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In 2002, one Daryl Strenke was helping his ex-girlfriend’s father with work on a new campground near the Polk County/Barron County line in Wisconsin. His ex-girlfriend, Sam Verby, was in her new trailer nearby. Strenke started yelling at her to come out and talk to him. She invited him into her trailer to talk. He […]

In Pretoria, South Africa, this week, the laws have been tightened on who can perform plastic surgery. Until now, there was a loophole in the law that allowed general practitioners to perform plastic surgery that they were not qualified to offer. There had been facelifts performed, and other cosmetic procedures, that lead to disastrous consequences. […]

On October 2 there was a news report featuring one Petra Bonilla, a young woman in New York who wanted rhinoplasty. She saved up the surgery cost and had the procedure done to modify the way her nose tip hung down too much. However, when the bandages were removed she was appalled to find that […]

Coming up on December 3, 2009 is the 15th World Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS) and it will be hosted by Delhi. There will be many thousands of plastic surgeons and physicians in related fields such as burn surgery and micro-surgery, all sharing ideas, test results, and new […]

Have you been sticking to a diet and exercise regimen and being successful? You might be finding that although you lose a lot of weight you are not happy with some areas where the fatty tissue is stubbornly remaining. Exercise helps in losing weight partly by speeding up the metabolism and partly by using up […]

On September 11, 2009, the FDA accepted a review application from Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC for premarket approval of Belotero® Balance. This is the start of the approval process for marketing a product in the U.S. Belotero® Balance Merz Pharmaceuticals is a German company and Belotero® Balance has already been approved in the U.K., Switzerland, Austria, […]

When we travel abroad and then return home to our own country, we assume that we’ll be allowed in. However, recently 23 women coming home to China were stopped by customs officials. On comparing the passport photos of these women with their live faces, the officials saw too much discrepancy. The China Daily reported this […]

In July of this year the American Society of Plastic Surgeons validated fat grafting as a way to do breast enlargement. It is a procedure where unwanted excess fat is taken from another body area and injected into the breasts to increase their size. Some areas where the fat is typically harvested are: Abdomen Hips […]

Sometimes a pair of twins grow up trying to be as unlike each other as possible, and other times they try to be indistinguishable. In the U.K. recently two identical twins, Jo and Kerry Burton, have been living duplicate lives. After spending childhood duplicating each other’s chickenpox, careers in the Brownies, and ballet lessons, they […]

BOTOX® is used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth out forehead wrinkles and frown lines. It is administered with an extremely thin needle directly into the muscle being treated. It prevents the brain from successfully sending messages to that muscle telling it to contract. When you cannot contract the frown muscles, you cannot frown. That keeps […]