Posted 6:10 PM 7/20/2012
July 20, 2012 (New York City) -- Are toes really the new nose?
Media reports of an uptick in toe and footplastic surgery suggest that there is nothing that we won't do to put our best feet forward (and of course, sport sexy, strappy, and often (More)
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Posted 10:25 PM 6/15/2012
June 15, 2012 -- Liposuction can help get rid of muffin tops, love handles, and other pockets of fat. But new research shows that removing fat from your abdominal area may cause you to gain dangerous visceral or belly fat.
This type of fat is stored around the organs deep within your abdomen, and it increases your risk for (More)
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Posted 4:02 AM 4/16/2012
April 16, 2012 -- A chiseled chin may be the latest "must have" body part.
A new report shows "chinplants," otherwise known as chin augmentation or chin implants, are the fastest-growing plastic surgery trend among men and women. The popularity of chin implants rose by 71% in 2011, more than breast augmentation, botulinum toxin injection, and liposuction combined.
Researchers say the trend appears to be fueled by a combination of increasing use of (More)
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Posted 12:05 PM 3/20/2012
March 20, 2012 -- Almost 9.2 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States in 2011, and Americans spent nearly $10 billion on cosmetic procedures last year.
These are some of the key findings in the new statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
Cosmetic surgical procedures increased almost 1% since 2010, while minimally invasive procedures decreased almost 2% in the same time period.
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Posted 12:06 AM 9/1/2011
Aug. 31, 2011 -- After two days of testimony on what the FDA should do about troubled long-term safety studies of silicone-gel breast implants, agency officials said the studies would continue.
"The current post-approval studies will continue," said William Maisel, MD, MPH, chief scientist in the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological (More)
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Posted 1:06 AM 8/31/2011
Aug. 30, 2011 -- A panel of expert advisors to the FDA has been asked to solve a mystery: What happened to thousands of women who enrolled in studies designed to evaluate rare complications that might arise years after they received silicone gel breast implants?
In June, after a preliminary review of study data, the FDA concluded that breast (More)
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Posted 10:52 PM 7/28/2011
July 28, 2011 -- A third of patients seeking cosmetic surgery to improve their nose have at least moderate symptoms of a mental disorder that makes them preoccupied with imagined or slight defects in appearance, a study shows.
The mental disorder is called (More)
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Posted 10:14 PM 6/22/2011
June 22, 2011 -- A new report from the FDA shows that 20% of women who get silicone gel implants to increase the size of their breasts, and half of all women who get them for breast reconstruction, will have those implants removed within a decade, often because of complications like breast hardening or rupture.
"Breast implants are not lifetime devices," said Jeffrey Shuren, MD, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, at a news (More)
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Posted 6:46 PM 5/25/2011
It may start with one body part. A woman goes in for a tummy tuck after having kids. The surgery is relatively painless and successful, so she figures, why not try another? Maybe a breast lift or a nose job. And what about those (More)
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Posted 6:46 PM 5/25/2011
It may start with one body part. A woman goes in for a tummy tuck after having kids. The surgery is relatively painless and successful, so she figures, why not try another? Maybe a breast lift or a nose job. And what about (More)
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