetic enhancements, there are two hair-raising illustrations of this beneficial side effect phenomenon. Read More…

The Unapproved Use of Stem Cells in Cosmetic Surgery

Stem cells are the rage in medicine and their potential application for cosmetic changes is no exception. Since fat has become discovered as a resplendid source of stem cells, it has become relatively easy to acquire one’s stem cells from liposuction harvests and grow them in great numbers. As a result, numerous private laboratories have Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Attitudes Towards Having Plastic Surgery

With over 9 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed last year in the U.S. it is fair to say that considering a physical improvement today is as common as choosing a hair color or a brand of toothpaste. Twenty-five years ago cosmetic plastic surgery was considered extreme and reserved for a privileged few. What a difference Read More…

How To Avoid Being The Next Victim Of Botched Cosmetic Surgery

Almost every week there are reports from somewhere in the U.S. of ‘botched’ cosmetic surgery. This does not refer to the patient who has a slightly uneven facelift, prolonged forehead numbness after a browlift, liposuction irregularities, concerns about breast lift scarring, or a dog ears after a tummy tuck. Not that these are completely trivial Read More…

Mirrors in Plastic Surgery

How one sees themselves is a very important element, perhaps the most important, in aesthetic plastic surgery. What motivates a patient to come in for surgery and how they judge their surgical endeavors afterwards is what they see in the mirror. We assume that mirrors are accurate reflections of ourselves and there would be Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Plastic Surgery in Afghanistan

Plastic surgery is done in almost every country in the world, regardless of their political and economic climates. One would think that such plastic surgery may be just reconstructive procedures in some of the more ‘extreme’ conditions of some countries, but cosmetic procedures exist just as well. Perhaps not as extensively performed as in the Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Male Beauty Trend

While women make up the vast majority of plastic surgery and skin care patients and always will, the number of men having procedures and using advanced forms of skin care is increasing. While just a few percent of the total beauty pie decades ago, it is now around 10% of almost 9 million procedures performed.. Read More…

Anesthetic Options in Plastic Surgery

Anesthesia of some form is critical to every surgical procedure in plastic surgery. Even with some non-surgical procedures (e.g., laser hair removal, injectable fillers), some level of anesthesia may be desired. Every patient knows that there are different types of anesthesia and many will have a distinct preference for their procedure. But not every Read More…

Physical Signs of Aging, Heart Disease and Plastic Surgery

Aging may have more negative effects than just on one’s appearance. A recent study from the American Heart Association indicates that it may be a sign of heart disease as well. This is not heart disease that could occur in anyone if they simply live long enough but an indicator of a predisposition to Read More…