Brand Name Surgeries Are Not a Guaranteed "Quick Fix"
Lifestyle Lift, Lunchtime Lift, Thread-tox, and Smart-Lipo: These are just a few of the brand-name surgical procedures being advertised as in-office operations that will smoothen out wrinkles or reshape your stomach, with no downtime and no scars. Behind the clever names, are these procedures really the "quick-fix" they appear to be?
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In Times of Recession, Botox Beats Out Facelifts
Cosmetic surgeons are saying that surgeries such as facelifts and breast augmentations are down, while procedures that don't entail going under the knife - and which are less expensive - are up. This is according to a recent study by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. "What they found is that 53 percent of the plastic surgeons were actually seeing a 30 to 40 percent decrease in the business," said Dr. Constantino Mendieta, a cosmetic surgeon in Miami. The worsening economy, he said, has caused Americans to turn away from expensive procedures, and to rush instead to get cheaper cosmetic work done on themselves, such as botox treatments, wrinkle injections, liposuction or mini-facelifts.
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Breast Cancer Surgery Stressing Cosmetics Over Cures?
Recent innovations in breast cancer surgery that allow doctors to minimize postsurgical breast deformities may be stressing cosmetic outcomes to the detriment of actual rates of cure, a senior physician warned recently.
“We must ensure that surgical approaches designed to improve cosmetic outcomes do not increase local failure and the risk of subsequent death from breast cancer,” said Monica Morrow, chief of the Breast Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Her editorial was published on the British Medical Journal website.
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Expert Commentary: Peter Geldner, M.D. 12/16/09
The guiding principles of breast cancer have always been to treat the disease first and offer the hope of restoring the body image second. There has never been serious deviation from this standard. The cancer surgeon must do what they feel that they need and what they can prove that they need. Bizarre incisions and overly aggressive breast ablation has no place in the concept of evidence-based medicine. Likewise, inadequate excision can never be tolerated just because it makes reconstruction easier.
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Breast Enlargement Pills Come With Uncertainty and Concerns
In today's world, many women long for better curves and ways of enhancing their look. It's widely known that many women are displeased with their cup size or the visual aspects of their breasts. So it's no surprise that some are exploring the option of breast enlargement pills to enhance their image.
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Plastic Surgery, the Who and What of It
Ever wonder who's getting plastic surgery? For the most part, it's women. Statistics compiled by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery show that of the 11.5 million cosmetic surgical and non-surgical procedures done in 2005, over 90% were preformed on women. In fact, surgical procedures for women showed a modest annual increase of 2%, while they were down 8% for men. People ages 35-50 years are the most likely to have a cosmetic procedure done, accounting for nearly half of procedures, compared with just 4% of people 65 and older.
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