KAHULUI, Maui — Military doctors patched up Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Goede’s shattered body after a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Iraq three years ago, but until yesterday he still carried bits of the war-torn country in his face. Sixteen surgeries at nine medical facilities repaired his mangled leg and removed some of the… [Read More]
BOTOX is among the top used anti-aging treatments in the world. Last year almost two and a half million people were injected with the fast acting substance in order to achieve a smoother, more youthful appearance. It’s no surprise the treatment is so popular. Between its wide availability, its proven, near instant efficacy, and its… [Read More]
A shallowing or hollowing appearance of the areas around the cheeks, eyes and temples are some of the most prominent signs of aging. While a variety of procedures are available to counteract these developments, opinions differ substantially on the overall best method of achieving lasting, natural looking results. Doctors often use fillers, fat injections, implants… [Read More]
Non-surgical cosmetic procedures are out-pacing their surgical counterparts at an increasingly surprising rate. In the year 2000, non-invasive procedures that offered less dramatic but more affordable results accounted for just over a quarter of all cosmetic procedures performed in the United States. That number has risen incredibly in the last ten years, settling at around… [Read More]
The motives to undergo plastic surgery may seem different from culture to culture at first glance, but they’re more similar than might be imagined. According to a recent CNN report, affluent Asian patients are increasingly embracing plastic surgery to achieve a more “Western” appearance in the hopes of elevating their prospects. Many believe that a… [Read More]
Plastic surgery is enjoying an increasingly comfortable reception in much of the world, a fact that’s attested to by the growing number of patients who undergo cosmetic procedures with each passing year. Last year saw a sharp rise in the number of men committing to plastic surgery, and now a similar rise is being witnessed… [Read More]
Ultherapy, a new type of non-surgical treatment intended to tighten and lift the skin around the face, is gaining credibility and popularity in the realm of cosmetic medicine. The procedure utilizes a special frequency of ultrasound that agitates tissues beneath the outer layer of the skin. This causes those tissues to shrink and contract, tightening… [Read More]
Dr. Nathan Newman, MD, a renowned cosmetic surgeon in the Beverly Hills area, is continuing to develop his innovative new treatments for scar repair, abnormality correction and cosmetic rejuvenation. His proprietary treatments introduce stem cells carefully harvested from a patient’s own body into the locales of their specific treatment such as the face, neck, or… [Read More]
Scarring is a normal part of just about any major surgery, whether it’s a cosmetic procedure or not. Surgeons work very hard to reduce the visibility of scars, but they haven’t ever had a method at their fingertips that can help to guarantee the optimal healing of surgical incisions — until now. Geoffrey Gurtner, a… [Read More]
Drs. Robert H. Eckel and Teri L. Hernandez of the University of Colorado recently led a study that sought to clarify the long term effects of liposuction. They assigned a group of women to undergo liposuction as well as a control group to refrain from the procedure, then checked up on both groups regularly over… [Read More]