Plastic Surgeons Rate Aging of Skin

admin @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet

What would you think if a plastic surgeon examined the wrinkles on your face, called his colleague for a consultation and said:
“She’s got a Merz scale 3 on the crow’s feet, about a 4 on the hands while the lips are a 0 but the forehead is very close to a full 4″?
Your plastic surgeon [...]

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Plastic Surgeons Zap the Tramp Stamp

admin @ July 7, 2009 # One Comment

Because the current recession may be easing a bit, more people are going on job interviews. Naturally, they want to look impressive and fit in.
And with the national unemployment rate at 8.9 (with 10 and 11 percent in some states!) one thing is for sure: you will have a lot of company competing for that [...]

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Cosmetic Surgery: Water Gains in Treatments!

admin @ March 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Perhaps you read our previous post about Water-Assisted Liposuction in which high-pressure jets of water blast away the fat.
Time will only tell if the new liposuction catches on with plastic surgery patients, but good ol’ H2O is yet another ingredient in the latest form of an older facial rejuvenation treatment known as dermabrasion.
When dermabrasion first [...]

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Next Generation Face Lift

admin @ March 27, 2009 # 2 Comments

Not too many years ago, plastic surgeons were taught to perform a face lift by pulling the facial skin tighter, trimming the excess and stitching the two edges together where the scar did not show, like next to the ears or in the scalp.
Back then, there were many movie stars who complained about shaving behind [...]

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Plastic Surgery Scars Hidden by Tattoos

admin @ March 27, 2009 # 2 Comments

Some longer incisions are used on plastic surgery procedures such as:

Body shaping
Breast reduction
Breast lift
Tummy Tuck

Of course, plastic surgeons do all they can to place any incision in out-of-the-way locations. For instance, a tummy tuck often requires a hip to hip incision across the stomach. But most of the incision is hidden by the bikini line [...]

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