Category Archives: Plastic Surgery News

There always has been a negative assumption that many plastic surgery patients are unhappy with themselves and their body with general low self-esteem   That is one of the driving forces that has made plastic surgery a taboo subject amongst many.  Recently, a new European study from Ruhr Universität and the University of Basel has shed a new light on this controversy. [...]...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its yearly statistics of plastic surgery procedures of the previous year.  Based on the report, plastic surgery has been on the rise over the past three years.  The year 2012 has seen a 5 percent surge compared to 2011, with  14.6 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures  performed in the United States. Minimally-invasive procedures has [...]...

Earlobe creases, a receding hairline, baldness and fatty deposits around the eyes are tell tell sign of aging.  These aging changes may also point to underlying  health issues, studies suggest. Many studies indicate that a linear wrinkle on the earlobes may be a predictor of cardiovascular events (i.e. heart attack), said Sameer Sayeed, MD, cardiologist with ColumbiaDoctors of Somers, [...]...

Stanford University researchers recently reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine that organic food is no healthier than that which is conventionally produced. Review of hundreds of studies there were no evidence of nutritional differences,however, they did state that non-organic products are more likely to carry more pesticide residue. Even so, there was no evidence that people who eat organic diets [...]...

As with all industries, the economic downturn affected plastic surgery significantly. But now with the economy back on the rise, surgical procedures are regaining their popularity. Last year more that 13 million procedures were performed, which was an increase of 5% since the previous year. In 2010 the most popular procedure was breast augmentation followed [...]...