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Archive - May 2008
May 15th
Recovery Elements Celebrates Grand Opening of Compression Garment, Healing Products Store
May 15, 2008 -- Recovery Elements, a specialty store that focuses on healing products such as compression garments for liposuctions, is answering the call for recovery aids. The store, which is geared toward post-surgery recovery, is celebrating the grand opening of its online store.
By some estimates, the number of cosmetic procedures has surged by as much as 114 percent just since 1997, giving rise to a huge demand for post-surgery recovery products.
A Range Of Cosmetic Medicine Procedures For Any Age
BeautyforLife.com is the new interactive website where consumers can answer a few questions and receive a customized cosmetic medicine Beauty Plan.
How Plastic Surgery Can Boost Your Career
More Americans go under the knife to move up the corporate ladder—and some say it makes sense
"In the corporate world, there's a lot of emphasis on image, and image goes with self-confidence," says Antonio Armani, a Beverly Hills, Calif., cosmetic surgeon who specializes in hair transplants.
May 7th
Alan H. Gold, MD, Is New ASAPS President
Long Island Plastic Surgeon Is New ASAPS President
New York plastic surgeon Alan H. Gold, MD, is the new President of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). The Aesthetic Society, with nearly 2,400 members, is the leading national organization of board-certified plastic surgeons specializing in cosmetic surgery of the face and body. The election of new officers was held on May 4, during the ASAPS 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA which was attended by plastic surgeons from around the world.Dr.
Asian Eyes Are In... As Beauty Ideal Shifts
Here's an interesting article about a new trend in eyelid surgery where more and more people are looking to preserves their ethnic identity and asking for a change in the normal high, wide-open crease that is considered Caucasian.
Eyes wide open is not so hot these days Eyes wide open is not so hot these days. In a new trend, Asian women are asking for eyelid surgery that preserves their ethnic identity.
More Fixing the Fix
Plastic Surgery Again: Why So Many Go Back Under The Knife
It is the latest craze in the nip and tuck world, going under the knife to redo a previous plastic surgery.Experts say it is a backlash against that feeling of being too done and patients are looking to fix, the fix.
Action News anchor Jessica Lovell has more on Revision Plastic Surgery.
Georgette Deandressi is thrilled with how she looks now but that was not always the case.
She was so self conscious about her nose she decided to get plastic surgery.
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Plastic Surgery Abroad Is an Operation, Not a Vacation
Is the title of an article from U.S. News & World Report I found very interesting.
The article tackles the issues and complications surrounding these vacation/surgery "trips" or packages that surgeons and travel agents are teaming up to offer patients in order to entice them to become clients.
May 1st
Reconstruction Innovations For Breast Cancer Patients Including Partial And Full Mastectomies Examined By ASPS Report
From Medical News Today
Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A benefit of the surgery is that only part of the breast is removed, but a drawback can be the resulting physical appearance of the breast, which may be disfigured, dented or uneven.