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What Is Your Face Shape: Round, Square, Long, Heart or Oval?

Get the facts on how to measure your face to determine your true face shape. Find out if you have a round, oval, long, square or heart-shaped face.

How to Contour Your Face Shape

All contouring techniques are not created equal. Any makeup artist will tell you that your face shape will make a big difference in determining what type of shading and highligh...

Is your nail salon safe?

We offer some tips on what to look for before you get a manicure or pedicure.

Consumer Health Tips: Dandruff Care

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How To Get Rid Of Acne Scars: Chemical Peels, Laser Treatments Can Help Clear Skin

Dermatological treatments, from lasers to chemical peels, can help prevent and reduce the appearance of acne scars.

Things to NEVER Lie to Your Doctor About

How much you smoke, drink, eat, exercise and whether you use protection during sex or while out in the sun matters. Doctors weigh in on what matters most.

What to Eat for Healthy Hair and Nails

Check out which foods contain nutrients that help you look—and feel—better

Plastic surgery improves the health of many

Overdone cosmetic surgeries on celebrities give the field of plastic surgery a bad reputation, but plastic surgeons point out that a significant proportion of surgeries are to repair an injured or disfigured body part, such as reconstructive surgery after mastectomy. Women treated for breast cancer at UMass Memorial Healthcare System meet with a team of specialists, including an oncologist, a radiologist, a geneticist and a plastic surgeon, to determine the best course of treatment.

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery: Tricks of the Trade : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Techniques and Innovations in Flap Engineering: A Review : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

operations. Researchers in the field of tissue engineering are trying to generate novel tissue flaps requiring small or no donor site sacrifice. At the base of existing technologies is the tissue’s potential for regeneration and neovascularization<br>Methods<br>A review was conducted identifying relevant published articles in PubMed on the subject of flap engineering, with the focus on plastic surgery. This review article surveys contemporary technologies in…

Is Plastic Surgery Good Or Bad For Women?

Share on<br>I was finally talking with my nutrition hero, and I couldn’t stop staring at her facelift. I had approached her at a conference and asked her opinion about something I really cared about, yet her shiny, taut skin distracted me from hearing her words as she spoke.<br>Mixed emotions rolled over each other in my gut as I tried to listen rather than judge her for what appeared to be a lot of plastic surgery. I was more ashamed of my…

Is 3D Bioprinting the Future of Reconstructive Surgery? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Fat Transfer in Plastic Surgery—Can You Use Another Person’s Fat?

Fat transfer in plastic surgery is growing in popularity due to its perceived benefits such as more natural look and feel and less risk of infection and healing problem. The technique also avoids implant-related risks such as capsular contracture (copious amount of scar tissue forming around the prosthesis) and malposition<br>Fat transfer has multiple uses in scar repair, breast augmentation, reconstructive surgeries, buttock enhancement, and facial…

Difficult Plastic Surgery Questions You Should Ask

A consultation with a surgeon will help you decide if he is the right one for the job; however, you must be able to throw some difficult plastic surgery questions and get satisfying answers from him. If not, you must move on and find someone you are comfortable with<br>The list below shows some of the difficult plastic surgery questions that can help you choose the “right” doctor.<br>Photo Credit: Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net<br>What’s your complication and revision rate?<br>Your doctor must…

Why Do They Call It Plastic Surgery?

Why is cosmetic surgery called "plastic" surgery? : originally appea...

The No Surprises Act: What Do Plastic Surgeons Need to Know? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of this review is to briefly summarize the history of surprise billing, describe the regulations of the No Surprises Act, and examine the impact this legislation will have on the field of plastic surgery<br>Methods<br>A PubMed and Google Scholar literature search was conducted on out-of-network billing, or surprise bills, and the No Surprises Act. Media outlets, governmental agencies, and local and national medical organizations were…

Google Glass in plastic surgery?

First plastic surgery procedure performed using Google Glass

The Role of Checklists and Human Factors for Improved... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of patient involvement for patient safety. 3. Recognize the potential for improvement regarding patient safety in their own environment and take a leading role in the patient safety process. 4. Assess their own safety status and develop measures to avoid unnecessary distraction in the operating room<br>Summary<br>Over the past 20 years, there has been increased attention to improving all aspects of patient safety and, in…

Refinements in Upper Blepharoplasty: The Five-Step... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of any facial rejuvenation procedure. This five-step procedure provides key steps in the correction of upper lid age-related changes and provides a reliable and reproducible method of achieving excellent results. Furthermore, the addition of fractionated fat restores volume and youthfulness of the upper lid, and also improves the skin quality of the upper lid....

Plastic surgery is a right. Right?

Plastic surgery for the poor is a right in Brazil. Doctors feel everyone is entitled to improve self-esteem.