The statistics compiled for 2008 by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) show breast augmentation as the most popular cosmetic surgery. This is the first time liposuction has not been at the top of the list.
It seems that American women have a lot of confidence now in both saline and silicone gel implants. They both give excellent results and the most important factor in this choice is the patient’s knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of each type of implant.
During the 14 years that the FDA restricted use of silicone gel implants to reconstruction only, barring them from […]
Insurance companies generally regard breast reduction as a cosmetic surgery and therefore will not cover it. It certainly may give a cosmetic enhancement to your body proportions. But that does not mean it won’t also relieve pain and save you from
Back problems
Skin irritation
Nerve damage, and
Breathing problems,
to name just some of the problems caused by over-large breasts.
Even when a cosmetic surgeon can successfully show that significant health benefits will flow from a breast reduction, most insurance companies still apply limitations. If less than 500 grams of tissue are removed from each breast, they will not cover the surgery.
The mistake there is […]
We tend to assume that damaged skin just comes with aging. Almost all old people have wrinkles, discoloration, blemishes and/or leathery skin. But over-exposure, or long chronic exposure, to the sun’s ultraviolet rays is what mostly causes these defects.
A young person on the beach or out sailing, with smooth suntanned skin, does not usually realize that an attractive suntan is just Stage One of Wrinkles/Brown Spots/Leathery Texture. Then there is skin cancer, which begins unobtrusively but can metastasize quickly and become hard to treat. A tanning booth causes as much harm as the sun.
Ultraviolet (UV) Light
UV light travels at a […]
Each year the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) collects statistics from cosmetic surgeons nationwide as to how many of the various procedures have been done. They then analyze and tabulate them and put them up on their website.
The statistics for 2008 show an interesting switch between breast augmentation and liposuction. Previously, liposuction was the most popular cosmetic procedure but is now taking second place to breast augmentation. In 2008, there were:
355,671 breast augmentation procedures, down 11 percent from 2007
341,144 liposuction procedures, down 25 percent from 2007
They both went down compared to 2007, as did many other procedures although […]
When we breathe in, we take in oxygen which moves from the tiny air sacs in the lungs into arterial blood. When we eat, the digestive system breaks down the food into nutrients and waste products and the nutrients are absorbed into arterial blood.
The heart pumps arterial blood throughout the body and oxygen and nutrients are thus taken to all organs including the skin. The skin is our largest organ. Its cells absorb the oxygen and nutrients and this supports and enhances life.
Breathing Smoke In
Cigarette smoke contains a long list of harmful substances. Carbon monoxide is one, and it is […]
In 2007 a Chinese newspaper got together with over 20 Chinese media groups and a medical group which offers cosmetic surgery. They set up China’s first campaign to help women who have been somehow disfigured but were too poor to pay for any reconstructive or cosmetic surgery. The campaign was called the China Rose Movement.
The Chinese Women’s Development Foundation is a national non-profit organization. In March, 2008 it joined this group and helped set up the Rose Fund to help disfigured women obtain plastic surgery.
The causes of disfigurement can be heredity or traumas such as fires or automobile accidents. In […]
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently did a study of 186 pairs of identical twins to see if they could learn something about genetic factors vs environmental factors in aging.
The researchers had the twins fill out comprehensive questionnaires and they obtained digital photographs of each twin. An independent panel examined the photos and recorded their perceptions of the age of each one.
When researches paired up the rated ages with the questionnaire information they found that despite having identical genetic predispositions as to aging, the twins had different apparent ages according to various environmental factors:
Divorced twins looked about two […]
Aging, pregnancy, and breastfeeding all take their toll on the breasts. The skin is stretched when the breasts grow larger for childbirth and milk production. In a younger woman it will usually shrink back again when milk production stops, and the breasts will have their previous youthful appearance.
But with age, skin gradually loses its elasticity. This is why tummy tucks are popular cosmetic surgery procedures – the abdominal skin does not shrink to fit a slimmer contour after pregnancy or weight loss. A tummy tuck will remove the excess skin and give a new smoothness to the abdominal area.
When the […]
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 a fully-qualified cosmetic surgeon who has experience in your particular procedure. If you choose an inexperienced or poorly-qualified surgeon you risk having a poor outcome which would require further surgery for correction.
Follow your chosen surgeon’s instructions to the letter. All pre- and post-surgery instructions are given for […]
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 previous shape as possible. Your Mommy Makeover would be customized for your particular issues and problems, and would be carefully planned between you and Dr. Rai.
In the news recently have been reports about Tameka Foster, the wife of R&B; artist Usher. She went to Brazil for […]
