Age is catching up with the Chinese communist party leaders and it is reported that each year, over 500 of them are having cosmetic surgery. They are going to the Plastic Surgery Hospital at Beijing’s Union Medical College.
“The officials have to go on television much more than before,” said one of the senior surgeons at that facility. “[They] have to make many more appearances in public. They want to make sure they have the strong features that government officials are supposed to have.”
The surgeon, one Dr. Chen Huanran, says that more than 200 cosmetic operations are done on senior communist […]
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a bill for what the media call “health care reform”, meaning the imposition of government-run healthcare. It includes a five percent tax on all cosmetic surgery – procedures such as liposuction, BOTOX® Cosmetic, and breast implants that are done to enhance one’s appearance rather than to repair an abnormality or reconstruct after an injury.
These are the procedures that insurance companies currently do not pay for, for the same reason. For example, rhinoplasty can be done for either cosmetic enhancement of the nose or for correction of breathing problems such as a deviated septum – […]
In the 1990s, not many plastic surgeons were promoting their practice on the Web, but Dr. Steven Denenberg blazed that trail. He noticed that of the few cosmetic surgery websites that were on the Web, none had any Before and After photos.
He launched his own site and added several hundred such photos to show viewers how he could change and improve a person’s appearance with each cosmetic surgery procedure. Such Before and After Galleries are now very popular, although not of equal quality. Our Before and After Photos are nicely organized by procedure and by gender.
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Dr. Denenberg has […]
A news item from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, reports that the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is urging the Department of Health to draw up a law to protect unsuspecting cosmetic surgeons from criminals on the run. There have been some cases where a wanted criminal has had cosmetic surgery done for a disguise, giving a false name to the surgeon.
The NBI Deputy Director, one Ruel Lasala, stated:
“Surgeons, doctors or medical staff become “instruments” of these unscrupulous hardened criminals to alter their faces to hide their identities as part of effort to avoid being caught by law […]
On the south coast of Queensland is a beach called Surfer’s Paradise, bordered by big hotels Florida-style. Other beautiful surf beaches are nearby and a little north of this whole area, called the Gold Coast, the Barrier Reef begins.
The Gold Coast has become Australia’s “nip and tuck capital”, according to news reports. As this is a popular holiday area for tourists as well as Australians, one’s beach appearance is felt to be important and cosmetic surgery has flourished.
One woman in particular, one Pamela Noon, has done a lot to promote it. She produced advertisements and videos and set up an […]
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.
The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is now requiring that only those actually trained in plastic surgery be allowed to provide it. This category may include other specialists than plastic surgeons, such as eye surgeons. South Africa has a Medicines Control Council that issues […]
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 the tip had simply been removed rather than recontoured.
A few months later, she decided to try again and this time she did more research into potential cosmetic surgeons. She found one who specialized in ethnic surgery and the results this time were more to her […]
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 incident, saying that the women had gone to South Korea for facial cosmetic surgery. They ranged in age between 36 and 54. Some of the surgeries they had had were:
Rhinoplasty – to make their nose higher at the bridge
Blepharoplasty – to make their eyes look larger
Chin […]
In today’s competitive job market, many people are turning to plastic surgery for help in their job search. For thousands of Americans, being qualified for the job is not enough anymore – they want to also look as young and appealing as they can.
People who have reached mid-life are encountering some ageism. It is not voiced, but as they go from interview to interview they see the pattern. By increasing the youthfulness of their appearance, they can compete more strongly with younger people.
The aesthetic goals that job seekers are trying to reach differ widely. Some people want to look younger […]
Plastic surgery can give you the appearance you have always wanted, and with some economists predicting that the recession could end as soon as January, 2010, the time is right to get your cosmetic procedure done.
If you have been considering cosmetic surgery in the Dallas, Texas area, the time is right to visit Dr. Vasdev Rai for an initial consultation.
When the recession turns around, prices for many things will inevitably rise again, including plastic surgery. Choosing to have plastic surgery now may be a wise decision. Interest rates may well be higher in the future, and paying for your procedure […]
