Category Archives: Cosmetic Surgery

Several recent news reports items have reported an increase in cosmetic surgery procedures in the current “slumping” economy. This includes increasing numbers of men who have been laid off and want to look more vigorous and youthful in their upcoming job interviews. Eyelid surgery and liposuction have been among the most-demanded surgeries, as men have […]

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has issued its forecast for 2009. They based it on many interviews with cosmetic surgeons around the country. Overall they expect to see the same diversification of cosmetic surgery patients as happened during 2008. Surgeons have been tailoring procedures for more and more individual situations and this in […]

According to Fox News recently, cosmetic surgery patients are loudly asking for famous facial features. Fox News interviewed plastic surgeons in several states and learned that media coverage is the guiding light for what new patients think they want to look like. Mere beauty is not enough, and negative fame is not inspiring these patients; […]

A news report this week concerns a Korean woman aged 48 who for twenty years has been having cosmetic surgery procedures. She moved to Japan so she could have more but eventually surgeons drew the line and would not give her more. At that point she returned to Korea where her family didn’t recognize her, […]

A fashionable woman loves fashionable shoes and will wear high heels all day every day. Now a new health problem is emerging called StilettoTarsal. From putting so much relative weight on the balls of their feet for years, some women now have chronic inflammation. To get this treated, they are seeking dermal fillers in their […]

A study was done by a group called the Freedonia Group in Cleveland Ohio, on cosmetic surgery product use. This group is an international business research company, founded in 1985. According to its own website, it publishes “more than 100 industry research studies annually” which provide “an unbiased outlook and a reliable assessment of an […]

One of the professional associations that Dr. Rai belongs to is the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The ASPS Annual Meeting will be between October 31 and Nov 5 this year, in Chicago, and the attendance estimate is 6,000 doctors. ASPS membership is about 6,700. Plastic surgery of the future will be highlighted. There […]

Although the economy is supposed to be slumping and bringing cosmetic surgeons down with it, there are a lot of news items about cosmetic surgery continuing to surge and prosper. One new procedure has been drawing many potential patients: another type of cosmetic “lift”. Cosmetic “lifts” have always been popular, as the force of gravity […]

A French plastic surgeon, one Michel Maure, was arrested in Spain after he breached his bail conditions in France. An international manhunt found him in Catalonia. He was awaiting sentencing for having performed several dozen surgeries, including breast augmentation and liposuction which left the patients badly scarred and with complications. Not Trained in Plastic Surgery […]

So, if Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson represent the most exemplary types of feminine beauty, what lessons can we learn from them, in terms of trying to contemplate the modern ideal of female beauty?At first glance, they seem very different.Jessica Biel, at 5’7″, 112 pounds with 34 B breasts cuts a much leaner figure than […]