| Each Day, Plastic Surgeons Are Reconstructing Lives: Restoring Function, Improving Appearances, And Elevating Self-Esteem Plastic surgeons performed more than five million reconstructive procedures in 2007 -ranging from repairing dog bite wounds and birth defects to removing tumors and reconstructing breasts following mastectomy. medicalnewstoday.com |
Patients Opt For Less Invasive Cosmetic Procedures In Order To Return To Work Faster Patients are opting for less radical cosmetic treatments in order to reduce the time taken off work to recover due to fear of losing their jobs, according to the Medical Director of a leading cosmetic treatment clinic. medicalnewstoday.com |
Surgery Without Scars: Hospital Pioneers Natural Orifice Procedures After his first weight-loss surgery three years ago, Paul Martin considered getting a tattoo designed around the four small surgical scars on his side-say, a golf green. After a second weight-loss surgery in December, Martin didn't have any new scars to add to the design. "I woke up with just a slight sore throat," he says about the procedure, which took about two hours. "There wasn't any pain because there weren't any incisions. medicalnewstoday.com |
A Personal Touch Counts in Cosmetics Shiseido executives will not say how much they spend on “beauty counselors,” but the president of the company says it’s worth it. nytimes.com |
Medical Defence Union Sees Doubling In Bariatric Surgery Cases, UK An analysis of bariatric surgery claims, published by the Medical Defence Union, reveals that there has been a dramatic rise in the number of cases notified in the past two years... mnt.to |