Archive for the ‘Cosmetic Medicine’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
At the moment in Canada a General Practitioner can advertise himself/herself as a cosmetic surgeon, even though he/she is not a certified surgeon - two new rules changes have been approved by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) which stop this. The new rule ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
New 'Miracle' Skin Healing Cream Now Available to the PublicThe wait is finally over as five of the UK's leading plastic surgeons launch HEAL: a revolutionary new healing gel originally created to soothe and reduce inflammation of the skin following surgery (thereby shortening recovery times), but which has also proven ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Consultant Plastic Surgeon and international laser expert David Gault spoke out against the Department of Health's proposal to deregulate laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) devices for 'cosmetic' treatments. Mr Gault who helped develop the first hair-removing laser over 18 years ago and acts as an expert witness in ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
A teenager from South Florida, USA, died last Saturday during an operation to correct asymmetrical breasts and an inverted areola.Two hours into what was supposed to be a routine operation at a plastic surgery facility in Boca Raton, 18-year old Stephanie Kuleba was rushed to Delray Medical Center.According to a ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Almost a quarter (2,626,700) of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed on ethnic patients in 2007, up 13 percent from last year, including Hispanics, African Americans and Asian Americans, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Since 2007, cosmetic plastic surgery procedures increased in ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Plastic surgery procedures of the face and chest were popular among both women and men in 2007, increasing at similar rates for similar procedures, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Facelifts increased 14 percent for women and 16 percent for men from 2007. ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Despite domestic concerns like inflation and a looming home lending crisis, average Americans continue to spend money on plastic surgery. According to the latest procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2007 - a 7 percent ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Most patients have moderately severe pain resulting from their injuries one year after sustaining major trauma, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Pain is a natural accompaniment of acute injury to tissues and is expected in the ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Sex, age, burn site, number of surgical procedures and the type of skin graft are associated with abnormal scarring following burns, according to a report in the March/April 2008 issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The survival rate of patients with burns ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Through hard experience, U.S. military doctors and civilian surgeons in Iraq have made meaningful strides in managing devastating injuries suffered by soldiers and Iraqi victims. The gains are highlighted in special articles in the March issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part ...
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