| Study Finds 98 Percent Of Elective Mastectomy Patients Would Have Reconstruction Again Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it again, reports a study in July's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). In addition, breast reconstruction after preventive mastectomy was as safe as or safer than reconstruction in women with breast cancer and had excellent cosmetic results. medicalnewstoday.com |
Smallest Year-Over-Year Growth On Record For Cosmetic Procedures Showing sensitivity to weaknesses in the U.S. economy, plastic surgery was not spared from the recession's grasp. According to the newest national procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), in 2008, doctors performed over 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures - encompassing both surgical and minimally-invasive procedures. Surgical numbers dropped nine percent and minimally-invasive numbers rose five percent. medicalnewstoday.com |
Chemotherapy Drug May Improve Appearance Of Sun Damaged Skin, Study Researchers in the US found that the chemotherapy drug fluorouracil appeared to reduce the appearance of sun-damaged and aging skin as well as the number of potentially pre-cancerous skin patches. medicalnewstoday.com |
Now, the Cosmetics Jar Matters, Too To the new eco-beauty enthusiasts, the question of life cycle doesn’t apply only to the elasticity of their skin but also to what happens to the eye shadow compact once it’s empty. nytimes.com |
More Pressure on Organic Claims for Health and Beauty Products Whole Foods will stop selling health and beauty products that say “organic” but aren’t certified. nytimes.com |