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Plastic surgeons looking to expand their connection to patients and provide value-added services to grow their practices are looking to the mobile app market as their next big opportunity. These mobile apps offer features that allow photo morphing to show real patient before-and-after photos and many other options. Pixineers.com has become the leading app development [...]
The researchers, led by Robert Shaw, Jr., MD, at the University of Rochester Medical Center, analyzed computed tomography scans of the facial bones in young (age 20 to 40), middle-aged (41 to 64), and older (65 and up) age groups. All scans were performed for medical reasons-not for planning plastic surgery. Detailed measurements in three-dimensional reconstructions [...]
In this new reality show from E, brides-to-be compete in challenges to earn plastic-surgery procedures in a quest to win their ultimate dream wedding. This reality style show aligns the modern familiarity with cosmetic surgery with the cat-fight formula that most reality shows that revolve around women rely on. The first episode premiered over the [...]
How does someone know if they are a candidate for a procedure that enhances their looks? Brett Kotlus, M.D., M.S., just released a comprehensive guide for patients seeking beauty fixes ranging from the minimally invasive to traditional cosmetic surgery. “Boost Your Beauty” is a reference for prospective patients of all ages that covers the gamut [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox injection (onabotulinumtoxinA) to prevent headaches in adult patients with chronic migraine. Chronic migraine is defined as having a history of migraine and experiencing a headache on most days of the month. “Chronic migraine is one of the most disabling forms of headache,” said Russell Katz, M.D., director of the Division [...]
Marina Del Rey, California (October 16, 2010) – Since silicone gel breast implants were approved by the FDA in 2006, studies of a newer generation of silicone implants, commonly referred to as “gummy bear breast implants,” have been underway. Los Angeles breast implant surgeon Dr. Grant Stevens from Marina Plastic Surgery Associates (www.gummybearbreastimplants.com), a participant [...]
ImplantInfo.com, the Internet’s leading resource for breast augmentation and breast implant education, reports that women favor silicone breast implants over saline breast implants by a factor of more than 2 to 1. ImplantInfo conducted a formal nationwide poll because of evidence observed on its breast augmentation discussion boards. Over the last 2 years, ImplantInfo.com’s discussion [...]
To date, all of the 2010 IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium events have sold out. These respected and well attended multi-day educational programs are coveted training forums for physicians eager to safely, profitably and successfully add botox, hCG medical weight loss, and other aesthetic modalities to their existing practices, or to launch a medical spa. Today, [...]
SAN ANTONIO, TX (Sept. 3) — A long-term study of women with a genetic predisposition for breast or ovarian cancer showed that those who elected major preventive surgeries had a significantly reduced risk of those cancers. The study, published Sept. 1 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirms the view of one of [...]
Reports say that Brad Pitt has undergone filler injections as a way to look younger. According to Celebitchy: National Enquirer. The 46-year-old Pitt has been getting injections of Radiesse, which is a wrinkle-filler, in order to make his face smoother and more youthful. The ruse is working well. “Brad hasn’t looked this good in years [...]