Category Archives: Plastic Surgery

The healthcare system in Prague, Czechoslovakia is currently facing a crisis with fewer and fewer people joining the nursing force. Hospitals and private clinics alike have seen a 10% drop in the number of nursing applications in the last three months. In order to encourage more people to nurse at hospitals and clinics, Czech hospitals […]

Cosmetic surgeries in general are becoming more popular lately as the public becomes aware of the fantastic results they can provide. Males are one of the biggest demographics that are choosing to have cosmetic surgery performed. In the past, most men thought of plastic surgery as breast augmentation or tummy tucks that women had to […]

A search on the internet for plastic surgery will return many options for people considering traveling to a coastline resort or other country for their plastic surgery. Some of these websites claim that you can have fun and relax after your procedure or that you can enjoy a full vacation before you return home with […]

Yesterday this space featured a blog on three plastic surgery myths. Today we deal with three more. 4. Don’t ask your plastic surgeon tough questions – it is disrespectful When you are deciding which plastic surgeon to choose, you can schedule free consultations to talk to each surgeon. By all means take a list of […]

Cosmetic surgery is plastic surgery done for cosmetic reasons. Since it has become so popular over recent years, many myths have emerged that need to be dealt with periodically. 1. Only a plastic surgeon can legally do plastic surgery There are no regulations that restrict what type of medical practitioner may do plastic surgery. That […]

China is feeling the current recession and one aspect of it is increased competition for jobs. Chinese government officials have estimated that about 6.1 million students will be graduating from colleges and vocational schools, which is nine percent more than last year. The prediction is that about a quarter of them will find no job […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]