By roy, on May 17th, 2012%
Surgeons at the Buncke Clinic at California Pacific Medical Center, part of the Sutter Health network, successfully performed an extremely rare surgery reattaching the forehead and scalp of a 22-year-old Stockton woman. This type of surgery has only been successfully performed a few times in the world. The patient, Sonya Dominguez, was at her workplace when her hair was caught in machinery…
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By roy, on May 3rd, 2012%
A report in the May issue of the journal Developmental Dynamics reveals that biologists from the Tufts University have, for the first time, discovered a “self-correcting” mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that this kind of flexible, corrective process has been rigorously analyzed through mathematical modeling…
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By roy, on May 2nd, 2012%
Article by Saksrimae Sukpo
What is Plastic Surgery?In recent years developments in science and technology have brought about significant changes to the world in which we live. One such change has been the introduction of plastic surgery into mainstream life, having grown from being the preserve of the rich and famous to being an increasingly accepted option for ordinary people.
Plastic surgery is a special branch of surgery that deals with the medical correction of a person’s form and structure. While plastic surgery deals mainly with aesthetic surgery, there are also several other types of surgery that come under this domain, such as the different fields of surgery to the cranio-facial region, hand surgery, surgery to correct skin damage caused by burns, and some forms of microsurgery.
The History of Plastic SurgeryThe word plastic comes from the Greek word plastikos which means “to mold” or “to shape”. So, plastic surgery basically means surgery that brings about a re-shaping of a part of the body. Although plastic surgery is generally regarded as being a recent scientific wonder, in fact its history goes back the time of Sushruta in India around the year 700 BC.
In Rome, plastic surgery existed even in the 1st century BC. However because of the dangers involved with this type of surgery, especially when it involves the face or the head . . . → Read More: Some Facts About Plastic Surgery
By roy, on April 19th, 2012%
New research published in the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery suggests that the failure rate of silicone breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) could be as high as 33.8%…
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By roy, on April 5th, 2012%
Styling practices can lead to serious hair and scalp diseases for some African Americans, says Henry Ford Hospital dermatologist Diane Jackson-Richards, M.D. “Hair is an extremely important aspect of an African-American woman’s appearance,” says Dr. Jackson-Richards, director of Henry Ford’s Multicultural Dermatology Clinic…
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By roy, on March 22nd, 2012%
A study published in Science Translational Medicine, from the University of Pennsylvania, explains that scientists looking for the holy grail in beauty treatment have discovered an abnormal quantity of a protein, called Prostaglandin D2, present in the scalp of bald men, that they think may be responsible for their hair loss…
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By roy, on March 8th, 2012%
Hang onto that belly fat, it may come in useful! In a UK first, surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London, have taken fat from a man’s stomach and injected it into his head to help reshape it…
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By roy, on February 23rd, 2012%
Plastic surgery seems to make people look about 8.9 years younger than their actual age, researchers from the University of Toronto and NorthShore University Health System reported in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. Jeremy P. Warner, M.D., and team set out to determine how much younger esthetic facial surgical procedures made people look, in order to measure surgical success…
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By roy, on February 9th, 2012%
German authorities at the BfArM Institute have officially informed the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) that the former GfE Medizintechnik GmbH in Germany sold breast implants under the name TiBREEZE from September 2003 to August 2004, which were manufactured with PIP components…
View full post on Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News From Medical . . . → Read More: PIP Breast Implants Unsafe, Say German Authorities
By roy, on January 26th, 2012%
Human skin is the body’s first line of defense and often mirrors the health, nutritional status and age of a person. Over time, skin shows signs of aging due to the gradual breakdown of collagen and elastin. However, skin can be rebuilt and made healthier no matter one’s age…
View full post on Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News From Medical . . . → Read More: Visible Signs Of Aging Improved By Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark Extract) In New Study
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