Cosmetic Surgery

Many people rely on glasses and contacts to correct their vision, but some find these methods inconvenient, uncomfortable or unattractive.There are now corrective eye surgery options using an excimer laser. Two such procedures are photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ Keratomileusis (LASIK). The Food and Drug Administration first approved the excimer laser for use in PRK surgery in October 1995 and more recently has approved certain types of excimer lasers for use in Lasik surgury.PRK is a procedure in which the surface .... More »

Bangkok -- Bangkok Plastic Surgery Clinic recently started targeting a new emerging group of customers -- the male populationNowadays, more and more men are turning to cosmetic surgery for a variety of reasons. This reflects an increase in the awareness of appearance as well as health issues. Beauty was once considered to be women's matter, but times have changed, and the male population of this twenty first century is now paying way more attention to their looks and health than ever before.Health issue aside, the competitiveness in t .... More »

A Colorado cosmetic surgeon recently completed his 15th trip to Vietnam with his Christian medical relief non-profit organization, Face The Challenge, and had the honor of performing his 1,000th free facial surgery on a young Cambodian woman.Denver, CO -- For many people in developing countries such as Vietnam, even things like basic medical care can be a luxury. If a child is born with a facial deformity such as a cleft lip, or a young man is injured while riding a motorcycle, they often live with their deformities and injuries for t .... More »

An eye surgeon has avoided being struck off the register after leaving children's author Jan Fearnley with blurred vision from Lasik laser work to correct her shortsightedness.Each year more than 100,560 laser eye treatments are carried out in Britain, mostly Lasik. Complications are said to occur in three to six per cent of patients. So would you take the risk? Here university student Sam Ross reveals his recent experience:Have you had laser eye surgery? Tell us about your experience in reader comments belowWhat kind of person would .... More »

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. -- Olivia Goldsmith, author of The First Wives' Club, died having cosmetic surgery.With a 446% increase in cosmetic procedures since 1997, the book written by Dr. Barry L. Friedberg, specialist in anesthesia and cosmetic surgery, Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery from Cambridge University Press, is a timely arrival. "Minimally invasive anesthesia (MIA) dramatically increases patient safety for cosmetic surgery. Much like the days before fathers were permitted to observe the birth of their children, the public needs .... More »

By JAYA NARAINJust two days after having cosmetic surgery, mother-of-two Pauline Bainbridge suffered a massive heart attack and died.The 50-year-old businesswoman had undergone liposuction on her thighs at a private hospital.Now an investigation has been launched to establish whether there was a link between the surgery and her sudden death.Mrs Bainbridge was fully fit but, with a no-expense-spared holiday in Florida planned, she wanted shapelier legs, her husband Alan said yesterday."She wasn't vain, but she wanted liposuction so she .... More »

A children's author was left with blurred vision after an eye surgeon tore her left cornea, a hearing was told.Jan Fearnley, 41, one of the most successful author-illustrators of her generation, had hoped that Dr Haralabos Eleftheriadis could correct her sight so she could swim and cycle without contact lenses.But shortly after the Lasik surgery began Dr Eleftheriadis, 43, removed the equipment from her eye and apologised. He later told Mrs Fearnley that her eye had "reacted" to the blade during the laser surgery at the Ultralase clin .... More »

The top 5 cosmetic-surgery procedures in 2006:Breast augmentationNose reshapingLiposuctionEyelid surgeryTummy tuckThe top 5 male cosmetic-surgery procedures in 2006:Nose reshapingEyelid surgeryLiposuctionHair transplantationMale breast reductionThe top 5 female cosmetic-surgery procedures in 2006:Breast augmentationLiposuctionNose reshapingEyelid surgeryTummy tuckThere were 1.9 million cosmetic surgical procedures in 2006. That was up 2 percent from 2005 and down 3 percent from 2000. There was a 55 percent increase in breast augmentat .... More »

Yale University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Straight Talk About Cosmetic Surgery (publication date: July 26. 2007) by Arthur W. Perry, MD, FACS, with a foreword by Michael F. Roizen, MD, best-selling author of the RealAge and You: The Owner's Manual. This empowering book helps consumers make informed decisions about cosmetic surgery procedures.Many people are dissatisfied with some aspect of their appearance, and more and more are doing something about it. According to the American Society for Plastic Surgeons, a r .... More »

The number of cosmetic procedures performed in shopping malls, spas and walk-in clinics has risen dramatically in the past several years. Unfortunately, patients who choose to have these procedures performed in such locations may be forgoing safety for convenience of location and bargain prices. The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) urges patients to select a board-certified physician for cosmetic surgery. The Academy recommends patients do their homework and consider a doctor's training and credentials before they decide if a .... More »

by BARBARA DAVISDesperate to lose their menopaunch or unsightly eye bags, middle-aged men are turning to cosmetic surgery. But will it really help them regain their youth?Five months ago, 42-year-old Andrew Wadsworth checked himself into a private clinic, discreetly tucked away in a quiet street behind Harrods in London's Knightsbridge.Within the hour, the managing director of a graphic design company had been given a local anaesthetic and watched as a small cut was made in his belly button.A surgeon then inserted a laser wand into th .... More »

NEW YORK - A pioneering laser surgery that can be done in a doctor's office without general anesthesia for the treatment of common laryngeal and tracheal conditions such as papillomas and granulomas. The new procedure has fewer complications and quicker recovery than traditional surgery performed in a hospital operating room with general anesthesia, according to a study published in the latest issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.Presenting data from 443 procedures over a four-year period, the study is the largest clinical re .... More »

David RosePatients who need sight-saving eye surgery could get their vision back more quickly and avoid infection with a revolutionary laser-surgery technique, surgeons say.Corneal graft surgery, one of the earliest forms of transplant operation, has been performed for more than 100 years without any fundamental changes to the methods used. But although the operation itself is fairly straightforward, recovery often takes a long time.By using the latest technology designed for laser eye surgery, surgeons can now achieve a better fit fo .... More »

WASHINGTON - US health authorities Thursday approved eye surgery to help people using bifocals eliminate the need for glasses by performing different operations on each eye.The Food and Drug Administration said the technique would correct nearsightedness in the patient's dominant eye and part of the nearsightedness in the non-dominant eye."This allows the patient to use the fully corrected eye for distance vision and the under-corrected eye for seeing close up," the FDA said in a statement."After a period of time, the brain adjusts to .... More »

by Elaine McMillionOf 45 million tattooed Americans, 17 percent would like to get rid of them, according to a Harris Interactive survey.There is hope for those who no longer want a permanent ink reminder of a failed relationship or juvenile stupidity.Board-certified plastic surgeon Abdalla Z. Bandak relies on sophisticated Q-switched laser technology to remove ink without scarring at his Kanawha City office.Bandak graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and then taught and practiced at the Medical College of Virginia .... More »