Tyler salon owner investigated for illegal breast augmentationNews from KETK: POSTED: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – 4:37pm UPDATED: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – 4:43pm Photo from Facebook TYLER — On February 19, 2012 Tyler Police were contacted by family members of a victim who stated that she had a breast augmentation (by injection) procedure performed [...]
Plastic surgery makes you look seven years youngerNews from Firstpost: Would you like to make Firstpost your default homepage? Yes | No New York: Wondering how young you’ll look after that face lift? Now there’s a study to help you figure out. Plastic surgery procedures took an average of seven years off patients’ appearance, [...]
Face-Lift, Plastic Surgery Success Measured by New StudyNews from ABC News: People often get plastic surgery hoping to take the years off, but a new study gives an idea of just how many years they might be able to take off. More extensive facial surgery predicted a younger estimated age for patients after their operations, [...]
Surgeon defends work at liposuction inquestNews from ABC Online: By Loukas Founten Updated February 21, 2012 14:35:08 Lauren Edgar firm in her decision for surgery, said her doctor A cosmetic surgeon whose patient died became emotional as he told the coroner of his high standards. Lauren Michelle Edgar, 28, died in March 2008 after her [...]
Ask the Plastic Surgeon: PIP implants should be replacedNews from Palm Beach Post: Question: I had breast augmentation with silicone implants performed in another country. Do I need to be concerned with the type of implants? Answer: It is very important to find out what type of implants were used for your surgery. If your [...]
Plastic surgery does make you look younger, study findsNews from Los Angeles Times: It turns out plastic surgery really does make you look younger, one study has found — on average, in the case of one Canadian doctor’s patients, 7.2 years younger. Some plastic surgeons “tend to use the terms more youthful and more refreshed, [...]
Cosmetic surgery called a big ‘experiment’News from OCRegister: Hot topics: Plastic surgery and patient vulnerability; a lawmaker introduces a bill to warn consumers about Photoshopping in ads; health risks cited with the use of human growth hormone. ADVERTISEMENT An ‘experiment on … vulnerable women’? Cosmetic surgery is “an industrial-scale scientific experiment, carried out on vulnerable women,”, [...]
Kiwi women opt for wrinkles over surgeryNews from Otago Daily Times: One in five New Zealand women feels “sad” about wrinkles but only a third would consider cosmetic surgery, a survey has found. More than three-quarters thought it was best for people to age naturally and one in five thought Kiwi celebrities had “too much [...]
Is cosmetic surgery “ethically corrupt”?News from BioEdge: Hi there, At BioEdge, along with end-of-life issues, beginning of life issues, conscientious objection, organ transplants, the challenge of technology, we also try to cover cosmetic surgery. It is part of the larger project of human enhancement – escaping one’s natural endowment to create a better humanity. For [...]
Korea’s plastic surgery obsession sparks concernNews from CANOE: A plastic surgeon, left, speaks to his patient at the BK DongYang Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul, South Korea. (REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won) Put together the world’s most wired country, a fascination with the lives of the young, rich and famous and a penchant for plastic surgery, and what [...]