Plastic Surgery

The debate over whether reality TV influences its audience is settled. According to a study published in July's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), first-time patients seeking cosmetic plastic surgery are directly influenced to have surgery by the plastic surgery reality television shows they watch."Despite widespread unease about the effects that reality television shows have on patient decision making and expectations, no data existed on how these shows .... More »

People Considering Cosmetic Surgery May Be Influenced by Plastic Surgery Reality TV ShowsPlastic surgery reality TV shows may affect people who areconsidering getting cosmetic surgery for the first time, according to a newstudy.The study appears in July's edition of the journal Plastic andReconstructive Surgery.The researchers included John Persing, MD, of the plastic surgery section ofYale University's medical school.They gave surveys to 42 people who were considering getting plastic surgeryfor the first time at Yale University's pla .... More »

SHARI RUDAVSKYINDIANAPOLIS -- Tyra Whittaker's upcoming wedding in September made her decide to improve upon her one feature that she had never liked -- her nose.When she was a child, Whittaker, who is black, endured jibes from other kids about her nose, which she calls "long." For years she researched and pondered having rhinoplasty, but the procedure always seemed too expensive and the time was just not right.Then she got engaged. In November she got a nose job."Because I'm getting married, and that's always been one of my biggest t .... More »

Are people deciding to get plastic surgery based on TV reality shows? A new study says yes, but the tube is only part of the picture.By Mary CarmichaelABC has cancelled "Extreme Makeover," but it's already found new life in an unexpectedly serious outlet, the academic journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The journal's July issue reports the first known data on how reality television affects plastic-surgery patients-and they're sobering.Four out of five people seeking cosmetic surgery in the study said they'd been "directly infl .... More »