Plastic Surgery News

One of Hollywood’s finest actresses has expressed her concern over the fact that it has quite become a norm for most celebrities to use plastic surgery to delay aging. Jane Fonda, star of Monster in Law and Barbarella, told the press that she started dreading every trip she takes into tinsel town because she hates the way an increasing number of young people in the town are going under the knife.

Jane Fonda also insisted that though she had her own share of plastic surgery makeovers, she was stunned and disturbed by the numbers of people, men and women alike, who are turning to plastic surgery to make themselves look younger.

The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety has officially launched a public awareness campaign on the safe use of injectable treatments. The coalition is actually an alliance of physician organizations including the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery. The main goal of the coalition is to raise awareness of the appropriate use and setting for receiving injectable therapies such as Botox and Collagen.

According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) 2006 statistics, 5.7 million injectable procedures were performed for cosmetic reasons. The treatments are U.S. FDA approved products that are designed to treat facial wrinkles, improve the signs of aging, enhance facial appearance and treat skin imperfections. Botox and Restylane are usually the most common names associated with injectable treatments. Clients are advised to choose a board-certified plastic surgeon, who regularly performs facial cosmetic procedures to administer the procedure. They must also make sure that the surgeon, dermatologist, or ophthalmic plastic surgeon uses FDA approved injectables to ensure that they operation is safe and effective.

Who would have thought that there are beauty conscious officers in the army? This is what came into view as the Command Hospital in India currently attracts army officers who are into getting some nip and tuck.

The Command Hospital is an army hospital in India that offers cosmetic surgery. The hospital’s commandant, Major General Pradeep Bhargava, is an expert in reconstructive surgery. He stressed that the clinic provides treatments like facial rejuvenation, breast surgery, and body contouring using the most advanced techniques.

Officials of the Command Hospital plastic surgery department are confident with the skills and training the cosmetic surgery staff have acquired for the procedures. Colonel B. Chakravarty and Lt. Colonel T.S. Bhatti have undergone several trainings in abroad to further hone their craft. This is why in the last year alone; the department has administered Botox injections to as many as 150 people.

A face-to-face survey of 1,978 British adults carried out in March and an online survey of 306 people who had undergone or were planning to undergo cosmetic surgery prove that many Britons want their partners to solve bodily flaws with cosmetic surgery.

According to the survey, one in ten people would consider going under the knife to enhance their own looks, a consumer group Which? said.

Also, four percent of nearly 2,000 adults questioned would like their partner to think about cosmetic surgery too.

The survey results show that men most commonly wanted their partner to undergo a boob job. This is quite contrary to what most people believe that men don’t like fake boobs. On the other hand, women want their partners to have flatter stomachs.

Orthopedic specialists in Guangzhou, China have released a warning against height-increasing surgery. The physicians are telling people who are planning to improve self-image by undergoing the Ilizarov procedure, also known as the limb-lengthening surgery, to seriously be cautious it as it might cause to lead partial paralysis.

The warning was issued after a 25-year-old woman, nicknamed Xaomei, from Guangzhou was left crippled in her lower right leg after undergoing the procedure at Guangzhou Yuandong Cosmetics Hospital.

The Ilizarov procedure involves breaking and separating the bones of the patient's lower leg, and then allowing them to grow back to span the gap.

A survey conducted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reveals that more and more Asian Americans living in the United States are undergoing plastic surgery to look more like a White Caucasian.

It has been a general notion that the pressure to alter one's features and body prevalent in every group and ethnic community in America. However, the minorities like Asians and African-Americans are the ones at the receiving end of such heavy pressures.

Statistics from ASPS show that the number of minorities getting plastic surgery increased dramatically through the years. From 1997 to 2002, the figures quadrupled. And in 2005, Asian-Americans had 437,000 cosmetic surgeries, up by 58 percent from 2004.

Lasers have been around for quite some time to aid doctors in zapping unwanted hair, making broken capillaries disappear, skin resurfacing, and removing brown spots. They are also used to cure certain disorders of the eyes, and they are quite good in producing great results.

Now doctors have found another use for lasers and body-conscious folks couldn’t be happier with this new development

Laser-assisted lipolysis, or laser liposuction, is poised to be the next big thing in body-contouring procedures. The procedure is minimally invasive and performed under local anesthesia or oral sedation, with virtually no pain or bruising. Patients can resume normal activities two days after the operation. The plastic surgeon only makes a tiny incision, inserts a laser fiber probe just under the surface of the skin and aims it at the fat.

Who would have thought getting an eyelid surgery can be this dangerous? This poor girl never expected this tragic thing to happen either.

News reports tell of a 21-year old woman who died in Seoul on Tuesday after undergoing a cosmetic surgery procedure to create double eyelids. Procedures like this are actually considered safe but there have been a few previous reports of fatalities.

Reports said that Choi collapsed when she was given a shot of painkiller after her eyelid surgery. The plastic surgeon who operated on her told the police that Choi woke up from the anesthesia after the operation was done. However, she lost consciousness when she received an injection of a painkiller and antibiotics.

Liposuction has always been the champion when it comes to the most number of procedures performed in a year. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ statistics of 2005 and backwards can attest to that fact.

However, in 2006, breast augmentation did an amazing feat and grabbed the top spot.

According to the ASPS records, nearly 11 million cosmetic surgery procedures were performed in the US in 2006. The figure is 7 percent higher than that of 2005. Also, more than 5.2 million reconstructive plastic surgery procedures were performed last year.

Spirit India has more details on this.

Madonna has been so very busy these days with a lot of things. She has always been so visible in the music industry with her numerous concert tours. She has also had her line of clothing to endorse that is H & M. And now, as if that’s not enough, Madge is set to appear on a hit TV show Nip/Tuck and rumor has it that she may even shed off her clothes in the episode.

iTV delivers the report.

The creator of the series about plastic surgery has written a special part for the singer and is keen for her to star alongside Rosie O'Donnell, a regular on the show.