| Larry Mathews, a 24-Hour Hairdresser, Dies at 86 Mr. Mathews earned a reputation as New York’s most wide-awake hairdresser by opening what seems to have been the city’s first 24-hour beauty parlor. nytimes.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 |
Georgia Coast Surgical Performs First Incisionless Surgical Correction Of Failed Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG) Georgia Coast Surgical's Peter Henderson, MD, has become the first surgeon in the United States to use incisionless surgery techniques and tools to correct a failed vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG). Dr. Henderson, who operates at the Southeast Georgia Health System Bariatric Care Center, completed the first of this type of incisionless procedure on April 27th. Surgeon Harold L. Kent, M.D. assisted Dr. Henderson with the procedure. medicalnewstoday.com |
Clinical Study: Biologic Grafts Reduce Postoperative Pain While Creating A Repair As Durable As Synthetic Mesh In Treating Inguinal Hernias Results from a clinical study led by Luca Ansaloni, M.D., showed that Cook Medical's Biodesign Inguinal Hernia Graft causes less postoperative pain and discomfort while creating a repair as durable as synthetic mesh when used in Lichtenstein's hernioplasty procedures... mnt.to |
New Laser From MicroLight Dramatically Reduces Post Operative Downtime, Pain & Scarring For Cosmetic Surgery Patients More than 12.5 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2009 at a cost of $10 billion including 5.1 million reconstructive surgeries such as scar revisions, breast reconstructions, burn care, hand surgeries and correction of birth defects, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons... mnt.to |