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What Is Your Face Shape: Round, Square, Long, Heart or Oval?

Get the facts on how to measure your face to determine your true face shape. Find out if you have a round, oval, long, square or heart-shaped face.

This Is What 7 Smoker vs. Non-Smoker Identical Twins Look Like After Years Of Lighting Up

Identical twins may be born with nearly identical DNA, but their choices throughout life – including diet, environmental toxicity, and the chemicals they are exposed to – can alter their genetic expression and influence the way they look. Because identical twins are an excellent study to determine the effects dietary and lifestyle choices may have […]

Find Out Your Face Shape Once and for All

How I Found the Right Bras After Mastectomy and Reconstruction

A contributor to Self shares what she describes as her "three-year journey of finding the most beautiful, comfortable, and fake-boob-friendly bras" after undergoing a preventive double mastectomy.

Can You Naturally Remove Skin Tags?

Skin tags start off small and fairly insignificant but they can quickly grow and become a problem both because of their appearance and the fact that they can get in the way.<br>The good news about skin tags is that they are harmless and benign - made up of fibrous connective tissues. Find out more about getting rid of them...

How To Get Rid Of Acne Scars: Chemical Peels, Laser Treatments Can Help Clear Skin

Dermatological treatments, from lasers to chemical peels, can help prevent and reduce the appearance of acne scars.

10 things plastic surgeons won’t tell you

Beauty is more than skin deep — so this is going to hurt. What to know before you and your wallet go under the knife for cosmetic treatments.

Plastic surgery improves the health of many

Overdone cosmetic surgeries on celebrities give the field of plastic surgery a bad reputation, but plastic surgeons point out that a significant proportion of surgeries are to repair an injured or disfigured body part, such as reconstructive surgery after mastectomy. Women treated for breast cancer at UMass Memorial Healthcare System meet with a team of specialists, including an oncologist, a radiologist, a geneticist and a plastic surgeon, to determine the best course of treatment.

The Benefits Of Plastic Surgery In Long Island

There was a time when there was a real stigma attached to plastic surgery. Those that had this type of procedure were often rich and famous, and often it was all done hush-hush and behind closed doors. People then used to deny having had any surgery even though it was clear that they had. Fortunately, this has …

Techniques and Innovations in Flap Engineering: A Review : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

operations. Researchers in the field of tissue engineering are trying to generate novel tissue flaps requiring small or no donor site sacrifice. At the base of existing technologies is the tissue’s potential for regeneration and neovascularization<br>Methods<br>A review was conducted identifying relevant published articles in PubMed on the subject of flap engineering, with the focus on plastic surgery. This review article surveys contemporary technologies in…

Is 3D Bioprinting the Future of Reconstructive Surgery? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

What is female genital plastic surgery?

The term "female genital plastic surgery" covers several different procedures. It is sometimes called vaginal rejuvenation, female genital rejuvenation surgery, female genital cosmetic surgery, vulvovaginal plastic surgery, and designer vagina surgery.

Fat Transfer in Plastic Surgery—Can You Use Another Person’s Fat?

Fat transfer in plastic surgery is growing in popularity due to its perceived benefits such as more natural look and feel and less risk of infection and healing problem. The technique also avoids implant-related risks such as capsular contracture (copious amount of scar tissue forming around the prosthesis) and malposition<br>Fat transfer has multiple uses in scar repair, breast augmentation, reconstructive surgeries, buttock enhancement, and facial…

Can Old People Have Plastic Surgery?

Many people have Plastic Surgery, but is it safe for "old" people? Should there be an age limit on Cosmetic Surgery? Recent research shines a spotlight on the q

How to Run a Meeting : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Bullying Linked to Increased Desire for Cosmetic Surgery in Teens

Adolescents who are involved in bullying—victims and perpetrators alike—are more likely to say they would want to undergo cosmetic surgery to be more attractive or fix perceived flaws, reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Psychological Benefits of Cosmetic Surgery

It is a fact that psychological benefits can be gained through cosmetic surgery especially for people who suffer from a negative body image.

Difficult Plastic Surgery Questions You Should Ask

A consultation with a surgeon will help you decide if he is the right one for the job; however, you must be able to throw some difficult plastic surgery questions and get satisfying answers from him. If not, you must move on and find someone you are comfortable with<br>The list below shows some of the difficult plastic surgery questions that can help you choose the “right” doctor.<br>Photo Credit: Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net<br>What’s your complication and revision rate?<br>Your doctor must…

No Stitches After Cosmetic Surgery?

Is it true that all stitches need to be removed after cosmetic surgery? The short answer is no. In the past, skin sutures (stitches) or skin staple closures needed to be removed after cosmetic surg…

Why Do They Call It Plastic Surgery?

Why is cosmetic surgery called "plastic" surgery? : originally appea...