Plastic Surgery News

Gone are the days of the windswept and frozen look. Nobody wants to look as if his face was stretched up to his ears. That kind of plastic surgery result has long been hated and plastic surgeons have developed ways to make the results more natural-looking. The kind that your boss or friend won’t even notice.

Plastic surgery patients undergoing a certain procedure don’t want their peers to know that they have had help.

Australians who plan to go under the knife also have the same sentiments. Dr. Alina Fratila, a plastic surgeon, said Australians were following the European trends and are opting for a more natural look. This behavior is quite contrary to what US patients normally show.

It looks like more and more tourists are attracted to get plastic surgery abroad through some very delightful holiday packages that offer sun, sightseeing, and surgery in one wonderful experience.

Medical tourism has always been attracting new patients and it seems there’s no stopping the increase of the number of patients availing holiday cosmetic surgery packages abroad.

It all started when dentists in Europe offered teeth whitening and other cosmetic work to British patients. And then other physicians followed suit. And now plastic surgeons are offering services to clients abroad with an attractive package to boot.

A new research has released interesting finding concerning a way to get rid of annoying facial wrinkles.

The researchers of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) studied the effects of fish waste on human skin cells and found that is was highly effective in getting rid of wrinkles. Fish waste also improves the skin cells in the body, making them look healthier than ever.

The research has been conducted for over a period of five years. The researchers used wastes from more than 150 different species of fish. They also used the skin, liver parts of the gut, the eyes, and the gills in the study to make sure they can get the accurate findings after the experiment. They also employ skin cells grown in test tubes to determine the effects of fish waste on the human skin.

Today, enhancing your bottoms has become one of the most popular requests in plastic surgery clinics lately. Men and women are trying to get the extra attention by showing their bubble butts and curvy bottoms.

Butt lift surgery is mainly the surgical procedure performed to enhance the buttocks. However, plastic surgeons are becoming advocates of non-invasive procedures that’s why they prefer to give patients non-invasive laser aided procedures than surgical ones.

Surgeons often use injectable chemicals to lift the buttocks. These injectables usually contain deoxycholate, phosphatidyl choline and are injected into the area the patient wants fat removed. Patients are required to have the treatment every 6 weeks and three to four treatments at least for maximum benefits. The treatment costs 500 to 750 bucks per session.

Who would have thought that a major cosmetic surgery procedure such as a breast augmentation already has a minimally invasive counterpart --- the lunch-hour boob job.

The lunch-hour boob job achieves breast enlargement by injecting a supercharged fat mixture into the patient’s breast. The fat is taken from the women’s tummy, buttocks, or things using a minor liposuction procedure under local anesthetic.

This minimally invasive procedure is named Celution and is not yet available in the United States. The technique will first focus on breast reconstruction for women with breast cancer and have undergone mastectomy or lumpectomy.

Statistics show that nearly 14,000 males had breast reductions in 2006. This speaks a lot of how men are treating their man-boobs problem very seriously.

At first glance, breast reduction and boys don’t quite seem to go together but reality says that thousands of men go to plastic surgeons to reduce the size of their breasts.

It is a general notion that older men are the ones going under the knife to address their gynecomastia problems. However, younger men in their early twenties also have the same complain.

Alex Rees, 22 years old, has been tormented by his enlarged breasts in his adolescence. He was shied away by friends because of his large breasts.

A new procedure called Temporalis Tendon Transfer is used to restore the ability to smile to patients with facial paralysis. This procedure is combined with intense physical therapy before and after surgery and could help similarly stricken patients right away. Through this procedure, surgeons detach, reroute, and reattach a muscle for chewing, thereby, allowing patients to bring back their smile.

Dr. Patrick Byrne, director of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, said that Temporalis Tendon Transfer is a very doable procedure and it is very applicable on a wide scale.

Rosacea is a common skin condition that affects fair-skinned people of mostly north-western European descent, and has been nicknamed the 'curse of the Celts' by some in Ireland. It begins as erythema (flushing and redness) on the central face and across the cheeks, nose, or forehead but can also less commonly affect the neck and chest. It is needless to say that people affected by this skin condition generally seeks treatment in order to remedy their situation.

Fortunately for Rosacea sufferers, a recent research shows that photoderm therapy can be used as a highly effective form of treatment for Rosacea. Patients who have this inflammatory skin disorder that results in unsightly and painful rashes, acne and persistent red veins can now take comfort on the fact that having Rosacea is not the end of the world and that en effective cure is available thanks to the industrious researchers and scientists who continually seek new knowledge to further improve medical science.

A UK clothing catalogue, Grattan, offers customers a range of non-surgical procedures such as Botox from Transform Cosmetic Surgery. As expected, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons issued a warning that making such treatments “off-the-shelf” could undermine the seriousness of the procedures.

However, Transform Cosmetic Surgery defends its stance, saying the prior to the sales, consumers received a consultation and were fully informed before undergoing any procedure.

Aside from Botox, the Grattan catalogue also offers lip enhancement and skin peels and even allows customers to pay in installments.

A few years ago, no one would have thought that there are going to be a worldwide acceptance of plastic surgery among men. Cosmetic surgery became mainstream in the 19th century but it is only now that men began to open themselves up for the possibility of going under a cosmetic surgery makeover.

Before, men only opt for liposuction as a reluctant move to get rid of excess body fat. But now, more and more men are taking in more options to make their faces and their bodies look amazing.

Statistics from various plastic surgery societies would show that the number of men electing to get cosmetic surgery increased by 44 percent from 2000 to 2005. Most of them reported that they witnessed a big difference in their wives’ appearances, and then decided to get surgery themselves. Also, men, realize that there is a need for them to keep up with the young men in their offices. Whatever the reason is, it looks like more and more men are seriously considering cosmetic surgery as an important part of their plans to improve their current situation.