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These days, treating wrinkles has never been this easy. Before, a traditional facelift surgery is the ultimate answer to major lines, crows’ feet and brown spots. But now, there are a lot of options to choose from.

Botox treatment and injectable fillers are just few of the new methods employed to address the signs of aging on the face. But it seems that the good old laser still has something to show off after all.

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The very first plastic surgery summer fashion show was held last June 12, 2008 in Long Island, New York. The fashion show was graced by the extreme makeover patients of the New York area doctors. This, I believe, was conducted in order to promote the plastic surgery awareness in the locality.

The real-life ‘Swans’ paraded their new looks at the Bethpage State Park-Carlyle on the Green on 99 Quaker Meeting Rd., Farmingdale, Long Island NY, wearing the hottest styles from the best designers in town. This actually serves as a ‘coming out’ party for all of them including the first ever male cosmetic surgery model, who will grace the stage along with the Swans.

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Figures from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) reveal that there were almost 2.8 million Botox procedures performed in 2007. Botox has been the most popular cosmetic procedure since 2000. In the last five years, the number of Botox procedures performed has increased by 82%.

And because of this popularity, some disturbing trends in Botox treatment have surfaced specifically this so-called Botox parties.

ASAPS stressed that Botox treatments are safe only when performed by a qualified clinician in an appropriate setting. And before any patient undergoes the treatment, he or she should say YES to the following questions:

Garth Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a known celebrity plastic surgeon. Before he went into the field of medicine, Fisher used to hope to become an architect someday. However, an encounter with Dr. John McRae, when the latter asked him to watch a gallbladder surgery, turned everything around.

In a recent letter to McRae, Fisher writes, “I was just blown away by the operation and the incredible presence of the surgeon. I was awestruck by the operating room intensity, fascinated by the skill and control exhibited? At that moment in the operating room, my desire to become a surgeon was born!”

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Dr. Alan H. Gold, a New York plastic surgeon, is the new president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). The Society is the leading national organization of board-certified plastic surgeons specializing in cosmetic surgery of the face and body. ASAPS elected its new set of officers on May 4, 2008 during the ASAPS 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. The meeting was participated in by plastic surgeons from around the world.

Dr. Gold has been a member of the ASAPS since 1985. He is currently in private practice, holding an academic appointment as Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College. Prior to his new responsibility as President of the Society, Gold has serves as the Society’s Historian, Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice-President. He is also currently serving as the Society’s representative to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Board of Directors.

Technorati Tags: fat grafting, stem cells, liquid facelift

It is common notion to attribute wrinkles to the effects of gravity. However, as doctors were doing animal research, they found out that the bigger culprit is loss of volume under the skin of the face. This means that our faces look older not so much because they are falling due to gravity, but because they are deflating.

Research done by Dr. Joel Pessa of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, suggests that the human face is made up of several different compartments of fat that gain or lose volume during the different phases of life.

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One of America’s best cosmetic nose surgeons, Dr. Moore, shares his expertise in rhinoplasty surgery. In a press release he made for American Chronicle, Dr. Moore stressed that rhinoplasty is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures out there that can be performed in a surgeon’s office as an outpatient surgery and only takes at most two hours to complete.

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In lieu of the current scenario where general practitioners perform cosmetic surgery operations, the provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario, Canada, approved two regulatory changes just recently in order to address the issue at hand. 

One of the new rules to be implemented requires doctors to be formally certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada before they can use the title 'surgeon.'  This is to ensure that all physicians who perform delicate plastic surgeries are well-trained to do the operation.

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Plastic surgery is always risky. This is what many of us have learned upon the death of Kanye West’s mom, Donda. Her death is a reminder that going under the knife under anesthesia can be fatal.

Donda West went through a tummy tuck and breast reduction surgery. Reports said that after going through the surgeries, Donda died of cosmetic surgery complications. This surprised many laypeople, but actually, plastic surgeons know that cosmetic surgery is just that – a major surgery.

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Due to the controversy that the death of Donda West is creating, the Discovery Health cable network has pulled the series “Plastic Surgery: Before and After" from its lineup. This move followed when the host of the aforementioned show performed cosmetic surgery on the mother of Kanye West before she died.