The abdomen is the entire area between the ribs and the pubic bone. It contains a cavity which holds the digestive system and other organs such as the liver and spleen. The cavity is enclosed in front by the abdominal wall, composed of muscle, fat and membranes.
The abdominal wall has five muscles and their fibers run diagonally, horizontally, and vertically. They are in layers with various membranes in between known as fascia. Directly beneath the abdominal skin is a fascial layer with fat. When we gain weight, this layer expands as the fat cells store more fat.
Less Muscle Support
The muscles […]
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, so much had her face been changed. Her parents saw that she was addicted to cosmetic surgery and took her to a doctor for addiction treatment. Whatever was tried did not last very long and she found a cosmetic surgeon who gave her silicone injections.
He went […]
Most often, ear surgery (otoplasty) is done either to flatten the ears more against the head, or to reduce large ears. Less often, the cartilage curves might be modified. The ears are fully grown by the time a child is about five years old and this is one of the few cosmetic procedures performed on children.
In the interests of protecting the child from ridicule at school, many parents have otoplasty done when their children are between five and fourteen years old. Adults can have it done at any age.
It is an outpatient procedure and for adults and teens uses local […]
Japanese Geisha girls traditionally cared well for their facial skin, and now a spa in New York is offering Geisha Facials using an unusual recipe. Apparently in eighteenth century Japan, Geisha girls and actresses who wore heavy white makeup used a cream containing nightingale droppings to remove it and clean their faces.
These droppings have been found to contain a useful enzyme. At the New York spa, nightingale droppings were hand-collected and then sterilized with ultraviolet rays. When they were completely dry they were ground into a powder and mixed with rice bran powder and water to make a paste.
In a […]
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 will be reports on research results, demonstrations of new technology, and ideas on new procedures.
Reports on how facial injuries sustained by our soldiers in Iraq have been repaired, and how these techniques can be used for assault or accident victims
How fat injections can enhance breast reconstruction
Facial […]
With the Sex and the City movie entering wide release today, it calls attention to some of the run-ins the various actresses have had with the question of cosmetic surgery.Playing the four lead characters of the series, these women are among the most commonly-cited celebrity role models for upper-middle-class white women in their 30s and above, also among the largest group of people considering cosmetic surgery.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie Bradshaw, has had some very harsh words for people who undergo plastic surgery, contrasting herself against women who in her words “Have big fake boobs, Botox and big lips,” […]
The first time I heard it, it surprised me. A young woman complained that her butt was too small. Her boyfriend was always looking at stars like Beyonce, whose large buttocks have taken over from Jennifer Lopez’ as the derriere du jour. She also complained that if she put on weight it went exactly where she didn’t want it, her abs and thighs, leaving her rear abysmally flat. Since then, it has become a more common complaint among women, that they wish they could make their buttocks bigger.
Fortunately, they can. With buttock augmentation, they can put junk in their trunk […]
A Democratic assemblywoman in California announced Friday a law aimed at limiting the number of deaths from cosmetic surgery, dubbed the “Donda West law,” after the mother of rapper Kanye West, who died following plastic surgery by Dr. 90210 star Jan Adams. The law would require patients to receive physicals before undergoing elective cosmetic surgery, something that would have revealed that Donda West was unfit for surgery.
It is unclear whether similar legislation may be introduced in Texas to protect you from bad cosmetic surgeons, who are less concerned with your safety than with getting money but there are many things […]
The contours of your face may be enhanced by a variety of techniques. Chin augmentation (also called genioplasty or mentoplasty) strengthens the appearance of a receding chin by increasing its projection. Similarly, the cheekbones can be made fuller, creating a more sculpted look, using implants. Facial implants provide a predictable result. Sometimes fat may be injected into specific areas to restore a more youthful fullness to your face. Treatment with fat injections may need to be repeated to maintain improvement.
The goal of chin augmentation is to improve your profile by creating a better balance between your chin and other facial […]
Each year in the United States, approximately 100,000 men and women elect to have blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) performed to improve the look of their eyes and face. Droopy eyelids may not only make you look older than you are, they may actually impair your vision. Eyelid surgery can correct both of these problems and also remove the puffiness and bags under your eyes. What blepharoplasty will not fix: sagging eyebrows, dark circles under your eyes, and fine lines and wrinkles around your eyes. Sometimes patients opt to have other surgeries performed while their blepharoplasty is being done such as facelifts, […]
