Skincare Market Inc. is now carrying the latest SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic which is a revolutionary antioxidant combination that delivers advanced protection against photo-aging while neutralizing free radicals, helping build collagen, and providing unmatched antioxidant protection. The more protection there is for the skin means more youthful looking skin and better defense against environmental aging.This product [...]
Oct 10 2011 | Posted in
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Women get the lions share 87 percent of all the surgical and non-invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States. Thats why most plastic surgery advertising is still directed toward them.Plastic surgery for men, however, is on the rise. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, male cosmetic procedures were up 2 percent last year. [...]
Oct 7 2011 | Posted in
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Despite the popularity of plastic surgery techniques for volume enhancement, including breast implants, fillers to the face and lips such as Restylane(R) and Juvederm(R), fat grafts, cheek and chin implants, and the “Brazilian buttock lift,” there has never before been one textbook that covers these procedures in one comprehesive compendium. The Encyclopedia of Aesthetic Rejuvenation [...]
Oct 6 2011 | Posted in
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Incisive Surgical, Inc., the maker of the revolutionary INSORB® Absorbable Skin Stapler, today announced the launch of a new national patient advocacy campaign – “Eliminate Traumatic Metal Skin Staples for Routine Skin Closure.” This campaign features a new website, www.ihatemetalskinstaples.com, which offers information regarding skin closure options available to patients undergoing surgery – metal [...]
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Liposuction is a body contouring procedure, not a cure for obesity. The results are judged with a mirror and not a scale. The procedure is ideally suited for men and women with localized fat deposits that are resistant to diet and exercise. Men typically want their “spare tire” and excess fat on their chest removed, [...]
How do leaner economic times affect patients’ aesthetic procedure choices? Two recent surveys—one administered to potential patients and one to physician members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ASAPS—reveal that many patients are delaying facial plastic surgery and instead seeking out less-costly nonsurgical options due to the impact of the current recession. Surprisingly, [...]
Sep 26 2011 | Posted in
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The remarkable rise in medical tourism, where patients travel out of their home country for their plastic surgery, has put into question the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship and is endangering many who seek low cost surgery. ”We see travel agencies brokering surgery for their clients with surgeons they have never met. The patients have [...]
Aug 26 2011 | Posted in
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Liberate Cosmetic Surgery has discovered that 25% of women that it surveyed started to first consider cosmetic surgery between the ages of 10-15 years-old. The 3000 British women between 18 and 30 years-old who took part in the research were asked at what age they first considered cosmetic surgery, to which 25% of women answered [...]
Aug 23 2011 | Posted in
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Synthetic collagen has a wide range of applications in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery and in the food industry. For proper function in animals a certain number of prolines within the protein need to be hydroxylated. BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Biotechnology reports that for the first time the α1 chain of type 1 collagen [...]
Jun 23 2011 | Posted in
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A new national conference on breast cancer hosted and sponsored by Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, will spotlight important developments in breast cancer care including surgical techniques such as nipple-sparing mastectomies with breast reconstruction that not only remove the cancer but also allow women to have natural, healthy breasts. The Georgetown University Hospital Conference [...]