| Plastic Surgeons Face War Injuries From Iraq To Inner-City Violence Born out of war, plastic surgery remains at the forefront of surgical innovation, and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims of inner city wars being fought on our streets. At the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. medicalnewstoday.com |
In Cosmetic Surgery Less Common Procedures Less Common Than Thought The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery announces the results of its 2009 Less Common Cosmetic Procedures consumer survey. While the media has coined these cosmetic procedures as 'fringe' and made it seem that they are in high demand, it is important to clarify the facts. The results reveal that less common cosmetic procedures are generally over-hyped and over-analyzed. medicalnewstoday.com |
Judging Facial Beauty Among Races Standard ideals of facial beauty and harmony may differ depending on geographic location, with a specific difference between North American beauty ideals and those of Brazilians. medicalnewstoday.com |
Surgical Robot Could Be Used For Long-Distance Regional Anesthesia An existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures in theory, allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform robot-assisted procedures from remote locations, according to a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)... mnt.to |
Better Abdominal Muscles Through Makeup? For the surgically disinclined, toning creams or artfully applied body makeup may be attractive. nytimes.com |