Breast augmentation is a cosmetic surgery procedure designed for women who have either unusually small breasts, or uneven breasts to alter their appearance and begin taking pride in how they look. It is very hard for women who have small breasts to feel attractive and be confident in their appearance because we live in such a superficial society. If you don't have the right looks, often it cannot only affect your social life, but in some cases it may even...

Researching Top Plastic Surgeons

No magical formula exists to find top-notch plastic surgeons ; however,methodologiesfor researching surgeons who have a specialty interest/area of expertise in certain surgical procedures are becoming increasingly innovative and main-stream.

These days, it is becoming more and more common for medical doctors to limit their practice to certain surgical procedures, or the treatment of certain conditions. One big reason...

Women are usually self-conscious about their own physical appearance and strive to remain young and beautiful at all times. But, many women tend to have sagging breasts at some stage or other, especially as they age. Likewise, pregnancy, breast feeding, obesity, and massive weight loss can result in sagging breasts. Mastopexy is often the best solution for the problem of sagging or drooping breasts.

Mastopexy - A Surgical Solution for Drooping Breasts

Mastopexy,...

For many women the dream is to have larger breasts but for some the opposite is in fact the problem. The size of a woman's breasts is of course partly down to genetics but factors such as weight gain and pregnancy can also take their toll on this area.

The surgery isn't advisable until a patient has passed into maturity and of course maintains a stable weight. The procedure itself will need to take place under a general anaesthetic and will usually last for 2-4 hours....

Breast augmentation occupies a prominent place in the list of popular plastic surgery procedures. It uses breast implants to make the breasts bigger and enhance their contour. Whether it is just to restore the lost volume and shape of their breasts, or to enable them to wear more revealing attire; women of different ages can get great results from breast augmentation.

What the Procedure Involves

The procedure, performed commonly with a general anesthetic, takes no...

Introduction/Survey

It’s imperative to know what your patients want, what they think about you and your staff and how to set expectations for the greatest amount of patient satisfaction. So, I decided to research consumers personally to learn, first-hand, what they were looking for when searching for an office and physician to perform cosmetic enhancements. The...

If you feel somewhat cursed by fate because of pronounced facial features that attract unwanted attention, facial enhancements can improve your appearance. Through surgical, corrective, smoothing, dermal filler and other facial enhancement procedures, plastic surgeons help men and women get the look they desire. Whether it’s the eyelid, the nose, the ear or the entire face that needs working on, facial enhancements promise great results. An improved appearance can contribute a lot...

When cosmetic surgery becomes the right choice, the next step is to select a surgeon to complete the procedure. The process of choosing a cosmetic surgeon is an important one, since the right doctor can make all the difference in the comfort level of the patient and the success of the surgery. There are considerations to keep in mind as the selection for a competent doctor begins.

ASPS? When selecting a surgeon to perform a skin face lift, find out if the...

If we look at our own naked body in a full length mirror, one thing will immediately come to mind for most of us.  We are fat.  The fat that we notice is usually not generalised fat distributed over the whole body, but usually over specific areas that we feel do not conform to what we consider the ideal image of our body parts.  Thus we have fat cheeks, fat buttocks, fat abdomen, muffin tops (love handles), saddle breeches, fat arms and thick thighs, to name but a few...

Cosmetic surgery operations abroad are becoming more and more common as people try to save money on the cosmetic surgery procedures they'd been planning before the credit crunch took hold.

For countries in the EU there are of course regulations which dictate the level of health and safety requirements and the standard of care that should be given to patients. But this does not mean that the surgeon is required to be a member of any governing body to ensure they carry out...