Archive for February, 2009

Health insurance does not typically cover any cosmetic procedure unless there’s also a convincing health reason for the procedure. An example of that would be a rhinoplasty done both for recontouring of the nose and improvement of breathing such as correcting a deviated septum. There are some ways of reducing your potential surgery costs. Choose […]

Pregnancy and childbirth make a lot of changes in a woman’s body. Breastfeeding makes more changes. By the time it is all over, many women look in the mirror and wonder who that person is, so different does she look from their previous image. A Mommy Makeover is designed to restore as much of your […]

When the economy slows down and shrinks, as it has been doing lately, discounts become more frequent and more attractive. You may have seen some advertising for low-price BOTOX treatments or cheap skin treatments using dermal fillers like Restylane®. Perhaps you have also seen recent news about Heparin imported from China which caused deaths and […]

The term anesthesia was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1846 and comes from two Greek words meaning “without sensation”. An anesthetic is not the same as an analgesic. We buy many analgesics over-the-counter, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen and they block the sensation of pain. There are also prescription analgesics. Anesthesia is a broader […]

The February issue of the journal Ophthalmology has the findings of a study done on how people judge age and fatigue. The participants were 47 college students in the Boston area. They were asked to look on a computer monitor at photos of 48 older people and rate either the age or the fatigue level […]

With the economic downturn and rounds of layoffs happening, non-invasive cosmetic procedures have become more popular. It seems that to reduce their chances of being laid off, some people try to avoid taking time off work, such as the week or two of recovery time which would be required after a facelift. The so-called “lunchtime” […]

As cosmetic surgery continues to expand its offerings and become better known to the general public, more men are becoming interested in improving their appearance. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery collects statistics each year as to how many times each cosmetic procedure is performed. For 2007, liposuction was the most popular male procedure, […]